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My new gorgeous feather duster that I bought yesterday is AWOL. He was fine last evening and night, but this morning, his tube is vacated and he's no where to be seen. I do have a lot of nooks, holes, grags, etc... in my rocks. Plenty of places to hide... but he's nowhere to be seen. I am...

All of a sudden (overnight) I have what looks like filaments of silk hanging off my rocks. Some of the pieces are a couple inches long, some are even longer. Is this hair algae? It's sort of white in color, doesn't look green to me. What is it? And, more importantly, what eats it?

I just got a gorgeous dark plum colored feather duster. He's very healthy and not shy. My question is... how is it best to place him? I could bury his tube in the sand bed, or put him in a rock crevice/hole. What's the best recommendation??

I really want a boxing crab. Does anyone know where I can get one? I've read up on them, etc... but I gather they are difficult to find. According to Saltwaterfish.com, they are easy to care for. I have also read that they are delicate and would do best in a species tank. I would definitely set...

My first (of two) small reef tanks has finished its cycle period, so I have begun to slowly add critters to the tank. I have two small blue-legged hermit crabs and three white-banded cleaner shrimps. I set up a drip into a small bucket to acclimate them before adding them to my tank. My...

The other day I bought a fancy new power strip at my LFS. It's called Power Center, or something like that. The packaging says "Perfect for operating daytime/nightime lights separately" or "you can plug in up to four different powerheads and have your own wave-making machine." Okay. Great...

Yesterday, when I was at my LFS, I saw that they had just gotten in a brand new shipment of live rock, so I bought several pieces because the stuff looked really good. I put it in my 10 g. AGA that I am just setting up. There is live sand and live rock only in the tank. Well, now that I have...

I am cycling my 15 g. AGA. I have an AquaClear 50 hanging off the back. Do I need to add a powerhead for more water movement? And if so, what size/kind? Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am feeding DT Live Marine Phytoplankton to my little reef because I have a featuer duster in there. (My tank is cycling.) Should I turn off the filter temporarily while the phtyoplankton is swirling around in the water? The directions for Marine Snow say to turn off the filter for about an...

I am in Day 3 (drum roll, please) of cycling my first nano reef tank. It's an AGA 15g. with live sand and live rock, Nutri-SeaWater, heater (80 degrees), mechanical filter, and a 65w. Satellite PC light. The salinity is reading perfect, all water quality tests are reading good. How long do I...

I am setting up my first reef tank. It's a AGA 20g. high tank. I told the LFS that I wanted a low light tank -- I was only going to keep things that didn't need a lot (or any!) of light (mostly because I'm a chicken and don't understand light requirements well). Anyway, they sold me this...

I am setting up my first reef tank. It started out as a 6. NanoCube, but it has instead evolved into a AGA 20H instead. Long story... But anyway, last night I put in some live rock that I bought at a local marine livestock distributor, to begin the cycling period, and not five minutes later...

looks kind of like an elephant nose? I saw one last night at the LFS, and can't remember its name. Anyone??? Thanks!! :maitre

Okay, I brought home my first NanoCube (6 gallon) this evening. It's very cool! :strip I love that moonlight feature. I put in 2 inches of live sand and filled it with conditioned marine water. I'll add live rock tomorrow, and then start testing, testing, testing. My question is about the...

I just saw a picture of an Orange Spotted Shrimp Goby and it's so darling! :loveface Is a 6 g. Nanocube too small for this little guy, if he's the only fish in it? And is there any chance in the world of me being able to find an alpheid shrimp to have a symbiotic relationship with him...

I'm ready to take the plunge, after many, many months of reading about nano reefs. I take this very seriously, and don't want to make any mistakes. I was hoping I could spell out what I was planning to do, and maybe someone could set me straight if I had something all wrong... 1. I want to...