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Here's an interesting read from another forum... 'All brittle stars and serpent stars are opportunistic eaters. Therefore theoretically they all...
Hmmm... plenty of options, there. The three most likely are: A) They have spawned deep in the cave and are watching over their eggs. B) The serpent...
Not a stupid question at all. :) Assuming that you use RO/DI water and keep it sealed to prevent contamination, freshly-mixed seawater will last a...
I know the feeling- been there a couple times, myself. However, SW is an addiction; once you've had a successful tank, you can't live without it. :D...
+1 Like many other organisms we find in our tanks, pod population is regulated by food supply. Pods, btw, feed mainly on algae.
I'm pretty anal about it. I had aiptasia once. Peppermint shrimp eradicated them for me, then commenced to kill and eat my other anemones. As you...
No tank size recommendation for housing and feeding 50 snails? :(
Yes, and that goes for any clown or damsel and any anemone. I recall watching my domino acclimate himself to a condy. OTOH, I also remember my...
^^^ :yelrotflmao: ^^^
Wow! I would've lost it. :oops::(:eek: Kudos to you for staying sane enough to realize you couldn't help. :thumbs_up1: ;)
Nope, no BS; I've seen some gigantic carpet nems (several feet in diameter!). The most popular are bubble-tip nems (bta). They're fairly hardy, and...
Agreed. In fact, it could produce more problems, as decaying matter is deprived of fresh, oxygenated water. :eek:
Rimless tanks are designed to be rimless. I ignored a crack in the top frame of a 29g, and the front left corner blew out. With the extra 18 inches...
Ouch! Yes. Due to the 55's height and length, it wouldn't take much to cause a complete failure of the brace and the glass.
Great to see you back, Rick. Sorry for your losses. Nice looking restart, though. :thumbs_up1:
+1 to ^^^ They're mostly harmless, but may irritate some corals. Vermetid population is normally regulated by their food supply, which is detritus...
Never owned a mantis, but the purple reef lobster I had was a monster. As long as he was in my tank, crabs, shrimp, and fish kept disappearing. Once...
How frequently do you clean the canister? Trapped detritus breaks down and dumps DOCs into your tank, elevating Nitrate production. As mentioned,...
That's what they do, unfortunately. IMOPE, purple reef lobsters are ferocious predators with an insatiable appetite, and they're quite indiscriminate...
Cool mantis, dude. Nice video too, btw. :)
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