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I feel like I should contribute to the picture madness...especially since my wife just got me some new Current LEDs, which are very awesome. Before, I had a ^%W Coralife PC fixture and a 48W Current T5 with one 10k and one 460nm actinic. Now, I have a 96W Current T5 fixture with 2 10k and 2...

Hey, I thought I would finally post some tank shots and see what you all think. Here's the rundown: Fish: Two false percs, one yellow-headed jawfish Inverts: Some hermits, a few cerith and turbo snails, a cool little acro crab named gizmo, one sexy shrimp, and other random things that...

I know, I don't post much...but rest assured that I lurk like a mofo :mrgreen: So...I got this jawfish. Looked very healthy, I acclimated him slowly, so on and so forth. Then, I put him in the tank. He immediately hides in the rock work. And...I haven't seen him in like two days...

I have about a billion collonista snails in my 25. I know, they're harmless...but I'm sick of looking at them all the time - they're literally EVERYdamnWHERE. So...are there any natural predators, perhaps some relatively small, friendly fish (since I want a third one in the tank...

Hola compadres. My (almost) father-in-law started using Marine Snow (by Two Little Fishes) in his mini reef (20g), and has seen some pretty great coral growth over the last few months- mostly in his softies, but also in his plate coral and a couple of other random things that I forgot. Out...

Hi folks - I just read that carbon can leech phosphates into a tank. Is this true? I run carbon all of the time, but I want to change this if it adds phosphates to the tank...that would, you know...suck! So what's the word, experts? :mrgreen:

So, After placing some new LR into my 25g last night, I saw a little shrimpy critter crawl under a rock. Whoa! I pulled it out, and sure enough - a mantis shrimp on the rock! I named him Monty, and have placed him in a small 2g hex with an aptasia-ridden piece of live rock. I don't know...

Well...after fending off a small aptasia problem, my peppermint shrimp was traded back to the LFS after most literally sticking his nose where it didn't belong. After purchasing a small hammer coral frag with two branches (picture a wish-bone), I noticed over the course of two days that the...

I recently added a green polyp coral to my set up, and it seemed to do great for the first couple of days. Over the last 16 hours or just, one by one the polyps have began to close and shrivel up. They've been receptive to feeding (brine shrimp and cut up bloodworms), and are under 65 watts of...

Hi folks. Quick question: what is best to feed zoanthids, like button polyps, and other soft corals (shrooms, etc.). Some have been receptive to bloodworms, but I fear they may be too large (although my peppermint shrimp is more than happy to clean up anything left behind). I want to get...

Well, just in case anyone is interested: 10 Gallon 10 lbs. live rock 65 watts coralife 50/50 daylight/blue actinic light Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0 (or darn close) Nitrate: was very low, now around 10-20 ppm (but I know why...grr) (1) Yellow tail damsel (1) peppermint shrimp (2)...

Hey guys, it's me again...back with a couple of questions of saltwater inexperience. To start - I've been testing my water daily for several days, and the tank has been up and running for a week and a half. Temperature stays within one degree up or down of 79F, pH is on the rise (up to 8.0...

Hi folks...lots of info on the site and I'm hoping that I could get some personalized help. I've had freshwater tanks for years (since I was a kid), and this little 10 gallon is my first foray into the saltwater/reef world. Of course, I'd love a much larger one, but my apartment (and my...