Rjohn

Just as a matter of information, what is the difference between a frag and a colony?

I think you win the prize for the most cryptic ad I have ever seen.

I have a gripper thing as well but it won't grip tightly enough to get things out of the water so I usually put on a latex glove to grab things just below the surface of the water. I have seen long to the shoulder gloves on some of the sites but I never ran into anyone that admitted to using them.

Is there something on his nose? In the first pic, you can kinda see his scale outlined. Is he still eating?

what is that you highlited?

I had orange zoas and green zoas growing on the same set of rock. The orange ones all closed up but the greens are doing fine. My parameters are all fine except my nitrates are running about 10 or so.

would a fresh water dip for a minute or so do the trick?

I was at Aquatek this afternoon and somebody brought in several pieces of coral to sell. Most of them were flourescent green mushrooms. They glowed. I haven't ever seen anything like them. The was an anemone with glowing green tips and a nepthea as well. Really unusual looking creatures.

Thanks for the tip. I am gonna give it a shot.

Just to be sure, you used Coralife Scientific Grad Salt Mix?

Does the solana have the light, filter, and top all as one piece?

OK Count me in.

Interested but what type of media is this? Is it wet, dry, what exactly? I saw a jar of this on marinereef.com for $18 and it said it would feed a 100 gallon tank for at least 3 months. Here is the link: http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_ViewItem.asp...tegory=FIADSACS

Nice to hear about a company that overdoes instead of just barely meeting requirements.

I have had excellent results from the peppermint shrimp eating aiptasia. I am not so sure about majano 'nems tho. I have gotten mixed reports about p-shrimp eating those. I am going to put the emerald crab to the test this week, assuming I can find one or two.

I have a bunch of little bubbles over some pieces I cannot easily remove. I have a foxface in the tank. I have been having a nitrate issue. I'll have to work harder on it. I think I will begin the hunt for a couple of emarald crabs.

I just discovered bubble algae in my tank. Short of breaking it down, boiling the rocks and sand, and starting completely over, is there anyway to control it or preferably, eliminate it? I have heard that emerald crabs will help. Any suggestions?

Everything else is OK, I think. I won't worry about it.

If long slimy-looking strings are coming out of a mushroom's mouth, can I safely assume that is not a good thing?

I'd be interested in that as well.

Austin Aqua Farms rocks! Matt has an excellent setup! However, you didn't mention Kingfish? Doesn't Kingfish do retail?

I don't have any clams. I never had enough wattage to support a clam. I think I might have anough now tho.

I have a Niger in my tank. He was one of my original fish. He is been fairly peaceful with the other fish. He has never bothered any of my corals or inverts at all.

From Dr Fosters LiveAquaria:

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_di...&pcatid=282

From Wikipedia:

There are several possible signs of an infestation of red acro bugs:

reduced extension of polyps and/or the coral tissue

change in coloration, typically involving a loss of colored pigments from tips and branches, and a change to a more uniform brown color

reduced or stalled growth rates

loss of tissue pigmentation including the loss of zooxanthellae pigmentation resulting in a bleached appearance

local or colony-wide tissue loss, possibly as a result of colonization stress rather than from direct consumption of tissue by predation

death of the colony

The dragonface pipefish, Corythoichthys haematopterus, is a natural predator of the red acro bug[citation needed].