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We had a pretty good population of pods - could see them especially at night after lights out. Haven't seen any the last few nights. At that time just had a tomato clown some snails and a few hermit crabs. Over the last 1 1/2 months have added first a dart fish, then a harlequin basslet and...

My son and I started a 30 gal. about 3 mos. ago - have spent about $1000 - we have the tank, stand, filter, heater, 15 lbs. lr, substrate, powerhead, a tomatoe clown and a dartfish, a few hermit crabs, several snails, turbo snail, test kits. Our next investment will probably be a protein...

Sounds like they are spirorbidae worms - if you do a search, someone had posted a pretty good picture of one not too long ago when I was trying to figure out what they were.

I go to Eddies Aquarium in Latham - they are on Route 9 a little North of Guptil's roller skating arena. Most of the staff appear to be very knowledgeable - they have started running classes. I've been going to their store for about 20 years - first with birds when they were in Menands and...

I've been lurking for about 6 weeks now - have had the 30 gal. (high) tank up and running with 15 lbs. lr, some snails, hermits and a tomatoe clown (the clown was added about two weeks ago). Ammonia and nitrite have consistently been zero. I'm running a Penguin 330 with bio wheels. I believe...

Thank you for the clarification - I thought I had read somewhere that some type of worms were good for the tank - apparently not the flatworms as you indicated. I'll check for the other little creatures with a flashlight. Right now my tank is crystal clear with very nice colors of...

Thank for the pic Sabby - that's exactly what it looks like. From what I've read - it's a good thing to have these in the tank. What are pods?

Noticed a small 1/4" opaque critter on the glass this morning. It is oval with a forked tail, moving slowly across the glass sort of like a snail. What is it and is it supposed to be in my tank? Tank is 30 gal. about 3 week old w/LR and 2 B&W damsels.

To get my son used to testing - I have had him test ph, nitrites, ammonia, salinity, check temperature and write it all down in a log every couple of days - as this is ultimately his tank. Have not seen any spike and all readings seem to be within the appropriate parameters. We will be taking...

No, the tank has not spiked at all - I thought our lfs said that there might not be one by using the LR vs. using damselfish to start the cycle. Would it be advisable to add the damselfish?

Hi Folks, I've been reading these posts for the last couple of days - great information. My son and I set up a new tank about 2 weeks ago. We have about 8.5 lb LR which we added last Sun. along with a few hermit crabs. If I'm reading correctly, we should have alot more LR in our 30 gal. tank...