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Returned BTA today....kind of sad about it, but better that than both of them dying. Luckily, LFS gave me store credit for half of what i paid for it.

What kind of snails do you recommend?? Getting tired of coming home to my hermits grubbing on a snail that I didn't get turned back over in time. And how the heck to turbos survive and propogate in the wild???????????? :thinking:

I learned shortly after I brought home BTA that it was a REALLY bad idea (still disappointed in my LFS for not saying anything about it not being a good idea, usually my LFS is good). I added a 15w NO (type that comes with any 10g hood) as a temp fix, so i'm up to 5.5 wpg which is closer to...

Originally Posted by sailfin loosening of the mat what do you mean by "loosening of the mat?"

careful with that. my dad had some electrical probs in his 125, bulb was sparking. thinking it was a fire hazard, he replaced the ballast and bulb. 5 days later, it caught fire while everyone was at work, boiling the fish and doing a grip of damage to the house. my advice is fing a total new...

I eventually want a 10g "stuffed full of coral" and then a bigger one....and a bigger one...and a bigger one :) I'm just out sifting for what other people use. Hadn't found any threads where people talked about supplementing, so thought I'd asl. I am pretty new to this awesome hobby and am...

my "two cents" was about quality, not prices, and I was trying to toss a little humor into a thread that is full of heated discussion. I won't buy SWF from there because they have horrible selection (usually just various damsels and some false percs) and there often as not are dead fish in SW...

have sunpac 50/50 40w. I have looked into other lighting, but don't know what to get as I am using a standard 10g tank and other lights I have looked at are going to be way too many watts per gallon. Condylactus loves the light (it is growin like crazy). LFS told me condy might eat my percs...

Posted about this over on nano, but haven't gotten any advice. I put a bubble tip anemone in my tank last thurs. He looks like he is dyin for sure (hangin all slack, mouth droopin all over the place, looks like zoo being expelled) then a few hours later he looks great! Movin all over the tank...

This tank has been up for years and years. It was housing seahorses (who were breeding) until probably 2 years ago (but even then it was reef). It's 55 gal reef, no idea how much LR and sand. If you can tell me how to take an awesome pic and make it small enough these guys will attach it I have...

honestly, im not sure what kind it is. Looked at pic of orange linkia, and im almost positive that isnt it. he has had them for almost a year. they were about 1" across when he bought them, they are all 3 thriving and growing (albeit slowly). Searched through all my pics of the tank, and this is...

OK, so I've been trying not to worry about him, but I got a bubble tip thurs and one minute i think hes dyin, then i think he's great. Hasn't eaten yet. Got him within a couple hours of LFS arrival (prob not best idea) temp acclimated him like SWF.com says to. Thurs he looked cool for a couple...

i dunno how much help this is going to be, but my dad bought these little orange stars (maybe 1" across). They hang out and crawl around and are visible most of the time. I dunno what they are, but I only see them at one of my three LFS close to home. ps, they are cheap little buggers, i think...

my emerald crab ate most of my hair algae first nite!

Ewww!!!!! Read this and immediately was reminded of my parents hairy crab. They were having the same problem in their 35g hex. Couldn't figure out what the heck was goin on. Finally, months after fish started randomly and occasionally disappearing, they saw this big, nasty, HAIRY crab. . Had no...

I love my emerald crab for grubbin algae (he ate most of my hair algae first nite!!! just wish he would meander back that way....) Any suggestions for fish to grub on algae in a nano? i have 2 false percs, so know that one more fish is pushin it, he has to be a little guy

more LR definitely. I, too, am new, but from what i hear, they will help with your nitrate prob. I really love my emerald crab. He grubs down on my green and brown algae, as well as the nasty red stuff and he tore thru my hair algae first nite i put him in. im lookin at gettin a fish that will...

ive heard it can take up to a month for anemones and clowns to take to each other...im hopin mine will. bought condylactus (then found out he might eat my clows...oops...) hoping my new bubble tip hosts my clowns!!!!!!

add cleaner shrimp! I take a lot of my knowledge from watching my dad do SW for about 5 years (he got me all set up with my first tank for my birthday!!!!! coolest gift ever!!!!!!!!!!!) He has cleaner shrimp in his 55g reef tank and every time ich tries to pop up they grub down on the ich. plus...

I feel like tossin my 2 cents in here. Personally, I love *****, and have since I moved to the city (spent the first 17 years of my life in the sticks). I love them because it's great one stop shopping (and they are the only place in tacoma that I can buy live food for my ball python). However...