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See my post here: https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?t=199530

I have a grounding probe, and it works great for small measurements of stray voltage. I had 14 or so stray volts running through the tank at one point, added the grounding probe, and eliminated the stray voltage. However, I did it before I added the GFCI a week later, because I didint realize...

Originally Posted by mudplayerx NERDS!! lol joking....goodnight, i'm tired, tipsy, and have class in 6 hours lmao...i was going to post the same, and I am not tipsy or tired

Originally Posted by reefreak29 i did have everything plugged into a surge surpressor strip outlit and it did kick out but it still killed everything? Yes, the surge protectors are useless. They are good for some applications, but are useless for aquariums or computers. The surge has already...

Originally Posted by bergamer maybe he is hungry and he has already eaten all the beneficial stuff in your sand My first thought as well. "Last act of a dying star" is what I remembered about starfish such as chocolate chips and sand sifters. When they are hungry, they move a round a lot. If...

A GFCI is a MUST for a fish tank. As well, a grounding probe for any low stray voltage. However, there is something I just read in Coral magazine about proper gfci/grounding probes that opened my eyes. I will get the article and bring it in tomorrow and post what it says. There is an improper...

Usually orange linkia are difficult to keep. I lost my first one due to an immature tank a couple of years ago. This one is now a year old in my tank, a milestone in keeping such creatures. He survived some nitrate spikes, and when I first got him, he had the tip of one of his arms looking kinda...

Originally Posted by dragonboy They are coralline consumers they eat coralline like crazy. So far some of my rocks and glass is clean off by them so I would say they would do damage to coralline and they reproduce very fast. So its up to you if like to keep your purple coralline or not cause...

you do not need the needle...just the syringe. Try and get one with a small opening

You cant just pull them out. They retract into holes in the rock. They spread quickly, so act now. Go get some joes juice and go that route. Works great for a small outbreak like you have. Be careful with the bta and joes jucie. The JJ comes with a small syringe. Shake the bottle VERY well. Turn...

I have dozens of these. Never saw them doing anything destructive. If the tank is healthy, they should never be a problem. Coraline growth would far exceed any destruction of it with proper parameters (alk-calc-mag-pH)

dropping snails into a tank that has virtually the same parameters as LFS won't matter. A slight diff in pH, alk etc wont do them harm. But that case is rare, and as a rule of thumb, nothing should ever be put into a new environment without proper acclimation. Snails I acclimate for around 1...

yes, plenty of coral, but no nipping as of yet. It doesnt seem interested in any of the gorgonians, polyps or other similar types as you would think. I don't know how realistic the threat caused by CBB's are. In my conversations with other keepers, and the LFS, no one seems to have a problem...

Success! No longer will i have to embark on the monthly ritual of using joes juice to fight the dreaded aptasia. The CBB is doing awesome, almost all of the reachable aptasia is gone. I watched him pick those suckers right out with his "snout" of a mouth over the last few weeks. I have plenty...

Originally Posted by Firedog My pistol shrimp seems to have bought it from a bristle worm. I saw the bristles sticking out of him. I also felt them when I picked him up. Actually I felt them before I saw them. I am not happy. Bristle worms don't attack anything except detrius. The...

Originally Posted by nolesfan06 I wondering if any of you reefers had a sargent star. i really like it's "camo" appearance but i dont want it to bother anything in my tank??? if they're not good to put in the tank how about a CC star???????? cc will eat anything with meat...no good for snails...

Originally Posted by TangWhispr Hi everyone, new guy here, been in the hobby for years, but just found this site....To keep the girlfriend happy I need more crabs in shrimps or stars, thats all she seems to care about...we have: 125 gal about 130# LR some soft coral 1 cleaner shrimp 1 coral...

Originally Posted by TheGrog You are going to have a battle royale very soon in your tank!!! Any more than one pair of clowns in most any tank is asking for trouble....especially when one of them is a maroon. They are among the most agressive fish out there. Especially when they mature, the...

Agreed...probably waiting for an easy meal Hermits have a brain the size of a grain of sand...eat, sleep, molt, make little hermits is about all they can handle, and that's pushing it.

Originally Posted by jester805 I'm not sure if he was actually hanging on, or if he got himself wedged between the wall & the powerhead. Do you think I pulled him out prematurely???????? :notsure: yes. Like Oph said, even in nature, stars on the rocks near the shore, or on reefs, they are...