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I had my LR shipped to me as well, dont worry pods can survive. I never knew I had pods because I never knew what I was looking for. Pods are tiny crustaceans that look like fleas or lice. They crawl all over your rock, sand, and glass. Focus and look very hard in one spot and see if you see...

When you mean toxic, is that toxic to all living things or just some in particular?

I used some of that Kent Pro Clear stuff and I never have problems with sand anymore. I stir that stuff up all the time and it always settles right away.

My pH is always around 8.2-8.3. I dont add too much of Sr and I, and dont those chemicals deplet pretty fast. My LR had coralline on it to begin with, but much of it bleached. What my problem was, I think, not a good source of light. You say about 2-4 watts a gallon, my light was no where...

My tank cycled in only two weeks, it can happen. I then added a damsel but I waited another two weeks to start adding my cleaning crew, which is only a couple of snails right now. I did a 20% change because I didnt know 30% was the golden figure. I cant keep my nitrates at 0 as they always...

Ive heard so much bad stuff about blue legs that I'm steering clear from them. Im planning on going zebra's which are more aggressive then scarlets but more passive then blue legs. Just keep enough shells in the tank and their will be no competition and your snails will be fine.

I purchased snails recently and to my surprise some had featherdusters popping out of their shells. I got two animals for the price of one! Is this common with snail shells? At my LFS they keep the snails and the featherdusters together in the same tank, so I guess this explains where they...

I bought my live rock 5 weeks ago. The die off is all gone, the diatom bloom came and went, and the old coralline is bleaching. I've been adding calcium everyday, strontium and iodine weekly, and the new corraline is slowly coming in patches here and there. Is corraline growth usually this...

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Does anybody have any suggestions on a lighting fixture I should use on my 26 g bf? I plan on getting just polyps and some mushrooms and maybe one anemone. I was thinking about a lighting fixture from Corallife.

:mad: Darn it. I had my heart set on buying all Astreas. No wonder my LFs was pushing for the sale of the Mexican Turbos. Once again to all the newbie's such as myself, do all the research that you can and dont always trust your LFS.

Originally posted by bdhough get mexican turbo snails. I woudln't buy more than 2 of them for your tank. They can eat themselves to death Aah! What do you mean by that? I have five right now in my tank! Along with 3 Astrea's.

Snails. Snails. Snails. I just bought some and they cleaned my rocks right up. They are amazing eaters. :) I bought turbos by the way.

Tonight I came home and went to count my snails to see if any were missing. I counted 7 out of 8 and looked everywhere for the unaccounted for. I finally found him. He some how made his way all the way to the lip (which is above the waterline) of my biowheel filter where the water comes down...

Can lighting be a factor here? I keep my lights on about 10 hrs a day. The flo. bulb isnt powerful at only 15 watts, it came with the tank. So alkalinity is more important than calcium for corraline growth?

I dont know what is going on with my coralline. I've had my LR for about 3 weeks now and the coralline is beginning to turn white. I tested my water and everything is fine. My nitrates are at 10 ppm. Can it be I need calcium? What promotes coralline growth and how long does it take for it...

Thanks for the fish. I just but him in, and he just dropped to the bottom corner, I got worried. But all of a sudden he saw all the pods on the glass and now he is in a feedy frenzy. Maybe I wont have to feed him for a couple of days with the 1000 + pods I have. Thanks again for my first fish.

I was wondering what that was in my tank. I have only one hair though but it is white and about 4in long. It moves through the current but irregularly like it's fighting it.

I used a mix of crushed aragonite sand and marine sand, 25lbs. in all.

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