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    Plate corals

    I had a Long Tenacle Plate Coral that I bought about 2 weeks ago. A couple of days ago I noticed some brown grainy stuff on it. I figured it was some left over food or something that it was expelling and never thought twice. Friday I noticed the LTP not expanding like it normally does and looked...
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    Cleaner Shrimp....

    I bought another skunk cleaner yesterday because my first one died after an hour in my tank (1.5 months ago). I started my drip acclimate and after 20min I dumped 1/2 of the water. I went in after an hour to check on the water level and the shrimp was on its side. I scooped him up and placed...
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    Blue-legged Hermits

    My 20g tank has been up for close to 2 months now. I have had 2 blue-legged hermits in there since the begining (these are the only crabs that have been in my tank). Over the past couple of weeks I haven't really seen my hermits out and about like I usually do. The other day I found a molt on...
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    Got an issue with my cleaner shrimp...

    I purchased 6 snails, (3 Cerith Snails, 3 larger ones but not as large as a turbo) sorry I wish I could remember the names of them, 2 blue legged hermit crabs, 1 cleaner shrimp and 1 sifter goby. I drip acclimated the snails and hermits together for 15 minutes, then dripped the shrimp for 30...
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    Cleanup Crew...

    I was looking at the clean-up crews here for a 20g tank and wanted to know what everyone thought of the packages. Are all of the inhabitants compatable? Any more desireable than others? Here is the list 20g-55g Scarlet Hermit Crab: 10 Blueleg Hermit Crab: 10 Turbo/Astrea Snail: 20...
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    OK I feel like a tard now...

    Ok some of you may know that I am new to this hobby and I just set up my tank. I had a 20 gallon tank with 20# of LS and 6# of LR so far...no livestock yet. I only had about an inch of sand and thought that I would go out and get some cheap play sand at Home Depot. Well I ended up at Ace...
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    Completely new to SW

    Ok here is my deal. I have had several fresh water tanks over the years and have decided to turn my 20 gallon tank to SW. So far I have 2 filters setup, powerhead and heater running. My SG is around 1.019-1.02 and temp is 78-80. I have 20lbs of living sand in so far and plan on adding some...
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