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We have a 180 gallon reef tank. There has been an outbreak of the dreaded aiptasia in the display tank.....like 30 or so aiptasias. We've been using Joes Juice on the ones we can reach but it's barely effecting the growth. In the sump...geeze there are hundreds and hundreds of aiptasia. I've...

We just got back from a wonderful vacation to Hawaii. It was awesome to say the least. When we were on the Big Island at the Black Beach there were these creatures on the rocks and in the tide pools. Can anyone tell me what these critters are? They were about an inch in diameter. While I'm here...

I think our Longnose Butterfly has a problem. Last night he was perfectly normal looking. This morning he has a large ugly boil-like lump on his right side beneath his eye. It looks reddish sometimes but the pictures I've (hopefully) included don't seem to show the redness. He's very active...

There are thousands of these creatures in our 180 gallon reef tank. They appeared about a month ago and have become an eyesore nuisance. What are these creatures and what will eat them? They are not a bacteria because they move under their own power. They are about 1/8" long and move if...

Surfing around doing research I found a tang that has peeked my interest. Does anyone know about the Ctenochaetus Rigofuscos? It was listed as a Lavendar Tang. It is also known as a brown Something tang and also a palani? Tang. It is a bristletooth tang but I haven't been able to find any...

I've searched for a list of tang sizes and lost the site! Just how big does a Hippo Tang get, anyway?

I got this anemone with a shipment of live rock and cleanup crew. There was a condylactis anemone too but I can't determine what this one is. My best guess is either a carpet or a flower anemone. It came from the Gulf of Mexico around Tampa, FL. Can anyone help me identify this anemone, please?

I received these critters in my live rock this morning. The first is ?? a squid ?? The second is a crab and it's not a gorilla crab it's not hairy. Anyone care to hazard guesses on these?

I just finished 3 hours of reading through postings on SWF about Atlantic Blue Tangs. I understand that they will for the most part only do well in schools. There were a few postings that indicated that several species of tang would school together...is this true? I'd like to hear success...

I ordered the green star polyp which came today. It is huge in my 24G nano and when it opens it will be the center focus in the tank but I noticed something emerging and didn't pay much attention thinking it was just the coral opening. Then it started moving across the coral! Then there were...

Now what do I do? I ordered the Xmas tree worm rock w/o porites from SWF because I knew my little 24G nano deluxe lighting would not support porites but would support the feather worms. My order arrived this morning and I was surprised to see this HUGE coral.....porites with a wonderful...

I found this lil' guy when doing a water change this morning, he was crawling on the intake. I would like to know what it is. Do I get rid of him or put him back?

We are having trouble with our pH levels lately. We switched to Seachem Reef Salt and our levels have dropped to 7.8. We need 8.3 but it's a battle every time we change water more than 5%. We have been battling alk and calcium levels with this too. Anyone else have this problem? What Reef...

We have been having nitrate problems in our 24G nano Reef tank with 3" LS and 26 lb LR Inhabitants are 2 small chromis, 2- 1 1/2"crabs 5 tiny blueleg crabs and 5 snails with one skunk cleaner shrimp. 1 frogspawn coral, 1 colt coral 1 ricordea frag and one zoo frag Salinity - 1.025 pH...

Our Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate levels are too high. We took our water to our LFS to just assure ourselves that our levels were good (as they have always been). We watched the tests being performed and were surprised at the rise in all our levels! I haven't trusted our test kit from day one...

I have forgotten what kind of leather coral this is. Could someone please refresh my failing memory? We just got it today. BTW I know that is a frogspawn on the left, it is the one in the center of the picture that I have forgotten.

I've been researching Ick and QT tanks here and hope to see if my plan has any merit. I'm using Beth's FAQ post as my guideline. Tank Info: 24G Nano DX Reef tank running 9 weeks 3" total Substrate half cc half live sand w/32 lb LR 13 lb in 10 days 1 Cleaner Shrimp, 1 Halloween Crab, 1 Eletric...

I have a new 3-headed Frogspawn and have been researching what to feed it. Then I noticed I haven't seen anyone stating HOW when there are multiple heads. :thinking: hmmmmm I plan to try squid but I think I need a description of where to place the mashed up pieces. He sure is pretty!

Yesterday we bought our 2nd coral at our local LFS. It's a small colony of green striped mushrooms. We were thrilled to notice a hitchiking white/green fan worm too. We got them home, placed them at the bottom of the tank and OMG the whole rock clamped! :scared: We aren't sure what kind of...

:help: We have a 24G Nano DX The moonlight lamp and the other lamps are on the same on/off switch. We have the light(s) on a timer and the moonlight is never on in the dark. Could someone guide me through reconnecting or something so that we can turn the moonlight on after the main lighting goes...