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  1. dbelli

    tank crashed!!! help!!

    my 2 yr old 90gal tank has crashed. major algae issues. everything dying or dead. lost all corals including mushrooms, all fish except for a jewel damsel, all inverts including starfish. only things alive are the damsel and a sea apple. have cleaned tank and done water change. scrubbed all rock...
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    bristleworm?

    found a worm in my tank tonight that looks just like the last picture in the bristleworm id thread. long and flat with bristles on the sides, kinda greenish. this thing was about 5 inches long stretched out. was able to catch it and get it out and is now in a bucket. to keep? or not to keep...
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    ID please

    Bought this at my lfs as a piece of live rock. just looked interesting. after putting it into my tank and letting it settle in I noticed something strange. This piece of rock was splitting open in the middle and was opening. It has 2 openings like a clam. I am assuming it is some sort of...
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    ID please??

    Not sure what this is. Found it under the mushroom on the rock. It is red, and blobish. has what appears to be 2 mouth openinings that are tinged in yellow. Openings look like that of a clam. crazy looking thing. sorry the picture is blurry.
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    new 90g for xmas!!!!

    Husband just informed me that he bought me a new 90g for xmas!!!!!!! am so excited!!! currently have a 29g. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here's the funny part, he didn't realize that it was a 90g. He thought that it was a 55g!!! Merry Christmas everyone and hope that Santa brings you all what you...
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    ID please

    my camera sucks!! hopefully getting a new one for my birthday coming up!!! This "thing" is encrusting on my zoos. it is mustard yellow, not soft. not sure what it is. here is a really bad pic but it gives you an idea. any help would be appreciated.
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    crabs killing fish??

    this week i added a sally lightfoot and an emerald crab to my tank. I wake up yesterday to my dead pygmy angel. Today, it was my bicolor pseudo. Seems to me that it is the fish that dwell in the rocks the most that are targeted. Could it be either of these two crabs that is the killer...
  8. dbelli

    Hey firefish9!!!

    went to plymouth today and got some of those "coral nuggets" they are better than I thought they would be. They are getting a big bunch of them in tonight and they even set up a tank just for them!!!!jujst thought you would like to know.
  9. dbelli

    first SWF.com order!!!

    Just recieved my first order from SWf.com and everything looks great!!! I was surprised to see the pygmy angel was actually lively and swimming around when arrived( that was the only fish ordered ). Everything else looked great also. Can't wait to finish acclimation and release into tank!!! I...
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    Aiptasia- to lemon juice or boil?

    Just discovered my first stalk of aiptasia. Unfortunately, it is on a stalk of one of my zoos. Which is better for the zoos? Don't want to harm them, but want to get rid of aiptasia. My lfs doesn't sell Joe's juice. So, boiling water or lemon juice? :notsure:
  11. dbelli

    green favite dead??

    I purchased this green favite from my lfs as a special order.( my local lfs does not do saltwater but they order for me when I want to!!) anyway--- how can you tell of this thing is alive or dead? have had this thing for 2 days and have seen no sign of life as of yet. just looks like a rock...
  12. dbelli

    coral banded shrimp lost legs!!! help!

    Not sure where to post this so I'll try here. While switching to a larger tank, my cb shrimp lost it's large legs. not sure whether it did this on purpose or what. I was gentle with it but the legs just seemed to "fall off". the rest of the shrimp is fine, just missing legs. Will these grow...
  13. dbelli

    20L to 29gal. cycle again?

    If I switch my 20lng to 29 gal, and reuse everything in tank(including cc from bottom) do I have to go through another cycle? After all, they are the same dimensions on bottom, just taller.
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