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This is the first I have heard of snails ditching their shells and growing new one's. I have about 6 different species of snails in my tank and their shells grow with the snails, the new growth is very obvious. Predator, can you give more info on exactly what snails ditch their shells and grow...

Originally posted by T4Stock: <STRONG>If anyone can help with this, let me know. I will send you a pic directly to your e-mail address. Thanks!</STRONG> T4, check out the ID page on my site, it should help with an ID, but it does sound like a cryptic sponge to me, good sign that your tank is...

Not really a problem, try and feed the shrimp first, allow it to get it's fill. It should be fine then, I have 2, a skunk and a blood, as long as I feed them first then there is no problem. HTH

I don't know of any comparison FAQs but I do know that people who run a "Berlin" style tank(no substraight) also can have readings of 0 nitrates. HTH

Eric, I have the same tank, and I use a 1/2' seaswirl on a Sen 700 return pump, and 2 Maxijet 1200's on a wave strip. Personally I love it, the tank looks great and there is plenty of circulation!! As far a a used one, depends on a used what. There are many different types of wave makers...

WOW too bad you are not near me, I have a medium sized one I would love to give away! It has stayed exactly where I put in the tank and it has a purple color to it. They are very easy to care for IMHO, I don't feed it directly, it captures whatever floats by when I feed the fish. My clowns...

YEP, I had 'em, never again. They shift, much too quickly and don't provide enough light. Go for the 10,000k they provide a nice white light without actinic supps! HTH [ October 25, 2001: Message edited by: Green Mariner ]

Silent Bob, Why do you say they are bad? They actually are very good, many of us have bought them to help with exactly what moksha described, they are also excellent detriviours!!

Looks like it might be a cerith snail. HTH

What do you mean lose limbs? Frogspawn have polyps attached to calcium skeletons, is it losing it's polyps, exposing it's skeleton? or is it losing little minitures of itself? if it is the latter then it is producing babies, if it is losing polyps then that is a very bad thing. HTH

The general rule of thumb is turn over the tank volume 10x an hour. Personally mine turns over aprox.24 times an hour, your milage may vary!! HTH

It is not uncommon for a fish to swim through the xenia and clip off some polyps with their fins. BTW, Where ever the polyps land you will wind up with more xenia, personally I think of xenia the same way I think of aptasia, a pest. HTH

It is IMO a stometella varia, these are common hitchhikers on indo pacific rock. The shell looks more like a cap, the snail cannot completely retract into this shell, they also reproduce like rabbits. They are nocturnal as well, so if you wait a few hours after your lights go out you are likely...

With a MAG pump it should not. The MAG is not a very strong pump, depending on head pressure No, PH don't have enough head pressure to get the return back up to the tank. HTH [ August 17, 2001: Message edited by: Green Mariner ]

Check out www.seahorse.org HTH

do a search on the net for pistol shrimp, sounds like you are describing one of them!1 HTH

there is an anemone FAQ page on my site, it should be very helpful. The link is in my signature if it is working. If not check my profile for my homepage.

WOW 10-12 hrs. don't try this @ home kiddies!! :D :D If this is the case you should be OK, but personally I try to keep my corals submerged at all times, IMHO it is un-needed stress. Unless of course, its fraggin' time!!

No you should not expose them to air for any amount of time! You should be doing your water changes from the sump. If you cannot do it this way you need to find another way to do the water changes. Sorry to be the barer of bad news but it seems you don't have many options. HTH

Misty, shrimp are opportunistic feeders, you could try keeping it well fed, if that doesn't work you will have to make a choice between the shrimp or the rock! HTH