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Travis is right, put anything next to a Xenia and it will move to it. Be it rubble, a larger rock, old clam shell, whatever. I had one too close to the glass and I now have 4 stalks on the window. I literally have so much it is time to do something about it. This stuff grows and grows and...

Originally Posted by coachKLM it depends on what you like to look at.. i'd go 2x10k 2x420actinic make sure what ever you decide to get you acclimate and stagger the installments of the bulbs change 1 daylight and one actinic then wait a week and do the rest. I just don't know if I want the...

OK, I have a Orbit light fixture with 2 dual daylight 65 watt bulbs and 2 dual actinic 65 watt bulbs that came with the fixture. The daylight bulbs are 6700/10k and the dual actinics are 420/460 nm. The daylights are in the front and the actinics are in the back. I need your opinions on the...

I think because they grow so rapidly in CA that they become a problem to get rid of. (remember there are no tangs there) I don't think an emerald crab will bother them at all. Tangs on the other hand will eat them like a buffet.

What coach is saying that this is of all things a patience hobby. Slow down a llittle. Yes, it will settle, No, you should not have washed the sand especially if it's live sand. The raw shrimp is put in to start decaying and starting the ecological process. (the "cycle"). It is then that...

rwp is right Xenia does not ship well. Some make it a lot do not.

Just remember that Tangs need a varied diet. I have 1 yellow tang, and 1 blue hippo. Both are almost 2 years old. I feed them Marine Cuisine, Emerald Entree, dried seaweed sheets, and I pulverize fresh shrimp freeze it then put some in the water. They eat as it thaws. I wll say one thing...

I would like to have one too. Unfortunately, everything I've read or heard about them is that they are near impossible to keep. Just like your friend has shown there are times when the exception rules. I'm sure everyone gives a hat's off to your friend for keeping one for so long. That is not...

I like the boiling hot water, works really great and is cheap too.

I did the same thing a while back. I was using IO then switched to Tropic Marin. As far as seeing a big visible difference I can't. I now have two clams which seem to be doing great, my calcium and alk tests are a lot better. Calcium runs about 420-440 whereas the IO I could not get above...

Your skimmer sounds like it's working. Give it a couple of days and if you want test your water again. Are you doing any scheduled water changes? The answer to one of the other posts about the smell......It's hard to describe

I used IO for over a year with no problems other than I was always fighting trying to keep my calcium levels up. I have since switched to Tropic Marin for the last 4 water changes. I've noticed that the levels are a lot better. I also have heard good things about the IO reef crystals. But...

Another thing you have to keep in mind is that the sand and live rock your asking about is as you stated "dirty". Keep in mind that the closer to a heavily populated land mass there is cause for more pollutants in the water which will be in the sand and rock your wanting to use. Although not...

To each their own..I have a Prism and a seaclone 100. I have had the prisim about 1 and a half years. It works great for me and I never have to adjust it once i get it going. The seaclone as you will find is in constant need of attention. The air valve is constantly getting clogged, if the...

I know refractometers are a bit high, but not in comparison to livestock. A swing arm that is consistantly off is none the less off. I bought my refrac from the big auction site for about $35. It has automatic temperature control so you don't have to have exact water temp to read it. For me...

Every now and then mine just drops off a piece of itself and the pieces wind up attaching to a piece of live rock or just in the sand. They will grow a stem, because when mine drops off a piece it grows one. When this happens it looks like something is wrong with it and a piece of it drops...

Thanks guys, I thought it was bad, but I wasn't sure or why.

Is this snail good or bad? Does anyone know what kind it is? I found it in the middle of one of my Zoo's. Looked like it was having a buffet.

I agree with the protein skimmer, but I had a Crocea clam die and that wasn't pretty either.

I agree with happyhourh, I've got 2 new packages of the formula 1 and 2. It doesn't dissolve enough for the fish to eat it. I wound up taking it out of the aquarium. I alternate between Mysis, emerald entree, brine shrimp, and marine cuisine. Then seaweed salad about every other day. But all...