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Not even close to a candy, I would try and get him out. We had one that was all green that we suspected of getting a few fish. We had to pull the 45g apart to get him and it was a PIA. Not all pistols are safe.

Do you know what kind of pistol is it or what it looks like? Pistols can be annoying as all heck to get out as they can hide in the rock or in the sand. We have had to leave rocks in buckets overnight to get them out before.

Depends really on the pump and how much gunk is on it. If we have an algae outbreak or something along those lines maybe once a month. For normal maintenance probably one a quarter.

We have boiled pieces we have found on the beach and have not had an issue.

Which beach are you going to?

If it is just some algae and gunk then vinegar will work just fine. If it is really stubborn then you can look at magic clean from hydor or muriatic. I find with Vortechs that vinegar is just fine and you probably don't want to go too much more than that.

Yes Happy 4th to everyone, enjoy the day.

SPS do have feeder tentacles which is what you are witnessing. They can be quite powerful in their sting so just give it some room and it will be fine.

Everyone has a love hate relationship with hermits. They can be a great CUC but all you need is one to turn on you and boom you are in trouble. Problem is with so many species you never really know what you are going to get. I have always stuck with blue legged and scarlet reefs, but even...

You can always try the Hydor Magic Clean stuff which seams like a step between vinegar and muriatic acid.

If you are going to take a step back, you can get some credit for the fish or sell them on here. If you are going to break down you are not going to need new rock, you now will have the time to nuke the rock properly and set it all back up again. The same goes with the sand, you can rinse it...

As Paul mentioned either it is coming from your well water or from your salt. Have you tested just the RO coming right out of the RODI? Besides this time, do you always use an RODI or just straight from the well? How long have you had this particular bucket of salt?

The fish can survive for a long time in a 5g bucket if you throw a heater and a HOB filter on there and perform water changes and what not. You can keep your LR you are just going to have to essentially make it dead rock and restart your cycle. I would give it some though as aipstaia can be...

Ok so at this point the good news is you have a small tank and you don't have a ton of corals. If this were my tank this is what I would do: Get rid of the liverock, that much algae and aiptasia is going to be a constant battle. If you just dip it in RO you are going to kill the beneficial...

We have been bouncing apartments for a few years so unfortunately we had to move our tanks a lot more than I ever wanted too. I have never done a tank that big but the theory is the same. With some careful planning and taking it slow it can be pretty easy especially if you do not have a ton of...

What a lot of people will do is use one return pump that is rated higher than their tank and build a manifold off of that and use just the one pump to fill all the devices. This cuts down on the wires and buying a bunch of pumps and making sure you have the right pump for each piece. With a...

The reason alot of people stopped putting UV on their reef tanks is that UV does not discriminate good vs bad bacteria and just kills it all. On a QT or hospital tank it does not matter because you are not looking to establish long term good bacteria in there, just treat the fish and get all...

Looks like you found your problem. What are you dosing?

Your coral load and the type of corals is going to affect your Alk levels. Also some will get lost to filtration and other things. You need to test every day for at least a week probably two if you want to start dosing to make sure your levels are consistent.

How long has it been doing this? Ours did this after water changes and sometimes when it had to poop. If it goes on for a long time that is when i would get concerned. Also, water tests just to make sure everything is on the up and up.