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I began getting worried about the asterinas when I found them munching on the tissue of my candy canes. So, I just remove them when I see them on something easy to grab.

Yeah, that was a great link. I'll definitely be tuned after lights out. Only thing I can think is the vermetid snails feasting. Haven't seen them, though. I did have a problem with the little starfish. I camped out after dark and snagged about 100 of them in one week about a month ago.

I don't see anything bothering them. They're not browning out either - still fluorescent green, orange, pink. Just shriveling up.

That's right. All of zoos have been shrinking back to nothing over the last few months. Before that, they were spreading at a good pace. They still have their color. Some are not opening. Some have just disappeared over the last months. Do I have too much light on them? They are bright...

I've just started plucking them off. They don't seem to be taking anything with them when I do this. I guess I've pulled about 50 or so out of the tank so far. My candycane seems to be doing much better.

Exactamundo! I've started pulling them as I see them. My zooanthids appear to be hassled by something - we'll start with these guys since water chem is good. Thanks!!

I've got a mess of tiny (no larger than a dime in diameter) starfish in my tank. Most of them have legs missing, some have 6 or 7 legs, but they are all very small and seem to graze heavily on the rock and glass. Never see any on the sandy bottom. They seem to be increasing in number - now...

I'm not adding anything too exotic or difficult to maintain right now. I have high hopes of moving up to a 150-200gal tank within the next year or two so I'm saving up for that. My sump/refugium/tank location is a real bugger when it comes to maintenance. I'll definitely be building a very...

Livestock has changed a bit. First, the bad news...Doc, my surgeonfish died an untimely death late last summer. I think he had some problems from the fish store, though. I also lost a little Six Line Wrasse about a month ago. The Royal Gramma and Coral Beauty didn't do him any favors - they beat...

Another great change I made was ditching the stock 10,000K HQI bulb that came with my Current system. I started seeing the purple corraline changing to pink and the clam was gaping pretty wide so I made a change. I now use a 250W DE 20,000K lamp by XM. I also changed the actinic T5s out. I'm...

Well...here's my first post in many months. The tank has been on autopilot much of the time. Here's the lowdown: Finally got my Ca and Alk up. Still using Kent 2-pt solution to maintain it. Pretty simple. 5 mL every week or so. Started dosing iodine a couple months ago (Two Little Fishies...

on the intake port (left side fittings above) there is a nozzle where airline tubing connects to provide air infusion via the venturi. An air regulator is connected up to the end of the tubing. I run it about 95% open. The blue valve controls venturi:water ratio. Red gate valve controls the...

The pump is a stock Mag Drive 7 - no venturi. I have it connected to the fittings on the left via a short section of 1/2" tubing.

I see what you're saying... Here's a couple of pics of the skimmer new and what it's doing as of right now. I really need more room in my sump for a skimmer this size. I basically have a 20gal tank paritioned off using 3 baffles. The skimmer is elevated on a stand about 5" off the floor of the...

I've got a Top Fathom TA200 skimmer powered by a Mag Drive 7. The skimmer is of an older design - it produces a lot of bubbles so I have to use a 100micron filter sock to clear the water up. It's being used to skim a moderately stocked 50gal reef with a live sand bed (2-3" depth). All incoming...