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Can the clam open and close normally?
It almost looks to me as if the clam's valves (shell halves) are separating. Has the clam been pulled of the rock somehow?
Besides fatty acids, there are other concerns with various foods. For instance, Cyprinids (members of the carp family...goldfish, rosy reds, etc.)...
What Cheryl said...however, if you check the clam's byssal organ (which is large in T. crocea), it should not look like a hole in the clam.
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Which 100 gal footprint do you have? There are 48" x 24" x 20" and 72" x 18 x 19" 100 gal tanks that are both standard dimensions. IME/IMHO, the...
Bristletail/matted filefishes will indeed feed on appies, however, it's best to keep them hungry enuff to do so. Unfortunately, in a reef setting,...
It's a calcareous macro algae...Neomeris annulata (AKA caterpillar algae).
I'd say epitoke as well. Dorvilleids look like this: [IMG] [IMG]
You'll get best results if you can channel the water thru the carbon as opposed to just popping the bag into the sump. If your sump has an "under"...
I used a 2-outlet closed loop in the 50 gal pentagon we used to have.
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Does it happen constantly, or is it a cyclic "flushing" sound? Are you using a low noise type of standpipe (Durso, Stockman, etc)? Does your drain...
Just to chime in...most preds are considered "messy" because they tear their food up and, well, make a mess (triggers, sharks, etc.). Fishes that...
If you have a coralline-feeder, and many urchins are simply because they typically eat more than they're fed/can find, it leaves white trails on your...
Mollies breed best in brackish water, and their fry production goes down in FSW. I forget what the optimum SG is, but there was a past issue of...
Ribbon eels are historically finicky feeders, and just getting them to eat can be a challenge. As mentioned, we get our acrylic rod (1/8") online,...
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I'd consider a new LFS if they have "mystery fish" (you said they don't label anything), and can't tell you what they are, which means they can't...
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