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substrate green and slimy
tank it is a 46 gallon, I have 2 t5 lights, 3 power heads and a canaster filter ans crushed coral on the bottom. I just added a protien skimmer so I don't know if that will improve it yet. I do have a clean up crew of about 20 snails, sea urchin, 2 peppermint shrimp, a brittle star and 2...- taxqueen
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substrate green and slimy
My tank is about 31/2 months old now and everything has been going well. I had what I was told diatom on my crushed coral and I was'nt to concerned as I knew the tank was still cycling. But in the last 3 weeks it has gotten really bad. The algae is flourescent green and slimy and covers most of...- taxqueen
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anemone id
this the best pic I could get of the mouth, I hope it's nothing that will harm my tank.- taxqueen
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anemone id
holy cow, that really helps alot. Thank -you soooooooooooooooo much. I've been looking for a pic of it but there are so many types I could not find one that looked like it. At least now I know what I'm dealing with.mmmmmmmmmmm you mentioned they could be harmful to fish sometimes, I wonder if it...- taxqueen
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anemone id
Can anyone tell me what kind of anemone this is, my husband surprised me with it and I want to research it so I can properly take care of it. I don't think it is a hosting one, the lfs had told my husband to feed it liquid food( I think it's wrong)but from what I have read on anemones is they...- taxqueen
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brittle star
I've been doing some reading on the site and some people have mentioned clicking noises they hear at night. I have been hearing clicking noises everytime I turn the lights out on my tank. Now I'm not sure what to think, I don't want to remove my brittle stars if they are'nt the culprit. And it...- taxqueen
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brittle star
O.k I think I'm going crazy, last week I lost my sea slug, I was hoping he had just buried himself somewhere and he would resurface later. But then today my sixline wrasse dissappeared, he was there lastnight and gone this morning. I have 1 brittle star(not the green one) and 1 serpent star, is...- taxqueen
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what happened to my slug?
I only have a clean up crew in my tank right now which included a sea slug(he did a great job on some hair algea I had) sincce yesterday I havn't been able to find my slug. Is it possible something I have ate him? I have a brittle star,pepermint shrimp, porceline crab and a sea urchin, can any...- taxqueen
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nitrates help!!!!
:confused: I have a new 46 gallon tank with about 45 pounds of live rock that I have been running for about 7 weeks. The rock was pretty well cured when I put it in the tank so I have never seen the spikes in my tests like everyone has mentioned. In the last few weeks I have added a cleanup...- taxqueen
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clean up crew?
I have been cycling my tank with live rock only and I'm noticing brown algea starting to cover my rocks, is it o.k to put some critters in it help with that and continue to cycle? If so, what do you suggest?- taxqueen
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another of my many questions
So I put my live rock in yesterday,I'm sooooooo excited:) I was reading conflicting info about the cycling process. Should I be be cycling with the lights on or off? As well I was reading that water movement is important thus why I purchased a powerhead, but some reading says I should piont the...- taxqueen
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first tank, very confused
I plan to start off with fowlr tank, maybe once I get a handle on all this(and more money :) I will try to add some easy care coral etc- taxqueen
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first tank, very confused
I just bought my very first 46 gallon tank, I always wanted to do this and finally got the courage to try. I'm reading everything I can on the subject and I think that's making it harder as info is very conflicting. So here is the situation. I have the tank up and running for 5 days with nothing...- taxqueen
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