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Ph buffer? I've never heard of that. I didn't know Ph could be too low. I've got so much to learn. I love it though. Well, as far as the peppermint shrimp goes, I didn't explain it very well. We already had one peppermint shrimp, but we bought a second one. The next morning we came out to find...

The flatworms decreased all by themselves. We went from around 15 down to 1 in a few days. I don't know why. We pointed the pipe towards the top of the water and the slime disappeared overnight. I'm glad to hear that the pseudocorynactis is okay. They're cool to look at. We had a few...

Bare with me. I'm pretty new at this. According to our test kit from API, the Nitrate, Nitrate, and Ammonia are all at 0 and pH is around 7.4, all at normal/good range. Our salinity tester shows that the water level is perfect as well. We haven't started testing the alk or cal yet so I'm...

I've got a few issues in my tank right now. The first is flatworms. Their not really a problem that I know of. Their too small to take a pic of. Their transparent/white and the tail comes to two points on either side like this ( . Is this an issue or are they okay to keep. I've heard people say...

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So far, Psudocorynactis looks the most like what I have. I've found this same thing in other posts. Some think it's Caribean Mushroom, Orange Ball Anemone, and even a Spaghetti worm. The ones in my tank are too small to take pics of but they are reproducing very rapidly. They don't seem to be...

It's hard to spend this much time staring at a fish tank and not feel geeky. Thanks for the info.

Originally Posted by Whitebird ours have a red center or base but it don't show in the picture the best i can see of yours it kinda looks like this to me this picture is the same but has the tentacles retracked but maybe some one will let us know what they are Did you ever find out what it...

I'm pretty new at this, but I'm having the same problem with aiptasia. I have a peppermint shrimp, but these pests are growing and blooming faster than he's eating them. I don't know if this is normal, but I'll be picking up another one peppermint soon. Hopefully I'll have more luck with two. I...

Originally Posted by paintballer768 And if the GSP (green star polyps) have not opened up yet, give them a few days or so. They tend to be very skiddish corals when it comes to transportation and acclimation, yet nearly impossible to kill. And my green star polyps are opening up. Yeah!!!

Originally Posted by paintballer768 Well heres a quick break down of what you should do, or let this happen starting now. The tank needs to cycle. That means the bacteria in the tank needs to stabilize before the tank can become "functional." Functional meaning can start turning ammonia to...

These are the best pics I can get. I tried placing the infested rock directly in front of the den where my peppermint shrimp stays since he doesn't wonder far from his den. Also, from looking it up online, it looks like the tentacles on the mojeno end in sort of a bulb as where the aiptasia end...

With the Joe's Juice, will it harm anything else in my tank? I have a blennie, the peppermint shrimp, a true perc, snails, crabs, and the green star polyps. Also, are they definitely aiptasia?

Yes we do have the stock lighting and yes, it did kill the anemone. He was doing really well until we started using a stabilizer bacteria. Then he fell over dead. I want to get another anemone, but I'm going to wait until we upgrade to a larger tank. I didn't realize that we needed that much...

Shortly after we set it up, we noticed issues. The true perc hosted with the anemone, but didn't get along with the false perc. They chased each other around the tank biting each other's fins. According to the lfs, it was normal for them to fight until one of them became the dominant female. We...

Today we picked up some coral for our nano. It's green star polyp. We bought it for half price and thought it was a bargain. There were a few aiptasia on the rock, but he used some liquid to "disenigrate" them off. We got home and put it in our tank and suddenly the little aiptasia are sprouting...

My husband bought me my first saltwater tank for my birthday, April 20th, and it's been an adventure ever since. Everything I know about saltwater tanks, I've learned in the last month. The first thing I learned is that this is neither an easy nor a cheap hobby, but it's way cooler than I...

Originally Posted by Bang Guy This is a 10 gallon I set up a few years ago. Maybe it can give you some ideas. What kind of lighting do you have? Your tank looks so much brighter than mine. I have stock halogen lights that I was told (by my know it all husband ) that you needed upgraded lights...

Awesome Tank!!! I hope I can get mine like that. I've wanted a nano tank for a year, but I didn't do a whole lot of homework because I didn't think I'd get one anytime soon. Then 3 days before my birthday (4/20) my husband walked in with it. It's not as easy as it seems. According to what I've...

Good advice. Thanks. I do plan on getting some more live rock, although I'll have to research to understand what fully cured rock means. I'm hoping I can grow some algae too. Thanks for the advice. Wish me luck.