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I was hoping they were still just digesting, but now they're dieing. If the problem was water quality, wouldn't all the polyps be closing up? The ones that are overextended are the only ones dieing. The remaining polyps look OK, at least to me. I guess I won't try feeding them chopped up...

I was hoping they were still just digesting, but now they're dieing. If the problem was water quality, wouldn't all the polyps be closing up? The ones that are overextended are the only ones dieing. The remaining polyps look OK, at least to me. I guess I won't try feeding them chopped up...

Starting about a week ago after a feeding, a few of my button polyps (protopalythoa) now have an odd appearance, with center bulging up and the tentacles pointing down. Only a few are doing this, the rest look OK. When I tried to feed them, the tentacles grabbed the food, but couldn't get the...

I hadn't thought about the invasive species angle - true enough. Most reef species couldn't survive elsewhere (I live near the shore, but in a cold area). But the freshwater species might be more adaptive. I already figured the whole concept probably wasn't practical, but I still think it's...

Has anyone ever looked into live rock for an African Rift tank? After using live rock in my salt water tank and seeing the improvement in water quality, and also seeing how happy our cichlids are after we added huge pile of rubble in the tank (they stopped destroying each other), I've been...

Thanks for the help! I finally took the plunge and ordered a system. I'm justifying my purchase by getting an undersink drinking water system (wink, wink) so our water tastes better. Maybe the well water was OK, but it added a level of uncertainty and it's not possible to test for every...

I've gone for a year using well water because I can't find any third party reviews of the competing reverse-osmosis systems. I can find info on what type of filter to get, but nothing as to which manufacturers are reliable & cost effective. All I can find is info from the vendors themselves...