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well, im sure what im about to tell you all will clear everything up....to what the "shock" came from.... about a month ago, i moved the tank....broke everything down...into buckets and platic bag lined boxes....in the process of moving, i broke the sump i so scooped all the mud, bio balls, and...

I have a pair of clowns (percula i think), 2 green chromis, and a spotted hawk. I acclimated them into the tank per the instructions provided to me by swf.com....i put the package in about a week ago, ive had the green star about 8-9 months. I am not sure where my water stands at the moment...

I just recently bought the "20-55 Gallon Reef Package" with the following: 20 Scarlet Reef Hermits 20 Blueleg Hermits 20 Turbo/Astrea Snails 5 Sand Sifting Cerith Snails 1 Sally Lightfoot 2 Brittle Stars 1 Coral Banded Shrimp 3 Emerald Crabs previously to adding this package, i had about...

Originally posted by Excite74: <strong>Get kick Ich* from your lfs ...</strong><hr></blockquote> kick eh?

I have 2 tanks, both are having some algea issues...heres what i got Tank #1 This tank is almost 3 years old. I bought it from a friend about 2 months ago (it was moved, water included) when i got it, there were no traces of algea in the tank. Now that ive moved it, i have a nice outbreak of...

Originally posted by NM reef: <strong>cograds.........sign of a stable system.......</strong><hr></blockquote> not anymore :( i moved it last night. its gunna take some time again for it to become stable

oh yeah, forgot, i have some questions... has anyone ever delt with baby brittals? is there anything i should do? is there possibly more then one? (batch?) how do i feed them? do i at all? Ive had 2 batches of baby cardnals hatch, lost them all within 2 weeks due to starvation. I'm a terrible...

I have 2 brital stars that ive have over a year now (bought them from saltwaterfish dot com)...i guess they are mating now :D -Beaker

got it all moved.....only time will tell if anything dies (tomorrow morning)

i just went by my local fish store....they gave me 5 5gal buckets and about 5 large boxes insulated with styrofoam (the just got a large shipment in 20 minutes before i got there) and then some large baggies for my fish. I already have 4 5gal jugs for when i do my water changes. if i have left...

Im moving my 55 gallon reef tonight. its about a 45 minute drive, I figure i need some buckets, ice chests (or whatever i can put the live rock in with some water) and some stuff to put my anemones and fish in. I have 2 very big anemones (one bubble, one seabea) and they are very fussy and have...

Originally posted by King Triton: <STRONG>How are the baby fish doing? Any of them die yet?</STRONG> I didnt take the male out of the net in time, I thought he had more babies to release....but instead he ate them all but one. :( :mad: :( :mad: :eek: :( :mad: :confused: [...

these were born about an hour ago...theres about 20 of them....maybe more to come if the male (pictured above) spits more out. I think these are very pre mature. I noticed the male stopped feeding around august 10th leaving the babies only 18 days when he is supposed to hold them in his mouth...

ive lost 3 chromies....its still unknown where they went.... i think they fell victum of my monster seabae...

well, in this case, i just set up a second tank (34g glass hex) and its going to be a fish/reef tank as well....so im looking to set up a tank where i will breed brine to feed the fish... anyone got any tips on how to do this? i posted this question in the equpitment & DIY topic on this board...

anyone got any tips on how to breed/grow brine shrimp? my hi-fin cardinals just had babies (more on the way) and i read that you have to feed them baby live brine which my LFS doesnt carry. heres some pics of the babies :) im a proud father :)

my banggai cardinals had 2 babies....i dont know when or how old they are, i just found them last night hangin out in the back of my tank...heres some pics So what do i do now?I figured it would be a good thing to get them out before they become dinner. but how? they are hiding back behind...

i think theres about 40 or so snails in there...they are all mostly hard to notice unless you are looking for them....they just kinda blend in. Tank has been up and running since about October of 2000, so about 7 months. [ May 22, 2001: Message edited by: Beaker ]

Originally posted by sgtdraven: <STRONG>then is it just his lighting making this fish look black?</STRONG> kinda, yes, its a very deep dark red... heres a better picture of him (older) and there is my powder brown (gold rim) tang that the seabae ate...its like his size!

Originally posted by Danielle: <STRONG>Beaker: The Gorgonian is a soft predatory coral. It's the yellow finger gorgonian (the yellow branced thing in the backround of the third picture, upper left hand corner, and an even better shot in the fourth photo, lower right hand corner). You must be...