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I think there's 2 of these in my tank. Seem to be algae eaters, but I just want to make sure. The part where the shell comes to a point on its back is used to get rid of waste. I saw it the other day, the snail shot a little cloud out - kinda funky...

A few days ago i bought an emerald crab for $5 since I've got a bit of bubble algae. Earlier today, I bought a beautiful 2" maxima for a great deal from a local wholesaler. (Don't worry my lights are fine) A couple of hours ago, it occurred to me that the crab might not be completely safe. After...

I thought I'd share, but I'm also curious why... All 4 of the heads on this colony were the same color when I bought them, but the actinics made me notice the difference in colors from the two on the left, compared to the two on the right (that are the original color). So why are they...

Thought you guys would like them. I wonder what was discussed...

After a recent outbreak of yellowish-brown flatworms, I bought a sixline wrasse and I'm crossing my fingers it will eat them. I don't think it has so far, but it's only been a couple days. Anyways, I fed the tank, a nassarius snail was in turbo mode looking for food, and I notice the sixline...

First off, a nassarius snail is a type of whelk. Not all whelks are bad, mm'kay? I've just bought a snail resembling the one sold here: https://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11...08_63_4_4.html I've found a website stating it to be a Babylonian Whelk: http://indopacificseashells.com/buccinidae.htm...

I'm setting up a 40gal breeder, and purchased Nova Extreme T5 HO 36wattx4 for it. (great deal on ----!) One of the few LFS guys I trust told me 2 10K bulbs would be too much and would bleach out corals. Anyone ever have this happen? He recommended one of the pink bulbs that are "softer" than a...

I got scammed into buying a goniopora a while ago, and don't want to make that mistake again. Went to a lfs today, almost bought what I thought was an alvepora, but salesperson said it was a flower pot. They look the same to me! Especially the green ones... What should I be looking at/for?

I found a new fish store on craigslist, kind of a long drive, but lots of stuff is really cheap there: $15 croceas (3"+) $20 maximas (1.5") $12 true percula clowns... $.99/lb for live sand (he's got the sand in a tank, so its not in some bag for months!!) 40, 55, and 60 gallon glass tanks are...

Just thought I'd share some corals from one of the best stores (that I've been to) in southern CA... Huge frogspawn! For scale check out the clown fish in the right side of the pic:

This crab is so little! I found him climbing on the coralline on the back wall of my tank... any guesses?

It kinda looks like a sunflower to me, anyways:

I bought a few acans at an expo, they were doing fine for a while. I was feeding them, trying to keep them healthy. But I think my good intentions led to overfeeding, since my nitrates have been consistently high. Recently I've been removing the sponges in my 24g nano cube and cleaning them...

You know what I mean, right? Those black sponges in the left and middle chambers of the back of your tanks... I'm not talking about throwing them in the dishwasher or something, but I removed the sponges on the back left of my 24G JBJ nano cube during a water change, and squeezed them out...

This little guy has been in the same area for a while, that's a turquoise-colored sponge below it... any thoughts?

I haven't seen this little guy before, this one is probably the size of a dime... I can usually find molts in my tank, (24G nano cube) from the hermits, but I haven't seen any from this one. Should I keep it? or let the cats play with it? I'm suspicious because my zoanthid colonies have not been...

Well, not much to say, but, I've been a member of these forums for a while... So I thought I'd share my 24g jbj cube that I started at the beginning of Nov '07 that has progressed to now: Here are some at the "warm" setting of my camera: and the "vivid" setting: and here are some from the...

Bought this one at the end of June. Here's what it looked like shortly after I brought it home: It seemed to be doing fine for a week or so, I had it in the center of the tank, and it was getting quite a bit of light. Pretty soon, it started to detach itself from the rock it came on, and color...

I searched, and couldn't find any info on replacing stock PC bulbs for my jbj nano 24g, and I don't really trust the fish store guy... Its been about 8 months since I bought the tank new, and some things in my tank just don't seem to be growing like they should be. (Even though my GSP's are...

There is a LFS by my house that is selling 2 six-line wrasses for $14 each which is the best price I've seen. I plan on buying one. I've been searching their care and diet for quite a while, and most websites say the same for diet: "Feed a mixed diet of carnivore preparations, mysid shrimp...