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Tank: 100 g acrylic Sump: two 40 gallon rubbermaid buckets joined by schedule 80 pvc. Skimmer: seaclone 150 Lighting: two 250 watt metal halide, and two actinic florescents Sand bed: 1-2 inch crushed coral Live rock: 100 lbs fiji Chiller: in line Heater: 150 watt titanium Fish: 2 ocellaris...

Well, whatever caused the clam's death, it was fast. The clam was alive, fully open and apparently healthy one day and dead the next. I never saw any of these snails around the mantle. In fact I never saw any of the snails until the clam was dead. Examination of the dead clam seemed to look...

That is just one way in which these corals multiply. Concider it a boon. You can either keep them or harvest them to sell or trade.

I have had that green corraline algae growing in my tank for some time. I have basically ignored it, scraping it off the sides when it interferes with the view of the tank. I have noticed that it falls off on its own--in places--after a while. I still have a lot of it but i have noticed that...

dinos can be hard to distinguish from certain forms of brown slime algae as well as diatoms. Even with a microscope it can be hard to tell what you are looking at. Generally two small flagella can be seen on them as a means of identification. Treatment of different forms of algae is an...

Ok, thanks. Just as long as they will not hurt anything else in the tank. Apparently they entered through the byssal opening and ate the clam from the inside. It died really fast like within 24 hours. It was fine one day and dead the next with just scraps of clam left on the inside. No I...

I just recently lost a maxima clam. :( After doing a little research I learned the culprit is the Pyramidelline snail or rice snail. I have noticed that there are some of these little buggers hitching a ride on my astrea snails. Does anyone know if these pyramidelline snails pose a threat...

I just recently lost a maxima clam. :( After doing a little research I learned the culprit is the Pyramidelline snail or rice snail. I have noticed that there are some of these little buggers hitching a ride on my astrea snails. Does anyone know if these pyramidelline snails pose a threat...

Your problem with the linkia stems from salinity shock. This was probably not your fault. Blue linkias are most suseptible to this and are often collected by individuals who do not understand their demands. I lost one the same as you when I first started. I tend to over do it when it comes...

I can think of a few reasons you may be losing snails. First, there is the issue of starvation. If you do not have enough of the type of algae your particular species of snail likes to eat, they will die. Not every snail eats every kind of algae. Second, if what you have growing in your tank...