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What harm can a peppermint shrimp cause??? :p

The 3 main ingredients of a successful reef is 1-keep it simple 2-keep it stable and 3-keep it clean in other words, don't overstock, especially fish, get as large a tank as you can afford more water the better, and DON'T over feed, feed sparingly fish will not starve. I see you follow these...

BurnNSpy I'm fixing to get a reef package you said the Arrow crab wasn't safe, is the emerald crab safe? The package comes with 2 emerald crabs. :)

Got my Aqua Doser it works great I'm dripping Kalkwasser about 1 cup per hour is that about right for a 135? Directions say you can drip Kalk slowly 24 hours to make up for evaporation. I heard you should only drip at night and early morning. :confused:

I have a question for you, how do you maintain these corals and anemonies with 3 regular lights and an undergravel filter. Man I spent alot of money getting ready for corals and had basically the same set up you have. :rolleyes:

Hey that Niger trigger doesn't eat up all your stuff. I love a niger trigger but didn't think you could keep one in a reef tank, I'd love to have a real small one in my 135 like about 1 inch. They grow very very slow I had a small one for 2 years in my tank thinking it would get big it never...

Something else, I don't know how big your tank is, but you could "for the hot months" replace your glass top with a plexy glass top you can have cut at the local glass shop and drill some 1-2" holes spaced out, then you could keep a top and cool the surface to.

Copperbanded butterfly is a very difficult fish to keep, they die for just about anything. How about putting a fan directly over the sump and cooling that open water. I heard that just cooling the heat under lights might help a little, but cooling open water like the surface water without the...

I got a colt coral cutting today at the lfs. It is secured on a small rock with a rubberband. I asked the lady how long should I keep that rubberband on, she said she didn't know "Geez". So I'm asking you guys how long before the coral will be attached on its own without help from the...

I want to start using Kalkwasser, is the Kent Aqua Doser good for that? I have a 135 so I guess I would need the 2.5 gallon. Can you set this on top of the sump and drip it into the sump? How good does is work? Is Kalkwasser worth this extra hassel, or should I just put in kents liquid...

I have a new set up, the tank cycled and everything was fine. I rearranged the live rock and bam the ammonia has risen. I guess I disturbed some material that was decomposing or something. Anyway I only have two things in my tank, a star fish small red indo-pacific, and a rock with some...

No not shrivled up just flat on the rock, maybe that's how they are suppose to be I guess.

You should not get any, when they die or are attacked by another fish, they can release a powerful toxin that can kill tank inhabitants. :(

I've been checking out some nice mushrooms at the lfs, green with with stripes. There are several maybe 7 or 8 on a small rock, but they are all really flat on the rock. Are some muchrooms just like this or are they just unhappy or something and should be standing up instead of real flat like...

You can "NEVER" over skim!!! I have two skimmers one in the sump rated for a 250 gallon tank, and a seaclone hanging on the back rated for 100 gallons. My tank is a 135, you can't go wrong skimming all you can. :)

My tank cycled in 10 days using 100 lbs of Live Rock. Made a 50% water change after cycle and everything is fine. :D

Dad, I'm still learning about everything don't mean to sound to uninformed, but what is a nitrate filter?

Met a guy at LFS, very nice he and his wife invited me to see his 135 reef. I just got back, it was simply beautiful. Corals, soft and hard so healthy, fish very few only maybe 5 or 6 small, flame angel largest all beautiful. A few other critters, not many mostly hard and soft corals. Never...

Thanks for the replies, the yellow ones are filter feeders for sure. I heard they were the most toxic if they die in the tank or get attacked by a fish. Filter feeders that is, any filter feeder.

Are these reef safe? :confused: