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Thank you so very much jhnrb for coming to my rescue again. They are spaghetti worms and there are lots of them in my tank. Not sure what this says about my tank but they seem to like it. I wasn't worried about them just curious as to what they were.

Hi I was wondering if anyone has these strange columns in their tank. Towers are built out of sand/crushed coral and a white filament comes out of the top of the column. I have had several of these in my tank for over a year but cannot find out anything about them. They do not appear to be...

hermit crabs Hi I have lots of different size empty shells for the hermits. Its hard to say exactly why they choose the ones that they do. As mine try out different ones before finding the right one, I put it down to the fact that the shell is a nice fit.(sort of like a comfortable pair of...

I have lots of spare shells in the tank of various sizes. I am from the UK and it is impossible to buy shells. I live on the coast so I collect them and boil them before introducing them to the tank. The hermits get quite excited when I put them in and try them all out before they get one that...

skimmers Hi am I doing something wrong here? You guys all talk about using protein skimmers but my tank has been running for nearly 3 years without a protein skimmer and I haven't had any problems. I do have a bio & a mechanical filter though and regularly water change every week. I plan to...

I have had 5 blood shrimp and they lived very happily alongside my corals without trying to have them for lunch. They preferred to eat the same food as my fish (mainly brine shrimp or marine mix). I do agree that they are a very nice looking shrimp and contrary to what was posted previously...

soft tree coral Thank you so much. Your reply was very helpful. They are nudibranchs. I found a picture on the web of reficulidia halgerda. Unfortunately there are too many of them now to remove from the coral and as they are eating it anyway and the coral does not look very happy I have...

Hi I am a new member and would like to ask a question about my soft tree coral. It is a fairly new acquisition (about 2 months) and last week I noticed a small creature that appears to be living on it. This creature is about 1/2" long, white and looks very similar to the coral that it is...