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    SPS ID?

    I agree and thank you. It is definitely some kind of hydnophora, either grandis or rigida. Thank you for the assist IPisces.
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    BReefed's 90 gallon set up

    My completely non reef safe crab came out for a visit the other day. Still haven't caught it misbehaving yet, but it's probably a bit of a time bomb. I've read about a few other reefers that have hung on to these. Worst reports I hear about them is that they tend to have a taste for...
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    SPS ID?

    Around 4-5 months ago I purchased this coral: It was supposed to be a ORA Cat's Paw, but the polyps look completely wrong for a stylophora. The reefer that sold it to me mentioned that he had this coral for years and that it had not grown a bit for him. After taking it home it has underwent...
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    Maxreefer's Elos System120 build....

    Wow! That is sharp. It has a very modern feel to it while really maximizing viewability. Kind of looks like a treasure chest too! : ) I agree with the previous poster, however. Your chair is definitely facing the wrong way!
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    57 gallon oceanic illuminata rimless build

    How does the sexy shrimp do in there? Do you see it often? I'd be too worried it would get munched by your bangaii. I swear those things are lantern jawed. That's a pretty plate coral you've got there. Is it a scroll turbinaria? I've had a chunk of that in my tank for months but it has barely...
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    BReefed's 90 gallon set up

    Yeah, I went against that screen and ended up installing one made out of a rubbery material instead. The company I work at had bought it to line fishing boat cabinets and cupboards and it was put together in a nice tight grid. It might not stop a determined firefish, but just about anything else...
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    Lost Half of Cocktail Shrimp in my Live Rock

    Sadly I was hoping it make them shrink inwards a bit if I upped their feeding schedule. I figured they might not have to extend as far if they were eating more. I do have a brand new 400 w bulb above them, so they should be getting enough light that they don't need to stretch for it.
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    BReefed's 90 gallon set up

    Things have started to recover nicely from when my hose came loose from my chiller and dumped 40 gallons of water on the floor. Sadly, water receded to all the way below that bridge in the last picture and caused me to lose my first corals. My green montipora shelf was all the way out of the...
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    Lost Half of Cocktail Shrimp in my Live Rock

    The tank is four years old, but it had a previous owner who let things go pretty bad before I received it. The Anemone's rode in with all of his live rock, and I've got to say I wish there was only one of them around. They both stretch ridiculously far and take up near to a third of the tank...
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    Friend or Foe?

    Hey Mike, My Porcelain crab actually has six walking legs as well, you just can't see them in this picture because they are tucked under his claws. This is kind of fuzzy, but it is the best I have since he likes to hide in dark places: True crabs actually have four pairs of walking legs...
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    Friend or Foe?

    No, No, No! Don't sump that one! It's a porcelain crab. Totally harmless, one of the only reef safe "crabs". I say "crabs" because it isn't really a crab at all, it only looks like one, it's a closer relative of a squat lobster. You can tell because despite them both being decopods, the...
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    Lost Half of Cocktail Shrimp in my Live Rock

    In a 90g tank how paranoid do I need to be? I can't see it from where I'm at, should I be tearing up my aquascape to get at it, or trusting my clean up crew to handle it before it becomes a problem? Next time I'm not trusting Butterfingers the Anemone to hang on to it unless it is practically...
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    ~ JUNE ~ North Sound Reefers ~ Get Together @ RED 'C'

    That's terrible! I think I missed you all by about a half an hour. Just on chance we swung by Red C last Saturday to pick up some frags and the RIGHT size of airline tubing so I do not have another chiller incident. Since there were still a few people hanging around when I got there that...
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    tank pics- up and running into four months, adding fish now, n corals.

    Welcome Carol. Your $26,000.00 dollar hell that you went through has been my day, so I pretty much can feel your pain. Luckily for me it was only forty gallons. I think my dentist still has us both beat though after his tank+sump emptied all the way down to the 2" line. Still not sure how...
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    Hose Slipped on my Chiller

    Well that was lousy. Wiped out a few of my montis, melted two yumas and burned my cats paw sps halfway down until there is only a little green skirt left on it. We'll see if that grows back. No fish or anemone's were harmed though, could have been worse. I'm glad the extension cord was only...
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    Hose Slipped on my Chiller

    Red tide coming off the walls going to kill my fish?
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    Hose Slipped on my Chiller

    Dropping the pump into my tank. I've got about 40 g of saltwater on the floor. Can anyone spare any? May need homes for livestock. Do not have enough quarantine space for all fish and critters. Can pay for water, and going to need a fair bit. Can anyone lend a hand? Anyone know what to do for...
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    BReefed's 90 gallon set up

    Busy, busy, busy on this guy. Think I've been averaging a couple hours of maintenence per night on this guy so far. What I was concerned were aiptasia were definitely aiptasia. So much for the rock being aiptasia free! Fried a half-dozen of the little buggers so far, hopefully they won't make a...
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    BReefed's 90 gallon set up

    Fortunately the blenny made an appearance a day or so after. That means everyone survived the move including the marshall islands hitchhiker crab, very large hermit hanging out in a turbo shell, and fire shrimp. This is a terrible and quick picture but this is about what it looks like now...
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    BReefed's 90 gallon set up

    Moved in... mostly. Have to work at 7:00 am tomorrow, and the water is still not clear enough that I feel comfortable moving the fish out of the trash can they are in right now. One rock in there was an obsene 40 or so pounds. I would normally have used it as a base but it has a beautiful...
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