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Hi! It's been a long time since I've been here - missed you all! Long story short, I am in the process of breaking down my 90g tank (forced to remove it from my office). Over the last several months I've been moving small fish to smaller tanks at home and getting rid of my larger fish. I've...

My 42 hex tank has been horribly infected with aiptasia for several months now, and I'd finally gotten the point where I decided to break it down, move the corals and inverts elsewhere temporarily, and bleach everything to start over. Lo and behold, earlier this week I noticed that my aiptasia...

Hi Everyone! Well, it looks like I might have to move my tank in the coming months out of my office and am trying to figure out whether it is feasible to move it home, or whether I need to break it down entirely. Its a 90g tank with a 20g refugium. My condo is on the second floor so I...

Hi, So, my tanks are all mature and have been stable for quite some time. In the last 3 days I've lost 3 fish, one from each tank - my yellow-flanked fairy wrasse (big 5+" fish) that I'd had for 2 years, my leopard wrasse that I've had for 8+ months, and my firefish that I've had for a year and...

I am very sad to report that I lost my purple tilefish to a jump. I had him almost a year and he was a fantastic member of my reef community! I have screening on top and velcroed over the back openings of the hood, but it looks like the velcro lost its stickiness on one side and opened up...

Came in this morning to find my female domino clown with a cloudy eye and the male clown staying out of her way. She's not nearly as active as she normally is. Breathing rate seems okay, no signs of ick or other illness. All other fish seem fine. I'm worried I'm going to lose her. Anything...

I recently picked up a beautiful rainbow open brain for my new 42g tank - this is my fist brain coral so I'm not totally sure what is normal behavior for a brain. I've placed it on the sand and have a kessil 360 over it. I've had it for a little over 2 weeks now. It opens up nicely during the...

I finally got my CBB to start eating about a week ago and its eating 3x a day, mostly it chooses blood worms but will occasionally grab a piece of shrimp - not sure if its grabbing mysis or brine as I'm adding both (it initially rejected mysis, marine cuisine, and Rod's food entirely and only...

I've had a yellow watchman in my 10g tank for about 6 months, along with a purple firefish. When I first got it, it was very shy and wouldn't really come out to eat. I paired it with a candycane pistol shrimp about a week after I got it and that eased its shyness a bit and it has since been...

I'd like to make a mash of clams, oysters, scallops, and mussels to spread and freeze in a a shell to try to get my CBB to start eating (came from DD and was eating before it shipped but hasn't eaten when I've fed the tank yet (it is picking off of rocks)). I went to the store but all of the...

Got a cuc for my new tank today and two of the trochus snails had serious turf algae on their shells. I threw them in a tank that I'm getting ready to break down and bleaching to hold them until I figure out what to do. I don't want this stuff in my new tank! Any suggestions?

So, I am supposed to be receiving a package from Divers Den today. I guess LA recently switched to using UPS instead of FedEx and the truck its on may not arrive until after the mailroom at work has closed. Is there any chance the fish will survive until tomorrow? I've been in touch with UPS...

I finally gave up waiting for a white-tailed bristletooth tang to become available and snagged this guy off of DD last night - loving the reddish hue that he has! http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden/itemdisplay.cfm?c=2733+3&ddid=201718&ref=4282&subref=AI&cmpid=E-_-TR-_-DDN-_-PRDCT He...

Hi everyone! I'm getting ready to replace/restock my CUC in my 90g and add a CUC to my 42g. When I first stocked my 90g I went with a CUC from LA that consisted of about 6 different varieties of algae eating snails, nassarius snails, and a few urchins (2 of which I eventually traded in...

Anyone tried one of these guys in a reef tank before? I've been reading up on them and it seems like they are safe with coral, just iffy with shrimp inverts. They are listed as carnivores on LA. Curious what others experiences are with them. Thanks!

How long do these guys live? I put 4 in my 10g over a year ago and at somepoint over the summer only regularly counted 3, and in the last few weeks am now down to only being able to find 2 on a regular basis. Is a year a common life span in captivity for these cuties? LA says they can grow to...

Hey guys, I started cycling my 42 hex last night (finally!) using almost all dry rock and a few pieces of live rubble rubble from my 10g. I know its going to take quite awhile to cycle but I didn't want to bring over bubble algae from the 90g so a long cycle it will be! Anyhow, I used frozen...

I know I haven't been on much lately - life has gotten in the way - but I know you guys are always the best when it comes to problem solving. Over the last few months I've been having increasing trouble with some of my oldest corals and the ones that should be fairly easy to care for. Over the...

As some of you might remember, I inherited an old hex tank and stand when I bought my 90g. I've been in the process of getting equipment, etc., to finally set that tank up. Aside from having a light and a controller, I'm pretty much ready to get the tank cycled - rock work is done, I had the...

A couple of my zoa colonies have been unhappy lately and I can't figure out why. They are all in the same location on the sand bed and have previously been happy. A few weeks ago I ran out of alk and had to use baking soda for a few days instead. That's when my most expensive colony started...