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all I can say is don't cheap out on the power heads. I did and I regreted it later. 1 expensive power head usually does a better job then several of the cheap ones.

I have only had good luck with my Green Chromis. The only ones that died where jumpers. I saw no real aggression. Once one disappear and I found him a couple of days later in the sump. He was alive but didn't look healthy. When I put him back in the display tank he cheered right up and was...

I had these guys in my tank. At first there was one, and I even saw him get up on his hind quarters and spit out eggs into the current. My fish would rush in and snack. They multiplied quickly and before I knew it there were tons of them everywhere. Eventually most of them disappeared and...

sounds like fun, I'll be watching.

I had two of these hitchhikers turn into 200 very quickly in my tank, but eventually they died off to only a couple again. They will self balance their population.

I have had this problem before. If I ever build a new system, I will never use suction cup power heads again. All magnetic. Thanks for the read.

Ok I will buy anouther one so they can be a gang!

I bought a peppermint shrimp 2 days ago and he is fairly docile. He stays hidden in the lowest levels of live rock hanging upside down. He only comes out for seconds to chase down a peice of fish kibble at feeding time. Would it be a good idea to get him a buddy or will he eventually become...

They must be eggs. Either that or the snail wanted to communicate with me by making symbols on the glass with its slime. Anyway, Do snail eggs ever hatch successfully in the home aquarium with all the snail enemies around?

My tank (first ever) has had inhabitants for about a month now. Today, I woke up and found one of my 9 cerith snails attached to something weird. After I came home from work I found the finished product to be this pile of stuff. I think it must be snail eggs. I am confused why the snail would...

The cycle is finished and today I added some goodies. 10 snails that I will have to lookup to find their type. 4 green chromis that have done nothing but eat floaties in the water since they moved in. I also bought a little rock of blue buttons. At first the chromis were shy and hid in the rock...

*sigh* alright. I must be brave now. *gets out larger hammer* The nudi's fate is no longer a matter of opinion. The sacrifice of one can save the many. The future of the aquarium must be preserved!

why so much hate it is but a little white nudi

I hope you are right about it being a bergia nudibranch. It is a brand new tank and I do have a few glass anenomies. It is a white nudi though just so you know. Hope it doesn't eat any corals in the future.

I linked to an image posted in the hitchhikers thread by anouther person. He wasn't answered very solidly so I would like to know if anyone now knows what it is. I just fond one on my glass today. (tank just done cycling, no clean up crew yet though)

Ok thanks all for the input. I now know what i need to do. I think I will make a trip to the fish store today, have them test the water just to be sure my test kits are working. I will also get an ammonia tester and get some food for feeding the ghosts in the water!

There was tons of die off. This was uncured rock and I know there was at least 1 dead crab as well as many feather dusters that I am sure would have started a roaring cycle. So you are saying that every true cycle has a nitrate spike at the end that lasts a week at least?

nitrites are now somewhere between 0 and .25 nitrates are somewhere between 0 and 5 but the color looks like 0 to me. I don't ghost feed. Was this a newbie mistake?

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Thanks for a fast reply! I don't have an ammonia tester. The fish store lady said I didn't need one since nitrite would indicate the same thing . I am just confused why a nitrite spike would just disapear without leaving nitrates. Anyone have an opinion on this?