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The "oldest" cluster appears to have hatched. I haven't found any evidence of any baby snails but I'll keep looking.

I actually cut back quite a bit about 6 months ago - I had a cyano outbreak and that was suggested following treatment as a way to keep it under control. Cyano has stayed away for the most part. I also started using a lot of live black worms for most feedings. I try to rinse them well. I wonder...

I just tested everything and I think my NO3 is high. It's been at 1.5 for about 6 weeks now. Not sure why. I have bio pellets in a BRS reactor which were clumping a bit. 2 weeks ago I cleaned that and got it running better. I also added more chaeto (mine's been dwindling either from the pellets...

Looks great Dan

It's actually relatively young. The current tank's been set up about 2 years. The sand bed was new with this setup... It's a very slow and steady decline. I've had a few bouts of RTN. This is more of an STN. I am trying to find time here or there to get my light project at least over the tank -...

Hey... I know that Shoprite. I think I know your dirty little secret.

bonus CUC would be fantastic but a large pin head in 2-3 years... Guess I better not cancel my reefcleaners order :) I had similar "events" and actually posted a video on here and mnat mentioned your event and the WC. I actually thought what few frags I had really rather enjoyed the "event"...

Thanks George. I may play with a couple to see if I can learn anything but those that I've noticed are stationary. Some have been there long enough that coralline appears to be growing over them.

i get the same muck in the same spot. For me it's from the sand that's inevitably in the water column. My GSMC likes to wiggle her tail in the sand about 50x a day. That keeps it pretty well stirred up. Also if I let the sock go a day over its change schedule it will pour over and the muck...

it came from a tank with LEDs - there were a couple in the tank - they all looked the same and he said they had lightened when he switched to the LEDs but they had been in there like that for a while and had seemingly done ok. I was drawn to the brighter color and the shorter tentacles so I...

thanks. the bleached one is new to my tank so hopefully it will color up a bit more in a few days. I actually like the color but bleached suggests unhealthy to me and I don't want it to remain unhealthy. It ate some shrimp yesterday - i'll keep feeding it for a few days and see if it comes back

I have two very different (looking) anemones - both were described as “Rose Bubble-Tip Anemones” The darker one on the left has long tentacles and I’ve never really seen the tips bubble up. The color is pretty consistent. There are some tinges of green and purple towards the base. The area...

Jim: Just curious, why is the purple Nana the barometer? Something unique that makes it more sensitive? or is that just your experience?

I'm not expecting them to hatch. May have to scrape them off the rock. I read (today) that they'll only hatch in 1.026 so who knows but I'm not expecting any minus cuc. Nothing's quite like when my troch's were spewing eggs or whatever all over the tank. Now that was a sight...

I asked over on RC and got a +1 there as well. I'm guessing I can't expect any bonus CUC from these eggs, huh? Nothing seems to be as prolific as the vermetids. Also, if you google nerite snail eggs there are pics of spirorbid worms. As was pointed out on RC - they are mislabeled. I have those...

I’m still not convinced – I googled images of snail eggs and nothing looks even close to these. I’m leaning towards calcium deposits - I’ll have to try and scrape something off tonight – maybe even an excuse to break out the microscope if I can manage to stay up late enough – I have to do that...

Thanks, but I didn't know where I was going nor did I know that you guys were/would be close (I wasn't able to make it to the meeting so I didn't know who might be in that area). until I get my lights done, taking any coral would be sort of wasteful. I'm motivated to get them done soon so if...

I've had what I thought were snail eggs in the past but it was sort of a "trail" on the glass. These are spread all around and no trail. (side note, I bought a fish from Dan in Mulica Hill last night and he mentioned that you guys helped him set up his system - he was very complementary) well...

I’m hoping this is some sort of coralline but it’s popping up in several places. I first saw it on this snail shell. It’s now showing up on rock and various places in the tank but as far as I can find, it’s only in the display (nothing in the sump/fuge). It also started showing up around the...

Thanks Paul, knew I could count on you for a solid explanation (or source) Rye - great that it worked out for you. I wish I had the confidence to just make the backup - i really thought there was some mystery to it - some circuitry to go with the fancy case but there is literally nothing to it...