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I'll make the story short and get straight to the pics. I met a guy that had a 24 gallon aquapod sitting on his desk at work and he was letting it go to hell. Neglecting it and letting the aiptasia take over because he thought they were corals. The tank was way overstocked and killing corals...

I bought a very small frag of candy cane today and used some white epoxy to attach it to a piece of my LR. Putting the frag on the rock is really going to help for getting good placement in the tank, but the white epoxy really stands out and is kind of an eyesore. Will coralline algae grow on...

I just came across a really great deal on a purple sea whip that I just could not pass up. Now, sea whips are essentially just a gorgonian but I did not have time to do any research on it before I grabbed it. When I grabbed it, it was not fully open because it was under so much current in the...

Maybe this question has been beaten into the ground but I have not found a topic that directly answers what I'm asking. The stock lighting in my aquapod is 1x32w Dual Daylight & 1x32w Dual Actinic PC. The Actinic is half 420nm and half 460nm. With the daylights on all of the color in my corals...

Is it normal for a florida condi to pull all of it's tentacles in and basically look like a little orange ball after feeding? I just fed the tank and about 40 minutes later I notice the condi is completely pulled in.

How do you know if a sponge is dead?

I recently bought a nice sized piece of frogspawn and up until 2 days ago it was opened up all the way when the lights were on. Now, it's staying closed and only opening up about 25% when the lights are on. Is this normal?

Am I missing something? Every week I do a 5 gallon waterchange on my 24 gallon pod. Whenever I do this the water drains down to a level where some of my corals and rocks are out of the water. How is everyone else doing changes? I also always manage to stir up a lot of detritus and make my water...

I recently bought 4 peppermint shrimp. They went to town on my aiptasia problem, all but knocking it out completely. This was during the first week. Now, in the 3rd week, I found one dead and removed him, and have not seen the others for days. I have not had any issues keeping any inverts. I...

I'm running the stock 10k dual daylight and 420/460nm actinics that come with the pod. I'm wondering if it's possible to upgrade the lighting by simply upgrading the lamps. I've found entire hood upgrades but they are a little pricey. Any help?

I bought a green frogspawn from my local LFS today and I just wanted to show it off. I'm also having a hard time finding a place for him that I like. I stuck him down in the sand for now but I kind of like it... what do you think?

I just got home from work to find one of my feather duster's tube torn in half and I think the worm has been torn out. He has not emerged from either side of the tube yet. My most recent addition is 3 large peppermint shrimp. Do peppermints eat dusters? If so, I sure as hell wish they would...

I was just feeding my tank, I walked away then happened to walk past it again on my way to the kitchen when I noticed one of my very small blue leg hermits picking at something inside of a snail shell. A closer look revealed a small TONGUE like thing poking out of the shell with little white...

I've posted some pictures in other forum areas but this is the most fitting area, so here we are. I inherited this 24 gallon cube from a guy that had neglected it for over 6 months. The first shot is before, the second shot is after. I've had the tank for 3 weeks. So far I have been able to...

Will macroalgae live in an environment without light? Does it depend on the type? What type can I use that does not require light? I have some macroalgae/plant life in my tank that the LFS called "dead mans fingers". Is this a plant? Macroalgae? I have not been able to find info on this stuff...

The qquestion is; Is it possible to put a skimmer on an aquapod? I have a 24 gallon aquapod. I have a major detritus issue, I've never seen so much of it! I removed the filter pads from behind the overflow today and put in about 4 lbs of LR rubble and folded up a sheet of filter padding and...

I just finished dripping 2 peppermint shrimp. They were both normal coloration and activity in the store. After acclimation (1.5 hours) one of them was almost completely white/transparent and the other was of normal coloration but was very lathargic. Now that they are in the tank the one that...

I just inherited this 24 gallon from a guy that had been neglecting it for nearly 6 months. After a week of cleaning and cleaning and removing aiptasia and trying to ID everything in the tank, making stock lists, doing water changes and generally bringing the tank from the brink of disaster...

Some of you may know, most of you probably don't, I inherited a 24 gallon aquapod and I've found some corals in here that I need help ID'ing. along with the ID I would appreciate any common knowledge on them, such as lighting needed, spot feed or not, etc.. Or just point me to a somewhere that I...

This new aquapod is finally up and running great, there is just one minor problem that I can see with it, and it seems to be a design flaw. When the tank is full the light housing is touching the water, or very nearly, and the top of this pod is completely enclosed so heat does not escape. I...