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Hiya, Is it slimy (hair algea) or hard (coralin)? Meadbhb

Hiya, Try cutting your feeding back, your lighting hours and maybe ad a phosphate pad to your filter to absorb some of the extra stuff in the tank. Meadbhb

Hiya, I've had fresh and cichlids in the past. My SW tank is MUCH easier to care for then either of those tanks. I've had a boxer crab and loved it, when I saw it. Emeralds great addition. Have thought about an anenome crab and a rock anenome to host it. I thought Teddy bear crabs were a no...

Hiya, Bristle Worm. Some folks like them, some dont. Meadbhb

Hiya, My hammer and torch receed into their skeleton at night, so I wouldn't be worried about it. Meadbhb

Hiya, What kind of water are you using? RO or tap? Meadbhb

Hiya, Your calcium is low, you should try to get it up to 450. This will also increase your PH. Meadbhb

Hiya, I use the basic Aquatic pharm. test kit and Salfert test kit for calcium. I also have an alk test kit, Red Sea, which I DON'T recommend. It's adaquate, but gives a color grading scale and not a numerical scale, which is better. I also second not buying any chemicals to add to your tank...

Hiya, Nope, harmless filter feeder. However, they usually don't survive long in tanks. Meadbhb

Hiya, Unfortunately, I don't have any bristleworms, my six line wrasse took care of that before he passed. He also wiped out my flat worm population, which I wasn't to upset about. Meadbhb

Hiya, Well, I came into a little money today and picked up the tank raised royal. Man...is he gorgious!!! He's already out and about and has put the damsels in their place. There wasn't any real fighting, just some body wiggles at each other. He's also staked out an overhang to call his...

Hiya, Well, I tried to find some info on these in the fish forum, but no luck. Has anyone had a neon dottyback before? My LFS has one that is tank raised and was told they are reef safe. Also was wondering if they'd mix with the royal gramma. My other LFS has a tank raised species and would...

Hiya, One of my LFS has a tank raised Neon Dottyback. Anyone have experiance with this guy? I was told it was reef safe. Meadbhb

Hiya, Wish I had your problem. Yeap, you can cut it from the rock, but unless you get the piece that was left behind too, it will grow another 'room. Meadbhb

Hiya, Looks likes a tube anenome. Very agressive and will gladly sting fish. Takes some meaty foods. As for placement, sorry, can't help you. Meadbhb

Hiya, Some would say you don't need to feed these corals, except the sun. On the sun, each individual polyp needs to be fed. However, I put DT in my tank at least 2 times a week to "feed" the filter feeders. Occassionally some of the mysian shrimp I feed my fish will fall on the hammer, torch...

Hiya, I love my sexies! They are the coolest little shrimp ever! They stay really close to my torch and hammer and are almost always visible. I've noticed they seem to have this teleporting ability. Get close to them and all of a sudden they're not there. Meadbhb

Hiya, I would. You can use some algea sheets or sinking shrimp pellets. Meadbhb

Hiya, Sounds like your tank is starting to cycle. A tank will sometimes go through a cycle even if you put 1lb of live stuff per gallon. It might be a really fast short cycle, but the fact that you have ammonia in there shows that it's cycling. Since there are fish in there, I'd do the...

Hiya, Get a hammer and/or torch coral...those are really cool! Also, leathers, polyps (lots of color), stars, mushrooms (also lots of colors and types.) Meadbhb