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I was in a rush to get to work this morning and quickly turned the lights on in my aquarium. I almost walked away, but something caught my eye. There was a HUGE swarm of something in the tank. I ran to wake up my husband and we stared at what looked like Sea Monkeys (?)! They were small...

Hello all! I would appreciate some help with this one. This is a hitchicker that came with some Florida Aquacultured Live Rock that I received about 6 weeks ago. It seems firmy attached to the rock and hasn't tried to move. It was originally circular and about the size of a dime. I have been...

I posted a while back with an ID on what I now know to be a large Spaghetti worm. At the time I thought that I saw something else under that rock, like maybe a shrimp. I have now discovered that I have not one, BUT TWO pistol shrimp living together under the 45 lb rock with Mr. Spaghetti. I...

I tried to post a picture of a very cool LR hitchhiker in my last post and I managed to finally get a photo within my text. But, it is HUGE. I need some more help I guess. Could anyone give me some guidance? Thanks! -Christine

What do you think that this creature is that came on a piece of LR? It seems firmly attached to the rock, and it is stiff but not hard (semi-soft?). It opens a hole on its top and another one on its side to filter feed, it is an orange color inside the hole. It is sentitive to light and...

Hello! I got some FL LR in about a week ago and am starting to see some very interesting things show up. Especially on the two very large pieces I got, they are around 40+ pounds each. One rock has alot a variation and makes a 'cave' at the bottom middle of the rock, in the sand. This rock...

Hi Everybody! Here's the question: I am recieving all of the live sand and half of the live rock for my 125 gallon tank tomorrow. This will be a reef tank. The guy at the place who sold it to me said to watch the ammonia levels and be ready for some serious water changes if necessary. May not...

I have a Nature's View 125 gallon glass tank. The tank has a glass reinforcing brace across the top of the tank at the center. I think that this is a fairly common design. So here is my question: I am trying to decide the right flow rate to keep my return pump set at, I have a ball valve...

Ok! I finally have all of my equipment and plumbing assembled, have the RO/DI system working. Only problem is that I am woefully depleted of cash for the moment. :( Question: Can I fill up the tank, sump and refugium with salt water and let the whole system run for a while before adding...

Hi again! More questions about setting up my 125 reef tank. I have a long-ish refugium (plastic -maybe 30 gallons?) and a 20 gallon tall glass aquarium for a sump. Question: Would there be any harm in putting my heater in the refugium instead of the sump? It fits much, much better in the...

Hello, I am setting up a new 125 gallon Oceanic tank and was wondering if my LFS sold me the right pump, a Dolphin 900. It didn't come with a head pressure/ gpm graph, and the web site doesn't show one for this model. It states max flow as 900 gph, 17 ft max (pressure?). I am plumbing 1 " pvc...

Hello, I am setting up a new reef tank, my first time. I was looking for a description of how to plumb a ball valve into flex line. Hardware stores don't seem to have a reasonable selection of barb fittings. The best I could figure out would involve a couple of PVC fittings on either end of...

Hello! In trying to plan for my new tank set up, I am looking into various clean-up crew packages. Most have lots of blue leg hermit crabs. Someone on another thread gave the impression that these were bad. Are they? How? What instead? I am considering 'The Package' from Tampa Bay...

Hello! I am new here and am setting up my first marine aquarium. I have read cover to cover The Concientous Marine Aquarist and been browsing online forums and such for about a year and a half now. Soo, now I am going for it! I just bought the following: 125 gallon Oceanic Natures View Tank...