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So last evening while staring at my tank I noticed 4 new creatures in my tank. They were about the size of a pencil eraser. Two of them were on the glass and they look exactly like my 2 large turbo snails (radula, antenae etc). The small "creatures" were acting just like my turbo snails. Is...

For what my advice is worth stay way from any kind of Under Gravel Filter or running a canister filter full time. Research the "BERLIN METHOD" which is using live rock/sand in concert with your protein skimmer for all of your filtering needs. The canister filters are good for periodic...

While I am somewhat of a newbie myself, I have setup my own 29 gallon tank. I am using the "little bit" at a time approach. I first started out with addin my sand and a few live rocks (about 15 lbs) with a cheap JEBO Oddesea 1200 lph powerhead and a jebo oddesea dual 65k (130 watts total)...

I have an odd question for yall about LED nightlights. After moving my Zoo's futher up on my rocks (which made them really happy) I started noticing something that they never did before. The place I moved them to is directly under one of my blue led nightlights. After I turn off my main...

ctgretzky99 Wrote: I am not testing for alk, but I am testing for all of the others. I am actually going to have to wait longer then that for my anenome, as doing research around here and talking to my LFS I won't be getting the anenome for a while at least. Everyone has told me I need MH to...

Well, I didn't go out and buy a new testing kit, but I did go out and take the bio-bale out of my CPR skimmer, performing a 50% water change and change the feedings of my fish to once a day. As of 36 hours later my Nitrates at least from the colors I saw to be next to nothing. Here is to...

ctgretzky99 wrote: So using your math I would need at least 15 hermits & 10 snails? Is that an acceptable # for a 29 gallon aquarium?

You are correct in that my substrate is about 3", but my rock covers most of it. I would say approximately 70% of my substrate is covered with live rock. Wouldn't my nasarius be stirring up the seabed & eating off of it enough that I wouldn't need to vacuum? I look at my tank quite often and...

I don't think it's overstocking as I only have 2 false percs, 7 hermit crabs & 7 (5 nasarius & 2 turbo) snails. I don't know about overfeeding though... I feed the fish twice a day with a small pinch of omega flakes (about 1/3 the size of your pinky) and alternate 1 of the omega feedings with...

I am using the American Pharmaceuticals Master test kit for testing my water. ALL of my tests come out fine except for Nitrate which is running in the 10-15 PPM range. I can't figure out what in the heck is keeping it up in that range. All my fish, inverts (crabs, snails) and my Zoanthids are...

I have 2 false percs, 1 colony zooanthid, 1 unidentified plant, and a myriad of snails & hermits (30 lbs of live rock, 3 1/2 Substrate). I don't have an algae problem (I don't think) I don't have diatoms everywhere, I have very little hair algae (on 1 rock). My zoo's seem to be growing just...

I have a 29 gallon tank, 30 lbs live rock with cpr bakpak skiimer & 1 1200LPH powerhead. The guys at the LFS said that I do NOT have enough circulation in my tank and I need to get 1 more 800 LPH powerhead at least. Now doing the math assuming I am getting at LEAST 1000 LPH out of my current...

Maybe I am missing something here. It seems pretty much everyone around here is always concerned with heat. I live in Central Texas (Yesterday it was 98) and my tank never has problems with heat. We are over 90 degrees for at least half the year from late April till Mid September. My highest...

I purchased a two solution Calcium kit and it said I was at 400. From what I have read that does not sound like I am low on Calcium, correct? My LFS did not have any seperate PH/ALK testers other than the jungle labs 5 in 1 test strips I originally purchased. Do you think the strips are...

Yesterday I noticed my zoanthids doing something that "looked" to me like they were defecating. Multiple ones were doing it at the same time. They would begin to close then out of the center of each a brown string would be ejected from the center opening. Afterwards they would then open up...