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I purchased what I thought was an RO unit on ebay. The item title and description both state this is a RO unit. when I contacted the seller to supply new filters, he stated he sold me a purifier, not an RO unit. And he sells everything as "RO" because that's what people are looking for, but in...

I've had almost no luck with anything blue in my tank... I added a frag of blue clove polyps 6-8 months ago, that dies off slowly, but are coming back slowly. Recently I added blue zoa's about a month or two back that never opened up and slowly disintegrated. Two weeks ago I was picked up...

I've had a crazy little crab in my reef tank for a few months now. I assume it came tucked inside piece of LR. I could rarely get a good glimpse of him, late at night after the lights were out I might see him, about the size of a quarter, pointed claws, brown with black striping and hairy legs...

I have this red bubbly jelly like texture stuff on a rock. Not sure what it is or how it got there. It looks neat, any idea what it is? Thanks.

I apologize if this has been covered in another thread, I did a quick search and skimmed through some older posts, but didn't see anything. As I typically find in this hobby everyone has their own opinion/suggestions. I have a 46G bow with Aquatic Life T5HO 39W bulbs (1 white/1blue) I...

I'm looking at picking up a frag of hydno. It looks really cool, but I'm concerned if I can keep it healthy and if there is anything I should be aware of? I'm finding some discrepancies when I google it. I usually take liveaquaria.com at 100% and follow their suggestions. But I found numerous...

I picked up some frags a few weeks ago from a local hobbyist. Because prices were so cheap I picked up one of everything he had. We discussed the care of each, and I was familiar with some as I've been doing a lot of research. I picked up the following: Pink Birds Nest Green Star Polyps...

Last night after the lights went out I scoped out my tank with a flashlight and to my surprise found a crab that I didn't intentionally bring home. It's small about the size of a dime, moves wicked fast, and his colouring appears to be almost white. I can't get a decent pic of him, or a close...

I have a Zoa colony and it appears to be getting nipped at, although I haven't seen anything nip it personally. A few polyps appear to be rough around the edges. I have a peppermint & cleaner shrimp in my tank with the hermits, snails, and 2 star fish. The latest editions are the shrimp a week ago.

I've gone through three light timers since I setup my tank back in February. I don't know what to do. They all work for a few weeks then stop turning the lights on. It seems as though the timer stops and gets stuck and sits there until they lights are manually turned on. It turns off...

Another thread on detritus made me wonder what is a good CUC for my 46G? I currently have the following: 10 blue leg hermits 4 black/pearl turbo snails 1 nasarius snail (maybe?) 1 cleaner shrimp 1 peppermint shrimp (maybe) A pink and a red starfish (if they count in the CUC?) My...

I saw a leaf plate coral in a guy's tank the other day. His was amazing. My LFS has a couple in their cheap frag bin when I asked about purchasing them they told me they were dead, and likely a waste of my money. So I didn't buy one. I've looked at others since and wonder how to tell? The ones I...

I picked up a purple toadstool leather coral over the weekend, only because it was a good price and looked neat, and from what I understand is an easier coral to keep for newbies. It has a stem about 6" then a purple top. It came unmounted, and I'm wondering how I can mount it. The sales guy...

I'm always very curious if my results are accurate or not. I am using the API salt water test kit, plus their calcium & copper kits. (copper for my QT) My readings have been good, although I cannot get my nitrates below 10ppm (I think their less than 10ppm, but the colour card is drastically...

A large piece of LR fell on my new pink birds nest frag last night while I was doing some maintenance. A lot of the branches broke off. It looks okay this morning, except it's a little smaller. This is the first time I've done this, so should I be prepared for it to die, or will it recover?

I bought 10 of these little suckers - dwarf blue legged hermits when I first got my tank going several weeks ago. They're doing great, but I've noticed 2 or 3 of them are getting bigger rather quickly taking on larger shells, and they don't have blue legs anymore. They're more of a...

I was in Atigua last week on vacation. My resort was on Long Beach which is surrounded by a beautiful reef full of caribbean blue, poweder brown and blue tangs, wrasse's, cardinal fish... I was amazing. One night a storm blew in and the beach was scattered with LR, seaweed, kelp (with roots)...

I was cruising through my LFS today a found an interesting piece of LR covered in blue flower looking things. When I grabbed the sales guy he told me they were blue star polyps and shouldn't be in the LR tank, but in the coral tank. He offered to sell me for $2! I brought them home. Apparently...

I added a pair of clowns last weekend, which has sparked a whole other thread (ich) Through this ordeal I've lost one of the clowns. I want to eventually have a pair of ocellaris clowns, but only have one now. I did read somewhere that I should add the new one immediately. I want to get over...

I had an interesting conversation at one of my LFS last weekend. Talking about adding new fish they suggested I add all of my fish at once to reduce stress and aggressiveness. Interesting thought. A little costly all at once, but no big deal. I'm more worried about the bio load increase and if...