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Check out this link: Marine Solutions Online Store Them's some mighty big claims (most especially no water changes for 5 years)... Any thoughts from members on this product? My specific question is: How long does it REALLY last before it should be replaced? I used it for about 5...

GOT HIM. RIP. Begone, evil creature. I bought myself some latex gloves (washed carefully, of course), then I removed a couple of my largest rocks and managed to nab the little bugger. Amazing now how the fish are starting to populate the side of the tank where the CBS lurked.

Now the hard part is going to be keeping the cleaner shrimp out... but she's pretty easy to capture (insert hand in tank, wait for manicure)...I'll just isolate her during the capture of the evil CBS. Now, does anybody have any good recipes? Dredge in flour and deep...

OK, you guys were right - the critter has become a problem. He devoured two filefish that were introduced 2 days ago (his guts feature flourescent colors right now)... I am now playing God, and he must leave. Question is - how does God catch the little bugger? He recognizes a net for what...

Funny about the feeding, Biff. I got sick to death of chasing the algae gods, so I reduced feeding, and am enjoying a much easier-to-maintain tank now...

Keep up posted, Biff - GO GO LENNY.

I've got a mag float and it gets gunk off - but not the coralline - I'm currently using the edge of an old credit card, but that method is PAINFUL - Yote -Ill try your way... THNX

So - I have the opposite problem - the stuff is EVERYWHERE - and I don't want it on the front pane of glass... how do you all remove it?

Piggy, not 100% sure it was the sand - but the die-off happened within days of the introduction of the sand - starting with the fish that lived in the sand - and moved up until all the fish were gone. My instincts tell me it was the sand (nothing else checked out - and it was the only change...

At the risk of repeating myself - I had a catastrophe (my first, and so far only) caused by adding live sand to an established tank. All my vertebrates died within 2 weeks of adding about 2 cups of the stuff to the established sand bed... my lesson learned was - add "dead" sand when you need to...

Find out from your pest control company what chemical they are going to use, then run it past askthebugman.com. He might not know if what they're planning to use is safe for your tank, but he will DEFINITELY know if the pest control company is taking the right approach (I hold a qualified...

Also - my 2cents - don't waste your money on a hydrometer - they're inacurate, cheap and flimsy (I went through 3 before I gave up and bought a portable refractometer). Here's what I do when I do a water change: (this I gleaned from the board and have modified it a bit): Top off your tank...

I would be one of the people where "thrive to the point of being a problem" is the case - I harvest about $100 (retail value) worth of the stuff every month and give it to my LFS... Mine get lots of light, fairly strong current, and uber-clean water.

I'm looking for suggestions and ideas for keeping my sand bed stirred and clean - what do you guys all use? Are there any starfish that will take care of this (please, don't suggest sand-sifting stars - they don't survive in the long-term). Any and all suggestions appreciated!

If the tang starts eating anything else, yeah - back to the LFS he goes... but the clowns stay (I bought them from Sustainable Aquatics - and these fish are awesome - such a huge difference having tank-raised animals vs wild-caught). These guys actually ENJOY human interaction. Now - a new...

No - clowns were not hosting - that was one reason I purchased it. Sadly, moving it doesn't seem to have helped - that stupid tang continues to graze on it (I guess he learned something...) and the clowns come over to munch on the tang's handiwork. I guess the good news here is it only cost...

My pair of ocellaris decided the new, huge elegance coral I added 2 weeks ago was... NOT WELCOME... I couldn't figure out why this magnificent coral, huge, thriving and healthy, had suddenly shrunken up and reduced in size by about 3/4 - then we noticed the clowns nipping at it... and the...

It's happened to me twice (both times from forgetting to seal the lid). The 2nd time it happened I put a couple cups of uncooked white rice in cheescloth and put that in the bucket. It stopped the moist salt from turning the rest of the free-flowing salt into a brick... lesson learned? Don't...

A quick glance leads me to believe Oceanic's the way to go...

what's "DSB" ? I've kinda got the same problem -- would a diamond goby have a problem with engineer gobies and a mandarin dragonet?