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Once the worm gets out of its tube it is pretty much over. Losing the crown is not a big deal, but losing the worm is. If it is connected to other feather dusters, you probably should remove it.

Phosban or chemipure works. The hair algae in your tank sucks up all the nitrates and phophate in your tank so your tests will come back 0 even thought there is plenty in your water. How long do you run your light during the day? Also, what seems to help is making sure you blow all the old food...

I lost a bubble tip this week as well, my sympathies. I did a 10% water change that day, and an additional 10% the next day as I was actually syphoning off pieces of my bubble tip from the sand bed after it cooked itself- you may have the same problem if you had 75% decentigration. I'm sure...

At the risk of arousing the ire of a large number of people, I will admit that I kept a maroon clown in a ten gallon nano with two tankmates for five years. I did make sure there were lots of hiding places in the little tank, and I always target fed in two spots in the tank so that the maroon...

love the zoo's in the back! congrats on all your new corals, they look great!

We had this happen to your damsel when we brought him home. We did some research in a fish disease book and thought it was popeye disease which you cannot treat. We went back to the fish store where they informed us it was just an air pocket they get from being moved around. After a few days it...

What sort of lighting are you using and where is it in your tank? When you are feeding your corals do you turn off your pumps?

If you know someone who has live sand, you can always ask for some extra to seed your tank. You don't need a full live sand bed to start a tank, just seed from an established tank. Personally, I went to Tropiquarium and bought the live sand there at least they have several different sized bags...

Thanks, unfortunately that bubble tip decided to cook itself on the heater today- my fault for not having a sump and putting the heater into it :(

If you have some extra, I will be at the meeting on Saturday. Need to setup the new refugium.

I ran home from work at lunchtime to pick up some coral that had been shipped and decided to inspect our 20g. I was looking for our BT and could not find him, then I looked at the top of the tank and he had wedged himself behind the heater and cooked himself. I pulled him out and did a quick 10%...

I bought a new tank setup about a month ago that has MH pendant light. This is the first time that I have dealt with MH and I have a question. I was thinking of going with 14k bulbs because I plan on moving towards sps and clams in that tank. Should I do that or just stick with the 12.5k lights...

I wish I had seen this before I ordered my refugium for more on Sunday :'(. Those are great prices and I will be ordering bulbs going foward here.

Not even the best aquarist can overcome a faulty test kit.

Ditto on if you are going to the meeting. My refugium is in the mail and i want to stock it. Also, where in the AC area? My fiancee is from those parts and we head down there relatively frequently.

calaxa, I think just like any other fish, keep them fat and happy with food. We are also going to wait to add the flame until the live rock has built up a good amount of growth to keep him distracted. If he does nip, we can swap him out for our cherub angel and see if he is a more model citizen.

We are going to move our flame angel into the 30 and then add a clam. We will just have to be carefull and vigilant. We have extra tanks just in case.

Well, the starfish is still hanging on, although its wound is getting worse. I've moved it into a tank without any potential predators; hopefully that will help. Thanks for all the advise guys; I've had this star for three years and i'll be really sad if it doesn't make it.

Nitrates are caused by many many things, so list out your setup so we can get a handle on the situation. However, if you just did a 50 percent water change and nothing changed, you might want to redo the test as the above poster said.

Why not bring the purple hornet in for the raffle ;)