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I am keeping two of them in a 10 gallon tank with a pistol shrimp. It is fairly interesting to watch them. I have heard that a dart fish will live in the burrow with them and and shrimp as well.

Does Anyone have the email address of Cameron Azad? I read an article concerning one of his corals by Deiter Brockmann and I had a question for him. Thanks for any help you are able to offer

I wanted to create a display with a shrimp and shrimp goby. Can I use southdown sand (sugar sized crushed arragonite) or is it to small of a size for the shrimp to build it burrow?

I was thinking of creating a sea grass tank, but I don't really know what the requirements are. I have been thinking of using a 20 gallon tank as I want to keep sea horses. Can anyone offer any requirements for sea grasses and things that I should consider. Secondly, I want to keep the grass...

I have a top fathom 200 and it still has the original venturi on it and it is obviously less than ideal. I have found the kent venturi. Does anyone have any other suggestions. This may be a silly questions, but has anyone modified the skimmer to use a becket assembly to create the bubbles? I...

Thanks everyone for the information. I have been wondering about sea dragons and specifically if anyone was raising them captively. I appreciate the information. When I go to public aquariums, two things that I see that I wish that I could have at home, one being a jelly fish tank and the...

I believe mine to be white as well. they do have a blue tinge, but nothing to crazy. I actually run two 110 w actinics with mine.

I currently have a 75 gallow with two 400's 20K radiums and two 48" vho's. I had two 175's with the VHO's, but decided to upgrade about six months ago. I have been very please with the results. I did loose two green acros that were close to the top of the water when I switched the lighting...

I had a specific type of algae in my tank that I could not get rid of. It was not the typical hair algae, but a type of algae that looked like a really small fern. I added tangs, many types of snails and crabs, but nothing would touch it. I had no phosphates and or high nutrient content in my...

I concur with the SKBok. Hi Tide is probably the place to go in town. Especially if you are interested in SPS, Tommy, the owner, and John at Hi Tide are probably the best in town. They also have good prices. Additionally John that works with Tommy is very knowledgeable and reads a...

I am currently working on the elemination of flat worms from my tank. Sprung and Delbeck suggest that nudibranchs in the genus of Chelidenura will eat flatworms. I am currently in the process of trying to find Chelidenura Varians. Supposedly this is a black and blue nudibranch that devours...

I had the same set-up for two years while in college. It seemed to work well. I used two lights of america ballasts to run my pc's in a DIY setup. I did not have any issues with heat either and I had the lights directly over the water. I was only growing soft corals and a brain. I never...

I think it is a lot of light and you will have to give new corals time to adjust, but I think it would be fine. I currently have two 400W radiums and two actinic four foot vhos over a 75 galloon tank. I originally had 175's, but I wasn't getting the color in the corals that I wanted...

It is my understanding that there is a trade off at some level between really high calcium levels and high alkalinity. I think you sustain a higher calcium level with slightly lower alkalinity. you might see what is going on with you alkalinity

yes, the HQI ballast that are sold in the US do run on 110 and not 220, and I believe you are correct about the higher amp lower voltage output. I am sorry if I was unclear in the orginal post.