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oh - he was out of the shell but alive? That sounds like a case of the hermit outgrowing his shell - not having a new one to move into and dying. Most hermits that lack a suitable shell to grow into will try to kill a snail (hopefully bigger) to get the home...but it sounds like your hermit was...

If I were to guess - you have very very slow flow in that section of the tank? Do you have powerheads pushing water in that section of the tank? There are sponges - "pineapple" sponges - sorry i don't have the scientific name handy...they usually show up the sump of big tanks...if it is those...

I'm not sure on the mag - but to me grabbing a test kit to measure mag on a 12 gallon nano - I feel like you could probably get away with not doing it (ducks head)... :P Seriously-you didn't talk about your ALK reading and I think that would be the first test I'd check. Read this article here...

are they moving? stationary? It's hard to tell from the pic...they may be harmless sponges if stationary...

maybe the professor can chime in since he was there recently and bagged a mandarin... http://www.njreefers.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=7797.msg73525#msg73525

I thought Dr. Emmett Brown in 1985 invented it....I think instead of a bus he put one in a DeLorean... although I think that required some plutonium too. ;)

Yep- if you are dosing anything-be sure to have a good kit to measure it. Personally I don't think mag needs to be dosed for a 29 gallon as I would hope your water changes are frequent enough to replenish trace minerals like that. I am a wee bit concerned about the second snail death and the...

Never used an aqualifter - (unless that pump in the osmolator is considered one) - but when I ask tunze about it - they void any warranty on their ATO pump if kalk is being pumped...so I would imagine the slurry mixture does mess up the pump. Again - no experience just reading. Also read an idea...

call your cc and find out when is the last drop-dead date to contest the charges. If it's 30 days (pretty sure this is the case for most companies) - and you were charged on the 9th-just be aware of that date. It'll be like 2/6/7 and don't wait if that is on a weekend...

interesting comments from melev on the vortech...he didn't mind the non-angling... http://www.melevsreef.com/archives/2006_01_01_archive.html I dunno if you care or not - vortech is made in the USA and tunze in germany. With the exchange rates today and the US dollar weak against the euro -...

I was just going to ask the same question...seems like people are saying you may need both but should get the KA first.

Hmmm...not sure if high phosphates would be considered a culprit for killing a snail...if anything, it may inhibit some calcium uptake. Also as noted previously - we really have no idea the lifespan of the snails in aquaria. I have (still do) some astreas that are 3 plus years old - but I had a...

acclimating inverts is important - if you did not drip it acclimate - there is a possibility the snail suffered some kind of shock and just slowly died. Just a possibility.

if the color is low (0.8) -then your tank may be experiencing PH swings because of the low ALK. Then again I was never good at looking/comparing colors - everytime I ask my wife or daughter - everyone has a different opinion.

honestly - I like to think that I am not the most competent reef keeper and while the hammer and frogspawn were fine-I never could keep my torch happy. So personally I am not going to speak for the coral -but as they are the same genus - it makes sense that they could be kept together in close...

evik is a "she". :)

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hmmm - given most wii games are pricey - at $29.99 - seems like a good deal. Then again that would be 10% towards a kalk reactor...decisions decisions...

i may be interested depending on when we do this. thx.

if only your other fish were still around...you'll be naming the new guys too right??