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Any ideas on what this is? I think it may have came in on the back of a snail shell as it hasnt been around for long (and only since we added the snails.) I've seen some of the discarded shells in the sand with small sprouts shooting off as well. It seems to grow in small patches like this...

We started our tank around April of this year (6 months or so.) Tank specs are below. We've had issues with algae (mostly brown) since we started the tank but since we've upgraded the lights we've had a major influx of green algae. The back is covered with such a thick sheet of algae that it...

Our skunk cleaner has had some dark brown spots appear on his side lately. Not sure what they are so I was looking for advice. Any thoughts?

All I seem to take photos of lately is our fish tank, so I wanted to share the pictures. I'm still learning to use the camera and I have quite a bit to learn in regards to lighting and manual camera settings. Feel free to offer tips in terms of photography but otherwise I hope you enjoy them...

I was wondering if anyone could ID this guy, it would be greatly appreciated.

Hello everyone, We picked up a tiny handful of green button polyps from our local fish store. They were about 10 dollars for the cluster if that gives you any indication. We have had them since Tuesday (so about 2 days now) and they have only opened up about 50%. 1 or 2 of them has opened...

So we bought this ballast kit when we first setup the aquarium from a local fish store that was going out of business. The box doesnt mention anything about it being VHO compliant and we paid next to nothing for it with all the discounts and everything combined (I think it was like 20 dollars...

Hello everyone, I've been around long enough to know that tangs need a lot of space to swim. We currently have a 55 gallon tank with few fish and would eventually love to get a hippo. We plan on upgrading in the next year or two but right now we are still focused on the tank we have. If we...

We just got out first feather duster today and I have been trying to find some info on them. I searched these forums (as I always do) and wasn't able to find much in regards to the care of these guys. So I am calling out to you to help make this thread as informative as possible. If you know...

I'm still learning but wanted to share a photo I took of our goby. Thought it turned out fairly neat since he was mid sand sifting at the time.

Anyone have any idea what these guys are?

Hello everyone, We did our big monthly water change last Sunday and also added a new fish around that same time, a Dragon or Sleeper Banded Goby. Other than that it's a fish only tank with 2 clowns, some hermits and some snails. We've noticed that since about that time the tank has this...

A few months ago we had several small purple circles start to form on the tank. Over time it had expanded and the tank was pretty much polka dotted with what looked to be coraline algae. One of our bulbs burnt out and it took a few weeks to replace it due to a lack of fish stores in the area...

Can anyone ID this hermit? He ended up getting brought into the tank with a group of blue legs by accident. He is at least 3 times the size of the blues and he started off their size to begin with. Click on the images for a larger version.

Hello everyone, We picked up our first new fish in months last night, a tiny pearly headed jawfish. She (or he, not sure) is around 1 1/2 inches long from tip to tail and extremely small. We acclimated her and placed her in the tank last night with the lights off. Left it dark for about 2...

Our tank has quite a few of these little bugs running around in the live rock. They are too fast to get a photo but I was wondering if anyone knew of a Fish/Shrimp/Crab that has been known to eat that sort of thing. They sort of resemble a silverfish but not as big and their tails tend to...

Hello everyone, Our tank has been setup for several months and everything has been doing great. We have a 55 gallon with around 80 pounds of live rock and 40 pounds of live sand. We have 2 clowns, 1 cleaner shrimp, and approx 15 snails of various types and probably 15 hermits. 10 of the...

We bought two little clowns about a week ago. They have been doing great and the larger one is as healthy as a horse. We've noticed over the last day or so the smaller one has been hanging out solo in a small cavern in our rocks. He also doesnt seem to eat as much as the larger but we have...

We have approx 100 lbs of live rock in our 55 gallon. We also have a lot of flow in the form of 2 of the koraline powerheads and the return from the wet/dry. You can tell that the water is swirling around really well but the problem is that our live rock is branchy and seems to collect a lot...