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i've had this sandsifter for over a year. no new tank mates. recently he has lost all but 1 leg. do starfish molt their legs or something? any ideas? thanks.

last night i saw a couple of asterina snails on my small birdsnest coral. this morning, they were gone, but now there is a small "bald spot" where they were last night. how concerned should i be? i literally have 100's of these stars, so getting rid of them is nearly impossible. any suggestions?

i know i have another thread started about this, but i kinda need answers pretty quick. can i use a float switch from a toilet tank with my RO/DI unit which has a "auto shut-off valve" for my holding bin?

its time for me to replace my MH bulbs. right now i have the stock coralife 175watt 10K bulbs, mogul base. would like to move up to a 14-15K bulb, i already have actnics. which bulb do you recommend for my 90 gallon sps/lps tank? thanks

so a few weeks ago, i started a thread about some recently aquired 5 gallon pickle buckets. i've washed, soaked, scrubbed, washes, soaked, and scrubbed. so then i went and got a new batch of RO water, and mixed my usual batch for my next water change. i just went to check on the water, took of...

i got a new coral a few months ago, but cannot find a name. it has green "polyps" that retract into its "branches" at night. glows real nice under atinics. any info greatly appreciated. sorry for the bad pics.

i'm thinking of setting up a top-off unit. i'm tired of paying 30 cents a gallon for ro water, and then hauling it home, then manually topping off a gallon everyday. here is the set up. my tank sits against the wall of the stairs that lead to second floor. directly behind the wall, is the niche...

i have a 7 head torch coral, which for the past 6 months, has been healthy. i noticed the other day that one of the heads was barren, no "tentacles" found in or around it. can see down into the skeleton. came home today to find another head shrinking. water parameters: sg - 1.026 ph - 7.8 ammo...

my snails keep dying. i've lost 4 mexican turbos the past 3 weeks. i noticed the bumble bee snails scavanging one dead turbo. i read that bumble bees may kill othersnails, so i moved them to my QT tank. but this morning i found another dead turbo. i do have a few small cap snails, one is solid...

anyone know where i can get a pair of mated [hr] clowns? a LFS here has a mated pair, with a RBTA for $450. thought that was a bit much.

i got this beautiful piece of red montipora. its about 4" x 5" and flat. i know WHERE to place it, just dont know HOW to place it. do i frag it like everything else, such as glue or rubber bands? or do i just wedge between some LR it and it will attach itself? thanks in advance.

i noticed last week that one of my ocellaris clowns bottom fin was tore up. it look significantly smaller than the other. i put him in QT, and all seemed to be fine. took a close look today and the torn fin, is now enlarged and irregular. if i could compare it to anything, it would be a keloid...

i'm looking for some ideas on how to set up and install my RO/DI. my DT is no-where near a water supply, so if anyone has a top-off set up, with a long run line, i'm interested to see. thanks

does anyone have a good method of cleaning the return lines and modular lock lines comming from the drives? mine are getting pretty full of junk (algea), spitting stuff into my DT. any suggestions greatly appreciated.

last night i just happed to turn on my blue lights, and saw a this white worm, approx 5mm in lenth, swimming out in the open. it was swimming in a spiral "corkscrew" motion. not knowing what it was, i caught and discarded it. anyone know what it was? was it bad or beneficial?

is it ok to run a uv sterilizer in a tank with fish and coral???

i rarely look at my tank when the lights are off, but i happened to walk by my tank and saw my sand sifting star on the move. i also saw something that i have not seen before. a little "bug". was about the size of a grain of rice, dark, and resembles a "pill bug" or "doodoo bug". its larger than...

i've heard mixed remarks concerning using a uv sterilizer if you have coral. some say yes, some no. what's the final answer???

ok, i just found my first aiptasia "glass" anemone. as far as i can tell, its just one. do i (a) inject it with lemon juice or (b) invest in peppermint shrimp?

just something i found online that compared different salts. *** weblink is strictly for educational purposes, not intended to offend SWF.COM **** http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/sea.../aa090503b.htm