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The tank was setup for 4 years, was predator. Those guys are messy, so traded them in to LFS for store credit. Scrubbed all live rock to rid it of hair algae, left tank filter running with 50% water change for 3 weeks until it re-cycled. Then put in cleanup crew. Aclimated entire cleanup crew...

Hi: Last evening a piece of one of my brown brittle stars floated out from behind my rocks. The piece was 1/2 of the body attached to two legs. The rest was missing and this piece was dead. He was part of a clean-up crew from this website. The rest of the crew is another brittle star like...

Been in the hobby for a while (5 years), had a reef 55 gallon tank, converted it to Predator. Triggers and lion. They were too messy and water was getting bad, so we traded the fish in for a credit at Lfs. Now algae is almost gone, thanks to clean up crew from this website. Nitrates are...

I have two triggers, huma huma and a clown, both about 3" living with a 4" Lion. They have been getting along fine until recently, the Lion has been stalking the triggers even biting at them. They don't seem to have any injuries and they haven't been intimidated even a little bit. They still...

Hmm, not sure what happened. I composed a reply and it disappeared. I'll try again> Thanks for the advice. How would a star do? Maybe a sand sifter or a Brittle? Would the triggers eat them too? The Triggers and the Lion leave each other totally alone, I guess it's because they eat totally...

I previously asked about cleanup crew for agressive setup. The consensus was eventually they will become food. I have a 4" Lionfish, a 3" Huma Huma and a 3" Clown Trigger in a 88 Gallon (custom made). The filtration is 3" live sand with about 75 lbs of live rock. Also a 20 gallon sump with...

Hi.. Have Huma, Clown Trigger and a small Lion. Is there any clean-up critters that will survive this group? I need something to move sand, was thinking of a goby about the same size as the other three..What do you think. I noticed the Huma knocking snails off the glass when he was new to...

I too tried EVERYTHING. I put bioballs over the tube, installed a ball valve, and everything I could think of. Nothing worked until.... The solution was so easy..... Take about 3 pieces of airline tubing, different lengths. I use about 12", 15" and 18". Tape them together on one end. Stick...

I too have a 29 gallon with the eclipse filter/hood. I added the retrofit PC light kit and added the Back-Pac skimmer to the left side also. The skimmer makes it impossible to open the large part of the lid, but the smaller flap opens just fine. The skimmer comes off easily so if I need to...

Thanks for the reply Beth. Yes they are flatworms, and they are attacking the leather (which is fairly easy to vacuum). They are also attacking the scarinina and the cup coral, both of which have skin so thin it is impossible to vacuum without harming the animal. They are covering the corals...

I originally posted this in the Reef section and no-one even commented. Maybe I'll have better luck in this category. Hi all: I have an infestation of flatworms. They are all over the glass and the few corals I have. I have a leather, frogspawn, bubble, giant mushroom cup coral and a...

Hi all: I have an infestation of flatworms. They are all over the glass and the few corals I have. I have a leather, frogspawn, bubble, giant mushroom cup coral and a florishing crop of yellow polyps. My fish are yellow tang, flame angel, small huma huma, and a equally small clown trigger. All...

I have confirmed, these are indeed flatworms! I appreciate the advice about the fresh water dip..however, I am reluctant to crash (or run the risk of crashing) my entire tank to eradicate these harmless pests! They are indeed ugly and I want to get rid of them in a more "natural" manner. I have...

Hi all: I have noticed some small brown spots (like measles) appearing on my corals. All are seemingly happy, just getting covered with the spots. All water tests are ok..except I can't test for Iodine,or phospates. My lighting is PC's with an acintic blue light added. 55 gallon with 75 lbs of...

I think thats the problem...I took out the blue stuff from the skimmer and not only is the skimmer much quieter...but I think I can tolerate a 24 hour skimmer now! since I did the water change, and now the skimmer is running 24 hours...maybe I'll see a difference..I'll let you know! The...

MORE INFORMATION: The water parameters I gave you in my first post were from the last time I did a test about 7 days ago...I just did a new test just now and the Ammonia is .2 mg/l; the Nitrite is at .3 mg/l and the Nitrate is at 20 mg/l !!! It has shot up since my last test!! The only thing...

Hi all: Just today I noticed a patch of green hair algae growing on a piece of my live rock in my FOWLR tank. The tank has been up and running for about 6 months with no problems. It is a 30 galon tall with the eclipse top and filter. Also there is a powerhead in the tank. The only thing...

Hi: I have a 30 gallon (tall) with an eclipse 2 hood, fitted with the Power Compact upgrade for lighting. I only have a couple of small fish in there it's primarily for my "movers and shakers" the guys that move behind the liverock in my main tank....(flame scallop and anonemes) I tried to...

Hi all: Everyone in my tanks are doing very well...even the flowerpot coral I have had for 8 months is full and happy! The Tang finally stopped grazing on my yellow polops, and my Flame angel has finally learned he cannot catch the tiny worms in my christmas tree coral. LOL Both of these fish...

Well...I got a phone call from my LFS today...I discussed this with him and his solution is to get a tiny Lion (dwarf) and NEVER feed him live food...he will grow up as the clown's buddy, especially since the clown has his Bubble Tip Anemone to hide in! His call was: He has a Dwarf Zebra...