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Hey, I was wondering about something I saw a TV a while back. There was an artifical reef made by a sunken ship. There were corals and anenomes thriving on this wreck. I've always read that metals in a reef tank were a major no-no and here are these beautiful creatures growing on a rusting hunk...

Hey, I was curious as to how many people, newbies and experienced folks, keep a journal on their tanks. I have kept one from day 1 although I'm not as good about now as I was when I started. I was re-reading through mine to see what I did when I started compared to what people are doing now and...

Hey, Has anyone tried keeping caulerpa in their display tank? Not just a few strands to feed their fish, but a whole bed of it? I have my old 55gal tank running basically as a caulerpa farm and was thinking of adding fish.:D It's got a dsb and left over lr and cycled 2 1/2 years ago. Am I...

Hey, OK, lets make this real simple. What happens with caulerpa after the lights go out? I read about it somewhere but I can't find it. Dan'l

Hey, I'm in the prossess of upgrading from a 55gal w/ a 15gal refugium to a 125 w/ my old 55 as the refugium. Anyway, I've got the old 55gal tank running again with a dsb, 100lbs of lr, and a whole bunch of caulerpa. I've been leaving the lights on 24/7. The only livestock in there is one Skunk...

Hey, I did some maintenance on my tank before I left for work. Evidently I didn't get my protein skimmer hooked up right and after I left the motor slipped off the glass and disconnected from the u-pipe. It was blowing huge amounts of air bubbles into my tank for at least 7 hours. (My wife...

Hey, My reef tank has been running for over two years with moderate success. (Mostly good, some not so good.) Anyway, my question is: Has anyone experienced layers of Coralline peeling off the glass sides in small sheets. I keep the front scraped clean, but I let it grow on the back and about...

Hey, Since there is that great snail info sticky that's got a lot of interest I thought I'd try and get an ID from you. I can't get a picture so here goes the description: It's got a conch-like shell. All white with a raised grid pattern to it. The body looks just like a Mexican Turbo snail...

Hey, I just added these lights to my 55gal reef. (4 65 watt lights) My question is, I mounted them on the optional stands which raises them about 3 inches above the tank lid, (I have glass covers on top of my tank.) and I want to know if I'm giving up too much light by not setting them right on...

Hey, Does anyone know how to lower calcium levels? It seems odd, but I can't get my calcium levels below 800ppm! Just a little history: I have a 55gal reef that has been doing very well. I dose with Kents pH Buffer, Calcium, Iodine, and Coral-vite. I had some unexplained deaths to all my...

Hey, Picked one of these up today! Sure is a nice one too! I've been keeping an eye on it to see if it picks at anything it's not supposed to. I picked the CB because it's the safest dwarf for a reef, at least according this site and a couple of books I read. Sure am happy with it so far and the...

Hey, I posted earlier about a emerald crab from he!! who tore up my elegance coral. Anyway, it's trying to open up again and I'd really like to try and save it. I tried to direct feed it some Krill and silversides today but couldn't get it's tenicals to grab on to anything. Any idea's? I do use...

Hey, I got what I thought were emerald crabs to get rid of some bubble algae. Came down this morning and one of them was tearing my elegance coral to pieces. I also lost two mushroom rocks (one still has one large shroom on it.), and two star polyp colonies have been ripped apart. Arrrrgh...

Hey, I've had a 6-Line Wrasse since 9/18/01 and it seems happy swimming around my reef tank. (I've got about 120lbs of lr in a 55gal.) Here's the question: It looks like it is getting a very, very fat tummy. If I had a pair I would think it was pregnant! Is it just finding lots to eat or is...

Hey, Has anybody had one that ate bubble algae? I've heard they do from several sources and was wondering if it's a hit and miss thing or if its something they naturally graze on. I've got several Emerald Crabs and they don't seem to be touching the stuff. Thanks, Dan'l

Hey, Was looking in cracks and crevasses with a flashlight looking for a missing peppermint shrimp and found a coral growing on the bottom of a piece of lr in a cave! Perfect dome shape, about the diameter of a quarter. Perfectly white with sort of translucent areas. Almost looks like its made...

Hey, Anybody have any idea why all my scarlet hermits have died? I got a clean-up crew from this site on 7/20 that included 20 scarlet hermits, 20 small blueleg hermits, two brittle stars, a cleaner shrimp, 2 emerald crabs and 20 snails. Everything is doing well except ALL the scarlets are MIA...

Hey, I was sitting watching my tank last night and one of my brittle stars was passing a brown glob away from its body along an appendage. When it got to the very end it dropped it on a rock and moved away. Yuck! I just saw a brittle star take a dump. :rolleyes: Dan'l

Hey, First, I'd like to get either a Coral Beauty or Flame Angel so I've been doing some research. They say you can't have Dwarf Angels and shrimp. True? I've got cleaner shrimp and peppermint shrimp. Second, I just got a 6-Line Wrasse. Do they eat copepods too? He seems to be picking at the lr...

Hey, Just got back from the not so local lfs and brought back an Elegance coral, a 6-Line Wrasse and a Peppermint Shrimp. In the process of acclimating them so had a few minutes to share! :D Dan'l