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I replaced my metal halides and had a huge algae bloom. I took out many of the rocks and scrubbed off the algae with a toothbrush, but I could not remove it all (At least not without disassembling the WHOLE tank) So the algae came back as hairy as ever. I did try keeping the lights off for...

Has anybody seen this? It is a tiny piece of equipment that resembles a sea swirl, but you simply attach it to the outlet of your powerhead instead of your return. It oscillates back and forth, but appears to have no outside power from electricity. Rather, the force of the water seems to make...

I performed this 24 hour experiment on killing aiptasia and it worked! I had one particular rock that had several (maybe 20) aiptasia on it. I took the rock out, put it in a bowl with tank water just covering it and put the whole thing in the fridge for 24 hours. I just took it out and voila...

Hey, just wondering if anyone has come up with a better idea for scraping algae near the bottom of tank. I have a bowfront so the conventional scraper, being flat edged only works when you can run the razor horizontal. Near thebottom of the tank, I can't reach down far enough to do that so now...

If I gave my live rock a freshwater dip, would it kill the coralline algae? I'd like to see if it would kill aiptasias that have taken over about 3 or 4 of my rocks. (I have about 300 lbs of rock, so I'm not worried about killing off too much life on 4 of the rocks) Thanks. Debbie G

Has anyone had any experience with the "terminator skimmer"? It says that it is a "sump-less" skimmer. It is supposed to draw water directly from aquarium, skim, then return back to aquarium. I have a refugium but most footprints are too big for my refugium so I thought this sounded great...

My gorgonian has been getting thin on the very tips, turning brown and then I guess falling off. I was very careful not to let air get at it when I put it in the tank. Is it a sign that it may be dieing? If so, can I cut off the little brown ends and maybe stop it from creeping further down...

I have a Kent Nautilus EX skimmer, outside the sump. Lately it has not been making any foam. The water is spinning in there, but not much of anything else. It used to make a distinct hissing/gurgling sound, now it is pretty quiet. I have taken the pump out and given it a cleaning. What I...

Do ricordias prefer to live on the sand or the rocks? Thanks. Debbie G

This is my first clam. I believe it is called deraxa, something like that. It is a beautiful purple and teal color. I placed it in the sand with it's "mouth" facing up towards the light. Today it appears to be sort of open in one corner. So you can see inside the shell. Is this normal...

Is there any special place a plate prefers? :notsure: Thanks. Debbie G

Listen to this...one of the first fish I put in my tank was a pearl (yellow headed) jawfish. Just love that little guy. A few weeks ago, I added lyretail anthias. After that, I didn't see my jawfish. When a week went by without seeing him, I just figured he stressed out from the new...

I know the clownfish tried using it as a host at least once, and the tentacles retracted, but they came back out. Now it seems that one "stalk" of the tentacles haven't come back out for about a week I guess. The other "stalks" of the torch look fully extended and healthy. Is this something I...

A while back we discussed anthias and you recommended the lyretails. I just received them and you were right. They are absolutely gorgeous and all of them swimming together is such a sight. I just put them in the tank yesterday afternoon. I got one male and four females. The male seems to...

I had a dead coral in my tank 3 weeks ago, while it was dieing it turned my tank water yellow. Once it was removed, I started doing water changes and adding carbon, small water changes at first. I wasn't getting much satisfaction so I started doing bigger water changes (35-40 gals per day)...

I've seen people write that they are afraid of their caulerpa "going sexual". But what exactly happens if it does? Does it turn the water a color? Does it release nitrates back into the water? Can you visually "see" a change in them to tell you they have gone "sexual"? Thanks. Deb

About 3-1/2 weeks ago, I put a toadstool leather in my tank. I didn't know it was already dead/dieing. After it was confirmed that it was definitely dead, I took it out. It had already turned my water yellow and very cloudy. I have done anywhere between 10-40 gallons water changes every day...

I live right near the Delaware Water Gap. Five minutes to get into Jersey. Does anyone know a good marine store around here? (South Jersey would take me about 2-3 hours and I don't really feel like that ride) Any suggestions? Actually I'm an hour and half away from Staten Island or Manhattan...

Hi Wocka, I conducted the food experiment. And the answer is no. My jawfish did not go for the pellets. Well...he did go for them and then promptly spit them out. HTH Debbie G

Another of the tiny brown fuzzy ones. Sorry I didn't know how to post all 3 pics in one post.