FarmerTy

Vermetid snails are stationary. They don't look like your typical snails. The small one's have these purple to almost clear spirals that they live in, but the larger one's almost have a calcareous-like base, similar to your clam's shell. Here's the best picture I could find of what I am thinking of. Don't know if it's similar to what you had but that's my best guess. http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=700825

My vote is a vermetid snail, one of the larger types. I have the smaller one's in my tank. The mucous string was probably irritating the clam and causing it to keep part of it's mantle closed.

Check out the link on mantis shrimps. http://www.livescience.com/20811-hard-hitting-crustacean-claw-engineering.html

Mitch, those look like slightly closed up purple deaths.

Yeah, go bigger now. You'll want one that's bigger eventually. I went from a nano to a 65, and now a 125... and I'm dreaming about at 250. At least go 120+.

Thanks James for the pagoda and the generous Tubbs zoa frag. Just a heads up to everyone, the coral look great and the pictures do no justice. Would have bought the anemone and the duncan frag myself if I didn't already have both. They are both big and beautiful.

James, I'll take a tubbs frag as well with the Pagoda. Thanks!

I'll take the blue pagoda cup please. Thanks. -Ty

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Does this come with the stand?

I always wondered what it stood for but didn't want to feel stupid for asking. It's actually my initials, TTT, so that's why it caught my eye.

Anybody else very confused by what's going on in this sale post? Just going to stand by and watch... some inside joke I must be missing?

Nice, someone knows what I'm talking about! Hilarious.

Yeah, I wouldn't consider them a "problem".

You don't remember the total cereal commercials? Would you rather eat 10 bowls of Raisin Bran or 1 bowl of Total cereal to get 100% of your daily nutrients? Haha.

Here's a good read on why you should use reflectors on any T5 bulbs. Let's see, would you rather have 1 bulb with a reflector... or have 3 bulbs with no reflectors to equal the same par. Hmm... why do I all of a sudden have a craving for a bowl of Total cereal? http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2012/5/equipment -Ty

I only had them in my poorly-filtered nano tank when I was first starting it up. I haven't seen them since in other tanks I've had... the 65-gallon and 125-gallon, for the past 7 years. I only see the standard sponges you see on the backs of liverock.

Clint, what area of town are you at? If you are somewhere up north, I would like to be able to swing by on my lunch break. Otherwise, I think I'm out of luck. -Ty

That's interesting to read. Good link to the article Teg.

Definitely digging the lighting you have and the aquascaping. Great balance of negative space too and spacing of coral colors and forms. Two fins up!

George, hopefully someone will chime in on the best food as I do not know myself. I'd imagine the juice off frozen foods you feed your fish would be beneficial, as well as fish poop. Oyster feast? Reef Roids, reef chili, or any type of those fine particle powder foods?

George, I'm sure you heard enough about the clam but when they are that small, they are typically more dependent on filtering food for survival. Once they get larger in the 3-4" inch range, they are more dependent on light for a source of energy. I also remember clams utilizing nitrates in a system and that clam propagators will actually add nitrates to their system. Don't know if that will help the ability of the clam to survive but just wanted to pass along what I've read in the past. I am by no means a clam expert... this is just the information I came across when I tried to keep a small clam alive myself. I lost that battle, but the nipping hippo tang didn't help out with that either.

"Can you tell me more about the insect killer as a coral dip? Have YOU tried it? What dillution?" Duncan7 - check out the link here. I've used it personally, but only on SPS. I have not tried it on other types of coral. I just take about a cup of saltwater from my tank, drop about 2-3 ml of the insect killer in it, mix up the water really well, then put my coral in it for about 5-10 mins, then pull it out and dunk it in another cup of saltwater from my tank, wait another couple of minutes and then put it back in my tank. http://web1.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1965880 For red bugs themselves in the tank, interceptor is the best trick once they are in your tank. The dipping helps to not ever introduce that into your main tank and have that problem.