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My purple lobster eats nearly anything that is meat flavored. He likes silversides, cocktail shrimp, snails that get caught in powerheads, even meaty pellets if they fall near his hole.

I will say as many others say: be careful when going by "watts per gallon"; it isn't very accurate and can lead some to believe that adding more NO flourescents are fine. 150w of PC or better lighting is an absolute minimum for BTA (bubble tip anemones). Most other anemones will need better...

I'll be coming up to Irmo for a graduation near the end of the month, any chance you could spare another frag of the xenia? If you have anything else I'd be interested, as well.

Aye, I would like a piece of that action if the OP doesn't mind. If you do mind I can delete this and make a new thread. My tank has been set up for a few months now and all water parameters have remained very stable for the entire time. I currently have 2 mushrooms that have tripled in size...

If you are running a protein skimmer you can try using the Kent Poly-Ox additive; it isn't specifically for red slime algae but does help remove much of its food source thereby slowing its growth. The reason you need a skimmer is that the Poly-Ox will break up detritus/food into smaller...

They may not know the exact lunar phase but all animals are on a biological timer; their bodies go through cycles even without being able to see the sun, moon, etc. There was a big study on African sparrows or some bird like that. Life cycles continue at set patterns. Heck, they may even be able...

Kind of a late update, but whatever: The anemone has been ok lately. It filled up then withered up once more, but now is full again. According to another thread who's poster put a pic of his BTA mine is probably a little bleached although it has more color than his pic. I also got it to eat for...

I am fairly happy with my Jebo 4x55w lighting fixture. Sure, it doesn't put out tremendous amounts of light but it is plenty for my three shrooms and BTA. The "actinics" the systems come with are not usually true actinics, they are just painted blue. You can buy true actinics for them although...

My turbos were notorious for getting themselves stuck in my powerheads. I found one in a PH at least once per day. The last 2 who did it got stuck for too long I suppose and died. One still lives, I don't know what happened to the other. I might have taken him out dead, as well.

175w on a 55 should be plenty; supplement that with PC or VHO actinics and you will be set for most anything you want. If you get actinic supplements you could try 6500k rating bulbs. If you do 10,000k it might look "too" blue. Look around at other people's tanks and find a look you like and get...

Now that I rethink about it, I've had the anenome for about 9 days. I looked again later (after lights were off) and it had inflated some again. It wasn't as full as it was, but it looked a hell of a lot better. Right now my tomato is inside of it and it is cupped around him like a bed or...

Ok, I know that I should not have an anenome in my tank right now because it is under 2 months old. My friend decided that he did not want his green bubble tip any more and was just going to flush it (ugh) so I told him that I would take it. All of my water parameters have stayed very stable...

The guy he talked to might be refering to coraline algae (hence "colorfuL"; bad algae is usually brown or green). I'd say that coraline is good to have and I wouldn't scrape it off the back glass. If you are just getting the green/brown stuff then you should up your cleanup crew some. Don't...

So you think he should be OK for a while? I'd hate to take back such a nice little fish so quickly.

What all do y'all know about these guys? I just purchased one today and, after doing a little research, I am a bit worried. I went originally wanting a sixline wrasse for my 55g reef. Today is my LFS's "Customer Appreciation Day" and all marine fish are 50% off (nice!) but they ran out of...

I'm about to start upgrading my system now that I have a little bit of livestock and decided to do a refugium first. I know the basics of it and think I can get everything fairly cheap but am wondering about a few basic things. First, do refugiums need to be cycled? I'll be using a brand new 10...

What kind of snails do you have? My mexican turbos like the rocks and glass best but I do see them on the sand occasionally. The bumble bees are mostly on the sand and I rarely even see my nassarius at all, so I don't know what to tell ya with them. Unless you really hate the look I'd just wait...

I would also reconsider the type of water you are using. A dechlorinator suggests tap water which isn't that great for aquariums. You run the risk of bad algae blooms or introducing toxins into your system not limited to nitrates, chlorine, copper, or anything else that is bad. Local fish stores...

Yes, wait for nitrites to zero before doing anything. I would still do nothing for 2-3 days after nitrites zero then do a 10-15% water change and add just a portion of your clean up crew. If you are getting a bad diatom bloom you could add four or five Mexican Turbo snails for about a week to...

bump please... I can't really find any pictures of the exact type but it looks a lot like the purple ricordia mushroom (if it helps)