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My colt coral has shrunk up and appears to be pinched in towards the base. Also, the texture of it at the pinched (narrowed) areas appear to be scaly instead of smooth. Any ideas? It has always been healthy, it is near a frogspawn, but definately out of its sweeper tenticals reach.

Ok just two quick questions: 1). I would like to switch from crushed coral to sand. I have a 55 gallon with approx. 70 - 80 pounds of live rock. The tank is a little over a year old also. My question is can I perform just a quick switch by putting my livestock (rock-skipper blenny, yellow...

Can anybody give me some info or personal stories about jawfish? I would like to purchase one but my reading material seems to have conflicts on their ease of keeping!

I have pristine water conditions in my tank and successfully keep a few corals and inverts, however all of my scarlet and blue-leg hermits are slowly disappearing. Does anyone have any answers? Could it be mantis shrimp or other crabs with have hitchhiked in on rock?

Can anyone explain tissue narcosis a little further. I have star polyps is a 55 gallon that are secreting a brown mucus. Nitrate, Nitrite and Ammonia levels are at zero. The tank is lighted by 4 40 watt bulbs, and the polyps are placed in the upper half of the tank where they are recieving a...

Should star polyps have occasional feedings of brine shimp or is photo-plankton enough?

First in my tank I have a cleaner shrimp, one pink anthias, an eibli anglefish, a yellow tang, a rock-skipper blenny, and two fire-fish gobies, along with brown star polyps and colt coral. My question is it simple enough that I could remove most of my existing water and live rock (80...

I am thinking of purchasing two banggai Cardinalfish, and I am just wondering if anybody has some info or personal experiences to share with me about these types of fish.

Can someone give me the MINIMUM lighting requirements for housing anemones?

I am wondering if anybody can give me an i.d. on some snails in my tank. They actually live in tubes in the live rock, with a retractable cap. Also they secrete a web into the water, which I guess is to catch passing food. Any ideas what type they are?

Can anybody give me some basic information on a fish called the pink anthias?

Would there be any problams if I put a raccon butterfly in with a small yellow tang, a coral banded shrimp, and a feather duster?