Recent content by Lorraine Vavra

I hope you all can help. I read the other thread on suncorals and I have been doing just all that (nearly daily feedings) and the coral has been beautiful for 6-8 months. Now, all of a sudden, it appears to be falling apart. Still eating but big chunks coming out, like it is dissolving. I...

Wandered across this thread while finally IDing the little volunteers in my tank. The rock came out of a 30 gallon I had for years and after I set up a 70 gal reef tank I added it in. Very dense rock, not with a lot of corraline growth like the other rock I have. Remnants of cauliperi that I...

Wandered across this thread while finally IDing the little volunteers in my tank. The rock came out of a 30 gallon I had for years and after I set up a 70 gal reef tank I added it in. Very dense rock, not with a lot of corraline growth like the other rock I have. Remnants of cauliperi that I...

Hi Thanks ElMono It may be a peanut worm, I went and looked up pictures on that. However, the roundness of it did not show the linear striations I saw in the internet picture. Someone else suggested it could be my long lost tube worm that disappeared 6 months ago in that tank. AT any rate, I...

When breaking down my 30 gallon, which has been up and running 4 years, I found this smooth 2 inch round beige worm in the crushed coral. It has a pointed rear and an elongated mouth and neck with a little hole in the front. Can I put it in my 70, where everything else went...I have sand in...

Hello to the smart fish people, I am in the process of rearranging the house and am bringing a 20 and a 30 to the basement. I have 3 damsels (inherited) and a bunch of macro algae I grow for other vege eaters to go into 1 tank and the other will be a quarantine. Question: Should I designate...

I have soooo much rock in this tank and the clown is well versed in going down the paths inbetween, is there a way to lure him into a net easily? Also, I just fed him a bunch of mysis soaked in garlic and he is still gobbling everything up. Maybe patience to just let it heal on his own? How...

Hi My clownfish still has a pop eye on one side but is eating and staying in the back of the tank in a water flow that is strong, still very wiggly. I went to my LFS thinking that I would buy a cleaner shrimp for him but the LFS suggested Melafix, right into the tank 7 days. I think trying to...

Just an update. The clownfish still has a swollen eye, only less so. He/she is eating and wiggling around in a shady place with the current and looks happy enough??? Who can tell (rhetorical ?) I was thinking of going to get the clown a cleaner shrimp today, maybe 2, and opinions.

Thanks for the website, it was very informative and verified all I read on other websites and my books. I am just a nervous nelly when it comes to my fish and so I really reacted. I knew I could not catch him/her without tearing apart all the rock and making a mess so I will just do water...

Help...please. About 2-3 weeks ago I moved my clownfish and other things into a 70 from a 30. Aded more zoas and a clam and a small frag of hard coral. Everything is fine, good water parameters. Yesterday I noticed some white strings coming out of my 4 year old feather duster so I siphoned...

Hmmm, I was considering putting the two of them in my bigtank but My sweet Royal Dottyback is so shy....maybe they need to go in my green growing tank and just stay there? Opinions? Lorraine

Yes, I have a top. My firefish are real jumpers and even jump when I am cleaning the tank.. I just moved them from a 30 into a 70 and even with 4 inches of dusty water on the bottom, I thought one was gone. It turned completely sand colored and with no orange color in order to hide and laid so...

Thanks, I think the B&W one is Dascyllus melanurus. Feisy, did not even mind being caught. The blue and orange may beChrysiptera parasema. Each about 3/4 inch. Fast. Would they bother my shy Royal Gamma 3 inch speimen that hides in a log (plastic) and comes out for grub? I think you are...

Back again to this well of knowledge. Finally have a day off so I can work on my tanks. Building a reef 70 under a halide and with tons of cured (for 6 months) rock..Great corraline and lots of volunteer life. My questyion. O have pulsating zenia and lots of mushrooms, have ordered Zoos and...