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does anyone have a picture of what a pregnant shrimp looks like? i have four peppermint shrimp & one appears to have small eggs latched on to her belly.

thank you, i ended up moving two to the bigger tank.

i have 3 cleaner shrimp in my 10g w/1 percula clown, they have been in tank now for 2 weeks, but i'm beginning to think that is too many in tank + they seem to be stalking my percula. Should i move them to my 72g? i I currently have 4 peppermint shrimp in that tank.

thank you. Do you have any pics you can post?

i've decided to use my 10g tank as reef tank, from reading other threads a small clown fish can be kept in that small of a tank, so how much live rock can i put & still leave sufficient room for a small clown?

i know! i purchased mine at my lfs & after 2 weeks i took them back along w/sample of water. the lfs kept them for me & i picked them up again after about a week & 1/2 & put them back in my tank & after about 3-4 days they all opened & have opened every day since when lights come on. i don't...

it took my star polyps almost a month to open.

all readings are ppm, i'm using mardel test strips, i have not been checking calcium since not on test strip. however i checked it now & its reading 420ppm. other readings today: nitrate 40 (water change due) nitrite 0, alk (i don't know there is no color on strip to match my reading) ph 8.0 &...

links to pictures. ave: temp 78, alk abt 300, ph 8.0, sal 1.022. we are using Ocean's Blend (2 part form of ph/alk & calcium) every day but ph is not increasing. trying to get it to 8.3-8.4. lfs advsd to use marine buffer to raise ph to 8.3 but that's not working.

my tank is 24" deep w/about 1 1/2" of substrate. bta is attached to lr about 1/2 way up tank. I have been trying to attach pictures but no luck

correction: When lights are on he is open but doesn't extend

I purchased a BTA thru mail order about 3 weeks ago. My lighting system is 65w dual acitinic & 65w dual daylight. tank size is 72g & is predomintaly LR & Inverts. My ? is my BTA only extends out when lights are out & only moon lights are on. When lights are out he is open but he doesn't extend...

thanks, i end up cutting a piece of carbon pad & placed in section where water returns & it stopped bubbles. is this ok?

i am having a hard time keeping fine bubbles from getting out of my protein skimmer i keep adjusting & it does not stop. i'm using a prizm high effeciency skimmer. any suggestions?

display is reef. can i just move this existing filter system on 10g to a rubbermaid?

beth, in my 1st post i mentioned ich outbreak in main display. i now have a qt tank set up but since setting it up & doing further research i don't think its big enough to qt the rest of my fish. i have 5 1/2" blue green chromis, 1 6-line wrasse about an 1" & 2 damsels also about an 1". my...

he has white spots that look like ich.

i have these too. are they copepods?

thank you, i found this site thru jeeves & it is fab. my main tank is 72g bow front reef tank. my qt tank is 10g i'm currently treating my maroon clown w/Quick Cure containing formalin & malachite green. i found it very effective in my 55g freshwater tank. what is hyposalinity? and can i use...

i plan on purchasing a kole tang for my reef aquarium. when i bring him home & qt him should i go ahead & just start an ich treatment. about a month ago i purchased a kole tang & he died of ich & wiped out my 2 clowns (this was before i set up a qt tank)