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do they shed thier shell like a shrimp or if I find one laying on its back not moving should I consider it dead?

Will a feather duster eat frozen foods that break up and float around or do they need liquid food(mysis shrimp, marine cusine?). can they live on rock or better in sand?

I wanted to go that way myself and my lfs owner told me all his racks are built on 2x4 construction; hes got alot of weight on that. i WENT WITH 4X4 IN CORNERS (*caps lock) 2x2 length into notched 4x4 and 2x4 front to back. Tomorrow I will wrap it in 3/4 ply and cut out the doors. Im not sure...

Bimensions of trim on tank are 48 3/8 long x 24 3/8 deep x 25 1/2 High; any good threads or links to this? I believe its a 120 and final weight will be 1100 lbs +/-

Any ideas on how to start a build on a stand for a tank (120?) the trim on the tank is 48 3/8 lng 24 3/8 deep and 25 1/2 tall wanted to use 4x4 in corners and 2x4 in middle notch all wood so horizantals lay down in notch; then wrap in 3/4 plywood. Tank should weigh around 1100 lbs give or take...

Im burnt; thats the word I was looking for. Thanks again

what is the green grass you put in the sump that eats nitrates? cholte, chulpa.. something like that. Oh yea and it spreads like crazy

Will nitrates kill crabs such as porcelin and emerald; hermits and snails r living

I have a 125 set up almost a year now; im finally getting some purple growing in there ; snails; crabs r living. I got my rock from a friend who was breaking down his reep 225; being i was just setting up i cycled my tank with it and some damsels; The other night I was looking at the rock and...

My ph is 8.2-8.4 hard too pinpoint on colr chart; alkalinity tested right where it should be according to the api instruction booklet. my hydrometer reads .027+ then with evap it gets higher. I want to bring it down to .024 .025. lfs runs his alittle lower .021-.023; i think i need to be...

i think they use the eggcrate for under neath the substrate to even out the weight load of the rock but i could b wrong; i cant even keep a snail alive

I was wrong about the phospates; they read .5 ppm; nitrates were in between 10 and 20 ppm; and ph was 8.2 maybe 8.4; the rest of the tests were fine; whats killing my snails(and my one shrimp); im going to change the filter; media; i was going to put carbon in one tray and try chemi pure in...

my tank has been set up since around March; I got rid of the cyano; have green hair algae on rock(not to much and it looks nice); most of my parameters are fine except for phosphates seem to b in between 1.0 and 2.0 ppm. tank is 125 fluval 405 tiny protein skimmer lots of sand and rock. hermit...

Ive gotten some help and it is cyano. I need water flow I htink and any more help i can get

when my tank was new I started getting brown algae all over everything, glass, sand rock, my rock came from a cycled tank; about 60lbs in a 125 plus about 30lbs of skeleton coral. I put purple up in the tank and the brown algae stopped; i started getting purple and green. the green is growing...

I was wondering how my sand was getting piled up just to the side of a piece of live rock. my wife thought i had added more sand. when she said this i looked and saw what she was talking about. I thought i had some type of hitchiker because i got my rock from a friend who was breaking down his...

125g , 65lbs live rock from an established tank, 40lbs crushed coral 60 lbs sand;20 lbs "live sand(from a bag)"; 5 gallon bucket of sand from an established tank; about 30lbs of skeleton coral(is that considered in the live rock weight because it is very pourous?)2 36" 10000k t-12;2 36" actinic...

when should you put a skimmer on a new tank?

i think thats what the card says .25ppm Ill look again if that dosent make sense

Almost 2 wks ago I added a 5 gallon bucket of sand from an established tank w/ 65lbs of rock from that tank. I already had 40lbs crushed coral and 60 lbs of sand in the bottom of the tank when I added the rock and established sand. I need anoth 65lbs of rock but im wacthing the levels. the...