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My Niger leaves all of my hermits and snails alone, but again, its hit or miss.

He wont do any harm, and my experience is they usually end up dead sucked to the filter intake. I like them for looks, so I guess my answer is if you're going to get one, dont get an ugly one! FYI My LFS gets $8 for a green goddess nudi.

I got a good laugh from all of you! Maybe Ill just shop for a remora! Seriously, I checked out the bakpak/remora article - is the bakpak any better than the prizm because its rated for only 60 gallons. I really just want something QUIET. If I go with a $200 berlin will it be QUIIIEEETT?

The Trochus snails are much better than the turbos. Once they flip, the hermits tear them out of their shell and eat them. I have pretty much the same setup and I put in 2 serpent stars. They each lost 3 legs due to the "youth" of the tank. I like the scarlets alot, but since they're $4 a pop, I...

I got a juvenile Niger Trigger yesterday and I expected him to hide, but he's hiding and lying on his side 90 percent of the time, moving only a little. Should I worry? Tanks 8 weeks old 75 gal, Ni .25 AMM 0 1.023, 20 lbs live rock

Fluval 404 and a prizm - Funny you should ask, I turned of my prizm waiting for a new impeller - Ill turn it on. Do you think he's gasping?

Hi. I just got "Vlad", my new Niger Trigger. Yes, he's hiding - Im ok with that, but is it ok that he's hiding while lying on his side? He gets up, swims for 20 seconds, and lays on his side again. He's a nice vibrant blue, but was black when I bought him. Ni-.25, amm-0, 1.023 grav. 75 gallons...

Not just the impeller plastic thing, but the magnetic cylinder. Ive been having problems with the impeller loudly bouncing up and down inside the motor chamber. When I first had the problem, they sent me an entire motor, but now they said they'll only send out an impeller magnet since they;re...

RO water is purified water from a reverse osmosis water filtration system. DI water is water from a water deionizer. They remove chloine, phosphantes, etc from crappy tap water. Ive seen great systems new on ---- as low at $270 or $350 retail.

Wow! I felt like a jerk just for pointing out to a LFS owner that a purple tang had chewed the fins off a powder blue in the same 20 gallon sale tank and that he should move one of them. He seemed aggrivated, but none of us are wrong. Lots of egos... <img src="graemlins//confused.gif" border="0"...

Geez, I called red sea today to get a replacement for a defective prizm impeller and when I gave my name, the lady said "oh, YOURE the one who told everyone on the internet to call for free replacement motors?" Guess Im not the only one having trouble with the rackety impeller magnet? Thanks...

I paid $3.99 for a scarlet hermit crab. That may not be $15,000 but its a lot of $$ for a hermit crab! :D

Ive been really happy with the 404. They're very easy to remove the canister to clean. Note: do not cut the carbon baggie open to put it in. Very messy.

I had this identical scenario happen to me. Red Sea sent me an ENTIRE PUMP, from the ac plug to the motor and housing (basically everything black) for free without even asking for the old one back. It worked. They must have a magnetic casing on the impeller housing that gets demagnetized or...

I think Im going to try emerald crabs. 4 of them is a cheaper risk than a $100 cleanup crew and they can probably defend themselevs. Or better yet, maybe Ill get 2 of each and see what he likes. Thanks much

The Left prong is for priming only. That is, when you set it up or if air gets in the take in tube, plug it on the left (or just clamp the tube) until water rises and fills the chamber. The right prong is to feed air to the impeller. My suggestion is to just remove the tube completely. It...

is there any cleaning crew that would be safe? Id like to prevent algae

My 2nd fish (after percs) is about to be a niger tigger. Problem is, I want to buy a horseshoe/snail/shrimp cleanup crew from here. I dont mind 3 or 4, but is there any chance that my entire crew is going to end up eaten? PS at least the Niger will be a juvenile (2-3 inches)

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He didnt have a name, he just thought it may start with L (real helpful, right?) They were small and at first I thought they might be air bubbles. Just small flat salt-stain looking specks. a-symetrical, but basically round. Im going to go take another look at him on friday. If it doesnt look...