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There is no guarantee peppermint shrimp will kill them. They might. They might not. Some things are tough enough to live through the cycle. I still say Kalkwasser. It's just to make calcium water with. Nothing un-natural about it.

Yes, you'll have to verify your account. I think that means they will deposit money into your bank account/credit account and take it back just to make sure you have somewhere to transfer funds to. It's been a while since I set mine up, I can't remember for sure, but I think that's how it works.

Originally Posted by Conodor sorry i mean it's in his fully running tank but nothing grew on it, i don't think he ever cured it. Sso i figured maybe i can cure it the same time i cure all the rock i just purchased. If it's been in a tank it has either cured or it is curing. I don't think you...

What bigarn said. Your tank was apparently well-seeded when you started it up. These things start out planktonic and then settle somewhere for the next stage of their life. You won't see a lot of them in your display because other things will prey on them. In your sump they're protected from...

I thought we already went through this?

Mountain Dew.

At this point just leave the lights off and leave it alone.

Originally Posted by KellenR Looks like some mold growing in an old glass of milk.

You can buy a small container of Kalkwasser probably cheaper than Joe's Juice. It's to buffer your water. Basically the same exact thing as Joe's Juice. Get a small syringe at a drug store, cheap as dirt. Mix some of the kalk with a little bit of tank water to make a thick fluid, almost paste...

Live sand.

It's a peanut worm. They actually bore through the live rock with that mouth. And they can turn themself inside out. Beneficial, not harmful.

#5's probably a pink sponge. You've got a good idea of what you're looking at. Dunno if #2's a "Q-tip" sponge though. Looks to be some sort of sponge, but not a Q-tip. They look like white, fuzzy vaces. That looks irregularly shaped and grey.

There are A LOT of different kinds of hydroids. Like thousands... Check out Pennaria disticha. Kind of similar. There are a lot that grow like feathers. Long stalk with hair-like appendages along the sides of the stalk. Some kind of colonial hydroid though. I'd put money on it.

Everyone says they grow pretty fast. Mine haven't given me a lot of new heads over the past few months, but when I bought them the existing two heads were dime-sized. I have 2 new heads that are dime-sized now, and the original two are MUCH bigger.

If you decide to keep some kind of macro algae in there I would add a light, but if just live rock, then you won't need it. A clip-on "work lamp" like you'd see in a mechanic shop is cheap and sufficient. Just a few pounds.

Originally Posted by cjqsmom OUCH!!! Thats almost as bad as when my hubby shot a 16 penny nail through his knee with a phenumantic(sp) nail gun re-roofing my parents house needless to say its still not finished. My drummer did that a few days before a show. It hurts to look at that picture.

Originally Posted by newreeferpa sorry the tank is a 36 gallon. would you just remove the balls and leave that space empty? more live rock in the tank and what is the algae- do you buy that and put it in the tank. i do not have a QT, the LFS cures the live rock, would that be okay just to add...

The comment on Cuttlefish (being lumped in with jellyfish?) is not quite accurate. Sepia bandensis a "Dwarf Cuttlefish" is reasonably hardy, only grows to 4-5 inches, and only requires 30 gallons. They are being captive-bred on the hobby level. While they aren't peaceful enough to keep in a...

Dwarfs are a full-time job.

How large is the tank? 250 watts is pretty good for anything you would want to keep on a smaller sized tank. The size of the tank is going to determine how many fish/what kind of fish you can keep. It doesn't sound like you're going overboard though. If you're growing coralline algae (the purple...