Recent content by lurningboutreefs

After more careful inspection, it looks just like my emerald crab - pointy, hairy legs and all. I did not know they came in red. It is cool looking; I just don't want it eating my fish. I was on vacation and when I got back I never found my clownfish. Someone else was taking care of the tank...

I recently lost a clown and never found remains. I have an emerald crab, but also have a red crab that looks almost exactly like an emerald crab. I have attached a pic. What is this? Is this crab a likely cause for the loss of the clown?

I am wanting to top off my aquarium with abt 1 gallon of water, but the dechlorinators are so potent I have to really cut back the doseage and am really beginning to guess at anything below 5 gallons? Is there any danger to overdosing on dechlorinator? I have two brands of dechlorinator -...

I feed my fish once per day. I have 2 clowns, a damsel, and a lawnmower blenny. It takes me abt a week to go through a whole cube. How do I know if I feed my fish too little? or too much?

That's a lot of help - quickly. I plan to check Lowe's tomorrow.

I have three fish - a lawnmower blenny, a clown, and a damsel. I have been alternately feeding mysis and brine. Should I buy some veggie stuff to feed the blenny? Should I get a clip for it? Can I just drop it to the bottom? Thank you, again.

I have a few coral frags that have been blown around the aquarium. I am trying to keep my hands out of the aquarium as much as possible, but I keep having to pick 'em off the bottom and move them closer to the light. Should I buy some glue at the LFS? They have glue and gel? I have never used...

Thank you so much for a great response. I hate that I bought that sponge now. The guy at the LFS said they were easy and would spread all over. I should have researched first...

I am really new to this and the LFS gave me several frags as I bought rock and light. I think I jumped in a little over my head. I don't know exactly what I have (just guesses) and don't know if I need to be feeding these things or checking the water for certain chemicals. Can you help me...

I just bought the two MaxiJet 600s and put them in. Thank you, though.

I put in a couple of MaxiJet 600s, built a little bit of a hood to keep the fish in and picked up some more rock... I attached an updated pic! I have a CoraLife 65 skimmer that hasn't skimmed anything in a few days. I have been reading my way through a lot of modification posts for this type...

Thanks for the suggestions. 1300 gph is pretty to close to the water flow I need. I will probably get one more decent powerhead then. How do I know that my MaxiJet 1200 is in Powerhead mode? Is it automatically in Powerhead mode when I have it placed on the side glass in my tank?

I forgot to attach the pics. Here they are.

Hi Living Reefs Members! Thank you for all of the help so far. I have attached a couple of pics of the aquarium progress. So far, you have helped me get a panther grouper out of the tank (quick fix with a hook and a piece of krill) and I have bought a bunch of rock, light, and the LFS threw in...

I read that the Spotbreast requires a lot of room. I only have a 55 gallon. Am I wrong in thinking it's not an option for me?