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Ok, so I have to run out and get batteries for my camera, but I wanted to go ahead and post this. Today I turn the light on in my tank and there's a starfish on the glass. It's about half the size of a dime (fairly small I guess). It looks to be white on the bottom, with a darker, maybe blackish...

Hello, Ok, so I either have a rock anemone or a majano (sp) in my tank, and I have tried to remove it twice to no avail. Today I noticed that there is now a second one sprouting up right next to it... They are sitting almost on top of some pretty zoas, and I don't know where to go from here...

The reason I ask is because as my Hammer Coral is growing, it is getting fairly close to my Candy Cane coral... Should I go ahead and try to move one?

Ok, so someone gave me a free little cluster of Zoa's, and this thing was attached... What is it? If it helps anyone, it does have a stalk, if you poke it, it closes, but not for very long. Any idea?

I got home today to see what looked like cob webs or spider webs in my tank. What is this? Is it good, bad, or doesn't matter? How do I remove it?

Hello, I was at the LFS today and one of the employees gave me a free brain coral. He said it's not doing well, but if I wanted it I could have it. It's floating in the bag right now. I'll try and get pics later. Anything you guys suggest for trying to revive it? Or anything I should be careful...

Hello, I got a Nepthea Tree frag for 10 bucks from the LFS a little less than a week ago. It looked fairly small and blue when I brought it home. I understand they expand and retract like other corals, and after acclimation and such, the next couple days it expanded to a normal size. Then, I was...

Hi All! This is my 12 Gallon NanoCube. I've had it for going on three months, and after looking at other people's tanks, I'm wondering if I need a few more pieces of live rock? In the tank right now: Ocellaris Clown Green Clown Goby 2 Blue Leg Hermits 1 Emerald Crab 1 Peppermint Shrimp 2 Astrea...

Hello, So I've had a blue leg hermit in the tank for about a month now. Today I added another, along with an emerald crab, and I am quite annoyed. I've already watched the old hermit chase around the emerald crab and mount the blue leg twice (I had to separate them). Is this normal behavior? Is...

Hello, I have a green clown goby and he's a tiny little booger right now. I added him to the tank Sunday, and I can tell he's hungry. The pellets and flake I have tried seem too big for him (he takes them in, then spits them out several times). Don't worry, he has managed to get several meals...

Hello, I have a JBJ NanoCube 12 gallon, and I just changed out the carbon for the first time. The package I got said to put in 1/2 a cub of activated carbon per 10 gallons, so I did half a cub and then some, but when I removed the old carbon, the bag that came with the original tank had much...

I recently got my first clown fish (Ocellaris) and he seems to sit in the flow of my power heads constantly. It looks like he's fighting pretty hard, however since this is my first I can't be sure. He is definitely able to get out of the flow however, because when I feed him, he just pops right...

Ok, so I was at my LFS today trying to pick out my first coral (got a very nice looking zoanthid frag!) and I saw a fish that was picking up small rocks, shells, and sand in the display tank and building what looked like a little fort. I thought this was pretty awesome, and I was wondering what...

Ok, so I got my first fish in my tank yesterday. It is a "false percula", or ocellaris. According to everything I've read, they sometimes won't eat for the first couple days, which is the case here I think. However, I still attempted to feed him yesterday (obviously to no avail) and I did again...

I purchased a power head for my JBJ nanocube 12 gallon. I noticed it was making a slight noise, which I believe to be air bubbles coming from it. This may seem like an extremely stupid question, but I heard that small air bubbles can effect salt water fish, is this true? Also, would this noise...

Hello All! After being told by several people on SWF, I have decided to make a diary logging the progress of my first ever fish tank. I decided that if I were going to do this, I would jump in head first, as I've read that fresh water is so different anyway. Due to the restrictions on my...

Hello! Ok, so my tank has finished cycling (I did my at home tests, then also had the LFS check my water) and so I went and picked up my first animals! I got two snails, two hermit crabs, and a peppermint shrimp (doesn't sound all that exciting I know, but for me it's the first pet I've ever...

Ok, so my 12 gallon nanocube is almost to the end of it's cycling process. I have been debating what kind of fish to get for the tank for a while, so I thought I'd ask everyone what their thoughts were. I would like suggestions for reef safe fish. I assume since it is a smaller tank, I can only...

Hello, So I'm a new aquarist and my tank is cycling right now. It's about two and half weeks in, and today I flipped on the light and there was this neon blue and green looking centipede crawling into a crack in my live rock. I didn't notice it until it was almost gone, but it was about a...

Hello, So I'm a new aquarist and my tank is cycling right now. It's about two and half weeks in, and today I flipped on the light and there was this neon blue and green looking centipede crawling into a crack in my live rock. I didn't notice it until it was almost gone, but it was about a...