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I noticed some of my frags slowly disappearing day after day... I caught him! I guess he wanted to brighten up his bedroom :thinking: . Anyone else have a klepto in their tank? I hope I linked this right...

I finally got my 29 filled up, 6" DSB, small layer of CC on top, 3 large base rocks. I wanted to do a plenum in the DSB, but I was afraid the Jawfish might mess that up. The tank is an Eclipse system, so the filter is built into the hood. I have a filter pad where the intake brings water in...

My BTA has been settled in one spot for an entire year. Last week I do a water change and I think I made it mad... He started roaming all week. Every morning he was somewhere else. Last night when I come home, I'm horrified to see him sucked up into the filter! But it looked like it split...

So I'm thinking of adding a sump onto my 29 gallon Eclipse tank. It's almost half full of sand for some Jawfish, which leaves very little water volume. The tank is on a standard steel stand made for 29 tanks. So really only a standard 10 gallon tank will fit underneat it, unless I figure a...

I have had a baby maroon clown for a little over a week. I'm trying to pair him with a female, so he has been under lots and lots of stress lately. He has looked healthy all this time, but does not eat much. I started him on mysis, he will suck in every piece and spit it out, only eating 1 or...

I'm in the process of setting up a 29 with just a few Jawfish in it. Since these are burrowing fish, and I have a DSB of 6.5 inches I got to thinking... We're always told not to disturb sand beds as it can release the stored toxic gases and stuff... Well, once this tank has been up for a while...

Pink Spotted Watchman Goby... eating a Firefish... This is a little disturbing to me.

OK... so I'm watching Animal Planet's most extreme... and this Hippo is pooping and peeing, right, totally normal? Well, this nasty ass is wagging its tail and mixing the combo and fluttering it all about.... what in the world?!?! I wanted to throw up! Top that...

I have always drip acclimated all my live stock. But now I wonder... why? The point of dripping is to match Specific Gravity, right? So if you test the SG of both the tank water, and the LFS water and they either match or are very very close, a 3 hour drip isn't necessary? Inverts for some...

Anyone with experience with these guys? I've never really ever wanted a cuke, but on second thought, I could use a good sand stirrer. I can get it as my free gift with my next order from this site. Are they actually filter feeders? Or are they one of those species that are doomed to be in an...

I want to do something easy/fun/interesting with my 29 gallon. I was at SeaWorld last summer and they have an amazing Jawfish species only tank. They are the cutest and most endearing fish ever! I loved how they were always picking up rocks and carrying them over to their caves. Here's my...

Does anyone know how long it would actually take for a Maroon Clown to fully become female? She is over a year old and has her gold stripes. I wanted to wait to get the second until I was sure there was an already established female. She is still pretty small and is housed with a Domino...

So my new refractometer came in today. Little disappointed in the company's shipping though... the prism broke off, super glue to the rescue, I guess. In the email I sent informing them of the broken item, the response was "Can u fix it ?" That's a real negotiator right there... Anywho! Here we...

How many of you have big ol' Rubbermaids that are filled with premade SW? I tried this a while ago, bought a brand new 35 gallon Rubbermaid from Walmart, bigger than my tank! I thought it would be super easy just to fill it one day and have like 10 water changes ready or just SW for an...

I have a toad frag already and want to frag it again to trade with someone. It has a long stem with a fairly good sized head for its size. If I cut the had off... can the stem regrow a new one? Does the stem have photosynthetic ability, I guess would be the question.

Anyone here have long term success with these guys? I had one in my 29g, but, usual story, he got sucked into the power head... Now, in my 20L, I have no power heads, and he shouldn't be able to fit into the HOB intakes *knock on wood*. The tank is relatively low flow so I think he should be...

So there is a sporting good/fishing/camping/etc store and restaurant near me. They have several freshwater fish tanks all around the store. In the middle of the restaurant area is a 500+ cylindrical tank with some cool fish in it... then there is a 29 gallon off to the side with an adult Green...

Was thinking today... how long can a fish stay in hypo? Particularly a Snowflake Eel. If I have a brackish set up with a Green Spotted Puffer, can I acclimate a SFE down to hyposalinity and house the 2 together? When the Puffer gets to be a few years older, he will have to be acclimated to...

So a friend gave me his old freshwater plant grow light. It is metal halide, 250 watt. Can I put a HQI 14k bulb in it and put it over my reef? Is this a fire hazard? Any thoughts?

Are there any PROVEN disadvantages to using silica based sand? I have read so many articles on this subject and I don't see an argument against it. The sand and the glass of the aquarium are chemically identical. Of course, water being the universal solvent, some teeny tiny trace amounts of...