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Don't know too much about the starfish, but the worms are common bristle worms. They are essentially a free clean up crew as they eat food that is not broken down. For a while they were considered the mortal enemy but now most people will let them be because they are a good part of the cleanup...

Added a bullseye pistol shrimp a little while back and finally got some pics of it. If you are considering a reef lobster, I would recommend one of these guys.

What has the bryopsis on it? If it is on something that can be soaked in vinegar or scrubbed that is how we got rid of some. Whitebird has huge success with raising his mag level up. He has a thread on it in here or I know you are friends with him so give him a ring. He tried a 3 day lights out...

I will get another top down shot, unfortunatley there will be not shots of the clams as we lost those :( My computer is acting up (can't connect to the internet so pic posting has slowed down.

Is it bryopsis algae? That stuff can be really tough to get rid of. After it is in your tank either really high mag levels or scrubbing it out will get rid of it. Good luck. Water changes and nitrate levels do not make a dent in it.

My wife was NOT enthused that she was giving the coral banded expensive snacks.

If you have a smaller tank I would be very cautious with a coral banded. We had one in a 20g and he would molt, then eat the smaller shrimp. He went through 5 shrimp like this. Camel backs are not reef safe so as Nick said be careful.

Don't add live rock or live sand to the QT. Add some pvc pipes or other things that are not going to be able to harbor ich and are easy to clean. For filtration you can use a simple HOB filter, will provide filtration and can house the bacteria.

So you went from thinking about a 30 cube, to a 40 breeder, to a 45 marineland, and now thinking up to a 65 g? I love this hobby.

looks like an abalone, harmless. We have had them in several of our tanks with no problems.

Took a bunch of pics the other day: The FTS:

A couple of our new corals we picked up:

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Take a look at the Tesla roadster, only goes for about $100k, made in California. I don't understand why everybody doesn't have one. ::)

I think when people talk about good tank practices they are playing the averages. For example, 90 out of 100 people who use tap water will have issues in the tank. Now 10 people are going to be just fine and their tank will be perfect, but for a new person to the hobby people err on the side of...

Here is an interesting article basically saying that LED prices are not coming down because people are afraid to get sued by Orbitec. They were the company that put PFO out of business. http://reefbuilders.com/2010/01/30/stop-orbitec-continuing-overreaching-broad-patent/

I don't quarantine I don't check water parameters besides salinity

We have gotten rid of ich with just extra feeding dosed with garlic and selcon. I would not do the FW dip unless things really looked bad.

You just can't run away from the saltwater addiction. Notice down on the bottom of the forums it calls us "users"? Check out Reefernets thread for his 45g: http://www.njreefers.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=21354.0 I would be careful with the 250w pendant. I am not a big...