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Nope, sorry. My original post was in February of 2003. I no longer have any of these items available. Have a good Christmas :)

Hi, I've noticed over the last couple days, my coral banded cleaner shrimp which seemed to hang out on the front side of one of my rocks, had started moving around quite a bit. This shrimp had also lost one of its "boxer" claws the day i got it due to getting it stuck in a rock. Anyway, today I...

Thanks for the replies, it's nice to know they're harmless. Can these live with high nitrates, my nitrates were up to 120ppm, and after an experiment of placing bioballs in my aquaclear with the foam on top, these started showing up, and the next time I checked my nitrates were down to 40ppm. I...

Hi, Over the past few weeks, I've been seeing more and more of these things. They are very small in size as you can see from the picture, and do not move, they are attached to my heater housing. I can see what looks like a hollow center if i look at them from above. I've also seen some narrow...

Well it's still closed up, and overnight my hermits must have knocked it back off the rock, cause it was on the sand this morning. Still shows no signs of dying though, so I guess i'll see if it pulls through. I just checked it again, and touched it with the net, and it didnt fall over! It...

Graham, Thanks for the reply. Is it possible that it would regrow its bysal gland? It is completely gone, the bottom of the clam is flat, and its bysal gland is still attached to the rock. Like I said, it is still completely closed, and whenever I did see it open it seemed that only one side of...

Hi, I had a small clam on one of my pieces of Live Rock. It was in the way and I thought it was a snail and pulled on it to remove it from the rock, I pulled pretty hard, and it still didnt release itself like a snail would. I then looked more closely and realized it was a small clam. It was...

Leigh, They look like entire hermit crabs, or my closest guess to what they would look like inside their shells. The claws and legs are still attached as well, and by the time i get to them theres still a small area of the body left behind their claws. They don't look like shedded snake skin...

ophiura, I only have Red Tip Hermits, I had them in my previous tank with no problems, and up until recently only occasionally found one dead. Also, I have switched my sand twice over the last 2 weeks. Originally from Crushed Coral, to Sakrete Play Sand, to Bio Active Live Aragonite. I really...

My hermits decided to start leaving their shells and dying lately. Over the past 5 days or so, I've found 5 or more of my Red Tip hermits out of their shells dead just laying on the bottom of my aquarium. Previously I'd only find one dead every couple months or more, even while cycling. All of...

leigh, I've shopped around, most everything else is decently priced, or atleast not overpriced. $40-45 for a Naso Tang for example. Thats what most LFS's around here charge. At first I thought $6.99/lb for their live rock was expensive, but it's Tonga Slab rock, which is probably worth that...

michelle13, Was it a water unit, or just plastic bottles? If it was plastic bottles it was probably distilled or spring water. Anyway, thanks for reminding me about my local grocery store. :) I may buy it there for a few months till i can get my own unit. 25 cents/gal is sure a lot better to pay...

michelle13, My local Albertsons sells it for 25 cents a gallon, but it is not RO/DI, it's one or the other, can't remember which(Deionized i think). But it is also UV sterilized, carbon filtered, and goes through a few other stages. I guess it's just an inconvenience to carry two 5 gallon jugs...

overanalyzer, Their web site says nothing about the quality of the water. The FAQ, however, says that it makes pure water but does not remove or kill bacteria or parasites that could contaminate drinking water. Would a 5 stage system remove these? Know of any 2 or 3 stage RO/DI systems that cost...

Hi, A Local store has the Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Tap Water Filter System for $30. I was wondering how this would compare to actual RO, or RO/DI system. The description says.... "A single-cartridge filtration system that removes all impurities from tap water, making perfect, deionized...

entice59, By minimum I meant atleast 150gph of water flow, so anything more(within reason) would be ok. But I must warn you, I just picked up the middle model(290gph) today for $11.99, and it was overkill in my 20 gallon. It constantly caused the sand to stir in about 5 different areas, and...

entice59, From what i've heard on this board, a 10x turnover rate seems to be a good start. This means that if you have a 15 gallon, all of the water should be circulated atleast 10 times per hour. According to this, 150gph of water flow should be your minimum. Thanks, -David-

Hi, Recently my Aquaclear 201 Power Head started spitting one or two C-Clip shaped pieces of shiny metal every time i turn it back on after turning off. Other than this it still seems to work fine, good water flow, etc... I'm sure it's not healthy to have metal pieces about the size of fish food...

kgrimes, Would have been fun to have ghosts swimming around in my aquarium, but unfortunately I think those are the ghosts of a dirty aquarium. :) I bet they'll magically disappear as soon as i wipe down the glass. :D Thanks, -David-

doodle1800, I used 3 damsels to cycle my 20 gallon Long, and that was probably overkill. But oddly my tiny 3 stripe was the most agressive one. I had a 3 stripe, Domino, and YellowTail, and my Yellowtail just kept to himself or he was harassed by the other two. You won't be disappointed with 2...