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Once an evil evil arrow crab ate my 3 Sexy shrimp in one evening. Revenge was sweet :) The reason I suggest fish as a cure is that myself & a friend had what you would refer to as a "controlled" flatworm infestation. More of an experiment, we were able to keep a colony of flatworms alive in both...

Perhaps even a candycane, frogspawn or a hammer. From the looks of your lighting, it should be no problem if your water is decent ie > 350ppm calcium, < 10 ppm nitrate, 9+ kh/akh. they are beautiful & easy. regards

If they are indeed flatworms, this is an excellent opportunity to keep a mandarin alive, fat & HAPPY until it eats them all. 6 line wrasse & any hawkfish dine on these critters too. regards

Is it a pink/red body & are the bristles/hairs white? If so it's a bristle worm. A scourge. Siphon it out & kill it if its handy, otherwise dont sweat it too much. Like cockroaches, for every one you do see... regards

It's green hair algae, for sure. I know what you're talking about when you refer to the ----fiend Fw snails. trust me, marine snails aren't anything like that. Try saltwaterfish.com & look at their "clean-up" critter packages to get an ideda of whats an appropriate package for your size tank...

Hello green hair algae! It's normal It will always come back Make sure your tank is adequately stocked with clean-up critters (snails & etc). If you stand there & stare at it, it will get worse. A little scrubbing & siphon will clear it up, but it will always come back. Welcome to saltwater :)...

I have some old pics with 2 standard output flourescents (10k & actinic) & different fish. Lemme grow the stuff 2 more weeks & I'll post before & after the ICE STORM '02 (tm) pics. /mourn the loss of my sailfin tang & 6line wrasse :( I thought the 250w would be overkill too, but with a home-made...

I'm a new hobbyist, about 4 months into it & was referred to this MB by an employee at my favorite LFS, Hi Tide. I must say I'm really impressed with the activity & moreever, the breadth & depth of the posts here. What an awesome resource to come upon. We suffered an ice storm a few weeks ago...