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  1. mxkris

    2 IDs for ya! Blenny and SPS.

    Alrighty.. got this little guy last week. I assumed he was a bi-color blenny but I keep having doubts. Most bi-colors I see have a dark navy front half, and yellowish back half, like this: My little guy has a dark head, but that's it, and it fades all the way down to a pale yellow: Also, I got...
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    GBTA hates Maroon Clown...

    After a month of having my GBTA, my maroon started hosting it about 3 nights ago! It was the COOLEST thing! ANYWAYY.. About an hour after he figured it all out my nem had had enough and packed up and moved away behind my LR. He's been in the same spot since about 2 days after he got home and now...
  3. mxkris

    Bubbllessss

    Okay... first things first.. pH 8.2 Ammonia 0 Nitrate 5 Nitrite .1 Calcium 400 Temp 81 I recently switched from CC to Live Sand.. I also went to a fixture which has 1x150 HQI and 4x24W actinics. I had a small diatom bloom but some snails have recently taken care of most of that. But the last few...
  4. mxkris

    ID on some Zoas!

    Got some new Zoas from a local reefer and he threw in 3 free frags! ID help (common names) would be good! Pretty sure the last pic is Radioactive Dragon Eyes
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    Need Protein Skimmer Reccomendation..

    Alright, I need to get a protein skimmer... the deal is I need one that will fit on my tank. I'm looking for a back back type, or HOB. As you can see I only have abour 3" of clearence from the top of the tank to the light.. Does anyone know from experience one that will fit?
  6. mxkris

    My New GBTA!

    I don't have a far away shot yet! Sorry!!
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    New Frogspawn...

    Well, I think it is, I have trouble telling them all apart!
  8. mxkris

    29g pictures...

    Hello all! I have had a 29g for about 2 years now and I figured it's tine to post some pictures and a FTS. I just recently started with coral.. I guess a few months back I got some shrooms to start with and they didn't die, in fact they multiplied so I figured it was okay to go forward! Got...
  9. mxkris

    Goby/Pistol shrimp compatibility...

    I have always seen pistol shrimp paired up with "shrimp gobies" like watchmen, and barber shop and what not... but my question is will they pair with an Orange Diamond Sleeper Goby? I'm asking because I just switched from CC to sand and i'm looking for something that will do a lot of sand...
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    Super gluing down mushrooms??

    Hey guys, like another post I saw on here, I have some shrooms that unattached from my rock and are floating around on my subtrate.. They both have attached themselves to a piece of crushed coral so no longer have a way to stick to something.. instead of the shot glass trick or rubber banding...
  11. mxkris

    Does this sound like copepods??

    Okay... so my tank looks fine during the day with the light on... when you turn the light off at night, the little dudes come out. When I turn my light on in the morning there are all these bug looking guys crawling around on the rocks, but mostly on my back glass. A good amount too...They are...
  12. mxkris

    Well, what do you think? New Mushrooms!

    Hello! I got my first coral at the beginning of this week, and of course, it didn't take long for me to get a second! What do you think? I got the whole rock for $35 and I love the color! They're bright purple with teal on them! The picture doesn't even look as good as they are! Don't mind that...
  13. mxkris

    Alright.. I gotta ask!!! ID!

    Alright...I have been looking on here and zoaid.com and I can't seem to find what these are. I got them from a reef store right down the road from me to try as my first ever coral attempt! Compared to the other zoos I have seen on here they are super tiny, and there are a lot of them. Where as...
  14. mxkris

    Wild random anemone?????

    Alright.. I know this sounds crazy but I have an anemone growing in my tank. I have never had any coral of any sort because I have never had the lighting. I have two clowns and a crab. I just noticed about 3 weeks ago what looks like an anemone that just appeared on a piece of my rock. Only...
  15. mxkris

    Dead Inverts?????

    This morning my two snails and feather duster were dead. Only thing I did different was two days ago I bought some Kent Marine stuff like Ammonia Detox (I did a big water change) Essential Elements, and Pro*Buffer dKH. Everything should have been safe for the inverts and I didn't even put in...
  16. mxkris

    Peppermint Shrimpy, Hardy?

    I got two peppermint shrimp last night that I acclimated for almost 3 hours and by morning they were both dead, so I took them back and got the last one they had, and now he is acting pretty lathargic, am I going to loose him too? My water seems fine and I had a peppermint shrimp before you was...
  17. mxkris

    Feather Duster...

    Alright, I just got a feather duster, which is still in the bag acclimating. Anyays, There is tiny little slug looking thing crawling around in the bag which I doubt can be the tube worm, because it's TINY and has no crown or anything. So do I need to get rid of this thing?
  18. mxkris

    Never had coral...

    Hi there! I have had a fish only 29 gallon set-up for a year now. I am wanting to try out a coral, but have NO idea what is the easiest to start with, what kind of stuff needs to go in the water.. and so on. I want the easiest to take care of, and doesn't require all sorts of crazy stuff. I just...
  19. mxkris

    Cleaning Live Rock??

    I did a pretty good cleaning on my tank tonight and was just wondering about my live rock. I only have 3 medium sized pieces (i'm new to this) and they are like, covered in dark greenish black hairy algea (i assume it's algea). Can I run them under water and scrub it off, or will this kill the...
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    Treating HLLE...

    I looked on the post with all the pictures of fish diseases (which was really helpful, btw) and found that my blue tang has HLLE. Is there a treatment for this?
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