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Ive been having trouble finding info on the behaviors of aggresive stinging corals such as a hammer with fish that I can assume will eat or nibble on corals. It seems to me that a hammer would taste pretty bad and sting the crap out of a fish trying to eat it for lunch. Whats the verdict on...

Movin on up, need advice on species only tank Well its finally come time to move to my new tank. Im still debating on a 58 show or a 65, but Im set on these sizes and now trying to figure out what to fill it with. Ive currently got a 29 with a maroon clown/bubble tip anemone as well as a black...

I was lucky enough to start my tank with show quality pieces of liverock from a lfs owner who was moving his store. He had a 600 gallon tank and he threw me about 40 lbs of choice rock. All almost totally red and purple, and had set undisturbed for maybe 3 years. Well now Ive decided to redo...

Check out this article: http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-04/rs/index.htm I have a Linckia Flora(mispell?) and he wanders the tank and scavenges what he can. He mealed on a dead snail for two days just recently, but I always try and make sure I throw some mysis shrimp near him when...

Thanks for the reply. Ive had the coral 6+ months. I guess I never noticed any of the mouths open before without its polyps tou too feed. Im thinking that it did its face plant when its polyps where open. It then tried to close up and took some sand internally. It tried to digest this and...

I found my suncoral had fallen from its spot and lay face down on the sand. I put it back and figured it had laid on the sand maybe 4-5 hours. Well now the polyps seem to be pushing out some black soil looking goop and the tissue seems to be receding? Also, some of the mouths of the polyps...

Well my 29 is pretty much settled in, with a Marroon clown/anenome and a blenny. I had a six line wrasse that was finally caught and removed for his pod hunger, and now I want to get one more roaming/water column fish. I have been considering an atlantic pygmy angel as they are cool, active, and...

Did you have powerheads and if so are the intakes well covered? I lost a blenny because he loved the powerhead, and it shutoff about one hour a day. Well he was able to wiggle himself into the covered(but not well enough) intake and get axed when it kicked on Hope this didnt happen to your...

You might try Kent pro-Buffer dKH. This has helped me raise and maintain my KH. Good Luck

OK, one more comment from me as this subject is close to home with my 29. I think you have to be careful of 2 things with your fish load. 1)Good Current and no dead spots: Build your aquascape so you have lots of swim throughs etc to create hiding spaces and good flow throughout the tank...

Well Id use carbon as needed. The emporers have those filter replacement packs with carbon and filter sponge all in one. These are great but just dont forget about one and leave it for an extended period as they accumulate waste etc and will raise your nitrates and phosphates. I use the...

I have a comment on the emporer. What I did was remove my bio wheels. Now I have a 2 gallon bin and pump, which I now use a refugium of sorts and additional current. I dont have a light on it or anything, but I keep my heater and a few porous rocks in it and my pod population is increasing...

Ive got a softball size mushroom im trying to remove, and hes not making it very easy. Ive tried prying his foot from the rock with a credit card, and he just starts to melt. His foot tears and it seems that Id have to pretty much chop his foot off at the base to get him off. If I stay as...

Why not share your experience with everyone Modo

Hello, Well I think I responded to a post from you a while back as we both have the same setup. I have 2 55watt 10K daylight PC's(JBJ) and a 20 watt actinic on a 29 gallon with the Emperor 400 Filter and a Red Sea Prizm Skimmer. I have about 30-35 lbs live rock and 2 inches of carib sea sand...