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I used aiptasia X on some pest anemones and saw my damsel eating some of the product!! Should I be concerned?

I had some "tulip" majanos that were very pretty but multiplied quickly. Started out with one last fall and now have nine! I used the aiptasia x and squirted it into their oral disc. They immediately started to close and puff up. Within an hour or so, they were shrinking, almost like...

Remember that song by Cameo! I think of it every evening when I'm watching the tank. I have a decorator crab now that only comes out after the lights go off so I have been setting out different things for him to see what he likes best. Seems to like the algae sheets best. Also tried...

He's pretty big. Body and legs together are about the size of my fist, maybe a little smaller. He's really cool but creeps me out. He is wearing so much stuff, he looks like a tarantula....and I have a phobia about bugs, especially spiders! Ewww :shock: Been trying to get a picture but he...

I purchased some soft-tubed feather dusters on Saturday. They were small, roughly 1-1.5" in length. There were about 30 of them in one big clump with three different colors (orange, purple/white, and red). I painstakingly glued them to a piece of rock and within minutes of placing them in the...

I have a sump and want to add an auto top off. I spoke to one of the guys from TheFilterGuys which is where I got my RO/DI system. He strongly recommended that I purchase a top off controller. Yikes! The controller with accessories was really expensive! He said using a standard float valve...

I have a bicolor blenny that bites me everytime I put my hand in the tank. He's really sneaky about it too. I target feed my coco worm and he waits just long enough for me to become distracted and then.....wham. :shock: I've tried watching him but he won't approach when I am looking at him...

I had my equipment running to two different outlets (both GFCI) and never had a problem. Both outlets are on the same circuit breaker. I wanted to consolidate everything to one of those outlets because it's behind the tank and I didn't like the cord running across the room for the other...

I have a large green brittle star and yesterday I noticed some white skin flapping on his back. I assumed it was an abrasion from crawling around the rocks and wasn't concerned. This morning I look at him and he has a hole in the center of his body and it looks like he is disintegrating. His...

Bought some of this from marcorocks because I wanted to attach them to the back wall of the aquarium. They tell me to use silicone. Questions: What brand of silicone? I am working with an existing tank (the rock is dry). Will the silicone set up in the water?

I went to the LFS Saturday looking for something colorful to add to my tank. Lots of pretty fish but none were compatible for my setup :grumble: so I settled on a blenny. He has tons of personality and has settled in quite well. LFS sold him as a bicolor blenny but the pics I found in a google...

I have a naughty neon flame dottyback that is attacking my peppermint shrimp. The poor little guy has only a few legs left and some of them are only partial legs. There is no way I can net the a$$hole. He is so fast and scurries in the rocks. I tried putting food in the net but he just picks...

What is the difference between a paly and a zoa? It seems the name is interchangeable and now I'm confused. Are these palys or zoas (right in front of the tang's head).

I have some purple mushrooms that I got about 2 months ago. They are doing well and have sprouted a few baby shrooms as of late. Twice now, I've been watching the tank and, out of the corner of my eye, I see something that looks like it's coming from the mushrooms. By the time I focus on it...

I've noticed something about cyano and have formulated a completely UN-scientific opinion. It seems that cyano forms on rocks that are not mature (meaning no coraline or other algaes). Here is how I arrived at my "theory": I set up a 55 gal in Oct 2009 with some cured rock from my LFS and...

I feel like an idiot! I went to the Midwest Frag Fest yesterday. I was looking in the tanks and saw something that I thought was pretty. I asked the vendor what it was and he told me it was an anemone. "Great, bag it up for me" I said. It's in my tank now and like an idiot, I didn't bother to...

The 90 gal is set up and everyone from the 55 has been moved over, including sand, live rock and also added more base rock. I have a regal tang, a blue damsel, a large green brittle star, an engineer goby and just added a neon dottyback. The tang and damsel get along fine, even swim and eat...

Bought a piece of rock with purple mushrooms on it. After the second day, this appeared. I have no idea what it is. It's just to the right of the mushrooms. When the mushrooms are fully extended, they touch it but don't seem to be bothered by it. ID this pictures by mlcreno - Photobucket

My 90 gal never cycled. Here's what I did: 1. Mixed salt with ro/di water and brought the temp to 78 2. Added 50# of dry, base rock from MarcoRocks 3. Added 80# of new CaribSea aragonite 4. Added approx. 40# of live rock from my existing 55 gal 5. Let the tank/sump run without the...

I want to add this to my 90 gal display tank both for reducing nitrates as well as creating a natural look. I had a small amount of caulerpa prolifera in the 55 and liked the way it looked. It was also a great spot for the pods to hang out. I have a regal tang and he picked at the caulerpa on...