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Over the past few weeks I have observed what appears to be a pair of small mussels attached to the live rock in my 20g. The first one I spotted was under a ledge, barely observable since a piece of rock overhangs, casting a shadow on it. The second one I spotted the other day, in a more visible location. I'm not too concerned about how to care for these creatures as they seem to have done quite well without any special attention from me. However, I'm kind of curious if over the long term that they may pose some problems...like multiplying/spreading out of control. Appearance-wise they strongly resemble Zebra mussels, although I'm under the impression they are freshwater creatures.

Has anyone had any experience with these things?

What color is the yuma? Might trade you some money for it. =)

Thanks Paul..good to meet you. Remora is sold. I still have the cpr..

Thanks! Looking forward to putting this to use.

what temp is ideal?

I guess it varies with what you have stocked in the tank. I keep mine around 78 Deg. I have mostly polyps, mushrooms and a few common LPS in a 20g. 3 small fish. Nothing too exotic. You may want to look at a site like marinedepotlive.com and browse their fish/corals to see what their recommended temperatures are. Most things need to be kept between 72 to 78 degrees F.

They should both work. It is 12" from bottom of skimmer to hanging bracket. They both seem to have pretty good reviews, and work well for me.

Alright! I'll buy the skimmer. Let me know when you wanna do this. I'm up late tonight or we could meet tomorrow.

I am selling a used remora skimmer for $75obo, I also have a CPR HOB for $50. I will sell them both for $100. I need the money quick!

I've read good things about these.

How tall is the skimmer? Does it skim the surface too? Let me know asap. and I might buy it. Only hitch is my tank is 12" tall so if it's too tall, I have to pass on it.

Thanks

Chillers seem to be popular for keeping temps low if you're using metal halide. If you're using a heater, you could always turn it down some. And I read that some people run a fan between their lights and tank to help lower the temp.

I have a frogspawn that needs a good home. Willing to trade for a ric or an interesting mushroom like a rainbow tonga.

If you have a rainbow tonga and don't want a frogspawn and you're willing to sell, let me know? PM if interested.

This frogspawn inflates nicely when happy. But my tank has been getting crowded and it would benefit from having more space to stretch out.

I have a small frogspawn that needs a good home.

Should I move the clam?

I'm no clam expert. Couldn't really advise you on what to do in this instance. I have never had the proper equipment or knowledge to keep a clam. Maybe some wise clam sage can advise.

He won't leave the clam alone! He stays either on it or by it at all times. He won't leave her alone, and she won't open up fully, is this normal?

It's probably a defensive posture. I've heard of fish getting snagged by clams when they shut. I don't think the clams eat them but rather they accidentally trap fish. It happened to me once. I'm missing a finger from an overzealous clam. It grew back though.

These are very nice. The urchin photo is really outstanding.

So what is the consensus. Is a sexy shrimp food for a manderine? I imagine if a manderine could eat a whole PE mysis, it might could take out a small sexy?

The mandarin's mouth is really tiny. I have a hard time imagining they could eat a sexy. I haven't seen a sexy as small as mysis before, maybe baby ones are that small I guess.

WOW! Sometime I wish I could do that when my wife gets on nerves. :-)

Yeah. Hiding is one thing us guys aren't all that great at. But as the octopus can squirt ink, we have the ability to spew our own. Intestinal flora. Just scarf down some steak with beans, jump up and down while chewing gum and you have an instant wife-repellant. They say that healthy adult males can do this about 10-15 times a day. I'm incredibly healthy. =D

Only if I can train it to eat frozen?!? Have any tips?

I probably don't know any more about them than you do. But I've read that often LFS will train them to eat frozen before they sell them. That's probably your best bet. If you can get them to feed one in front of you before you buy it, all the better. I also hear that having a refugium is the best way to go with these fish. They like their food to be live. Hatching brine shrimp eggs, pods, that sort of stuff you taught me how to do last summer. My scooter blenny is related to these fish and have similar feeding habits. I've been tossing it pods and hatching brine eggs but last night I found it was eating a piece of frozen brine shrimp. Very encouraging. This is happening after hatching eggs once or twice a week. But I doubt I'll be able to fully ween it off live pods and brine eggs in lieu of frozen.

These should be compatible right?

I believe they are. You getting one? =D

More Octopus!

I got a real kick out of this story about an octopus.

"Once we saw him juggling the hermit crabs in his tank, another time he threw stones against the glass damaging it. And from time to time he completely re-arranges his tank to make it suit his own taste better - much to the distress of his fellow tank inhabitants."

More at this link via telegraph.co.uk

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics...ecks-havoc.html

How's this working out? BTW do you use the Tunze nano skimmers? If so, how well do they work? I'm curious if one would be overkill for my softie/LPS 20g.

ill take it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sold! Thanks Blindside...nice to meet you. =)

Wow good deal...

I loved this thing! But I really got myself into a mess with too many tanks. Gotta reel in the reef addiction. =(

I recently combined all the corals I have into my 20g long and now have an empty 12g nano cube dx with matching stand laying around. Comes with some live sand and live rock.

$50.00

PM if you're interested!

"The first pictures, my guess is some sort of anemone, but what do I know. It is definitely growing and it definitely prefers the dark. It was really stretched out and open in this shot right after I turned the light on. The thorny looking tentacles? are brownish, maybe even with a tinge of purple. I am curious if any knows the name, but more curious if it is detrimental - stinging for instance."

It might be Majano. If so, def take the time to deal with it asap before it gets out of hand. Some people like Majano, though. Offer some to Gabe. He loves them! ;-D

Majano Info @ Wet web media

Diggin' the green and orange LPS...not sure what they are but very cool photos.