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I made the mistake recently of placing a yellow worm too close to my green hammer coral. The next day, the area where there was contact had "brown jelly" on it and the polyps were dissolving. About a half square inch. Anyway, I took a tooth brush and carefully removed the jelly and then...

Thanks, When you feed plankton, is it necessary to turn off the the system? Bob

I am a beginner reefer. Are sponges low maintenance? --Bob

Hey gang, Any suggestions for that area in my tank on a five inch high piece of live rock with twenty inches above it where the tank drains out over the bioballs? There is hardly any water flow at all there. I already have hammer, brain, yellow and green polyps and colt finger in other parts...

purple tang,sally lightfoot,emerald crab,cleaner shrimp,hermit crabs,bumblebee snails,and one sand-shifting starfish.The filter is protein skimmer. ;)

i'M GOING WITH YOU, old yeller...Wish me luck!

it just finished cycling and we put in hermits and cleaner shrimp

i need a new fish that isnt aggresive!!! :rolleyes:

I recently just got a 55 gal. tank and it is just about ready for coral and fish. I have been looking online for a few suggestions. I want a hawkfish but people say it will attack everything and others say it is their favorite. Please tell me about this and other fish suggestions! :confused: :D

A kole tang is one that I never even considered but I will now....I'm off to start to research.

How about a powder blue, hippo or purple?

If you don't take into account other livestock in the tank (just for discussion's sake), what does everyone think a 55 can handle in terms of room for the fish. It seems this messageboard thinks even tangs are eventually going to be uncomfortable. Are there other large fish to consider...

And sponges can be handles by beginners? What do they require?

Hmmmm....Long-nosed Hawkfish? Never even considered it. Are they fun to have? Do they behave.? I love any suggestions. Tanks alot!

Thanks for the feedback, JRT. I really appreciate it. I am starting out with a 175 watt 10000k Metal Halide. From what I,ve read I am considering adding actinic? I thought that one or two tangs would be nice to look at as well as help keep the algae eaten. At first I even considered one...

Call me Ishmael. OK. Witness how my wishlist for my first reef tank has evolved... Two gold headed gobies--no good...they will spray sand on to my clam. Blue legged hermits-- nope...they will kill my snails for shells. Hippo tang--no way too ich prone Powder blue or brown--nope too...

Thanks for your help. The picture on that websight is the best aid. I really think this Message Board is wonderful. --Bob :)

I am trying to cycle a new 55 gal.tank. One week ago I added live rock. The only signs of life so far are a few thin anemone -like growths spiraling (1/2 inch) and one thicker growth (one inch long). Should I just sit back and observe since I don't even know what they are or should I assume...

OK. Is this correct or am I still not getting it. The live rock comes with lots of live organisms out of the ocean. Then, the supplier tries to get it to the customer so that some of the stuff survives. Then, the new aquarium owner sticks it in the tank and what has survived the trip now...