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He mentions in the first post it's twenty gallon tank. In my opinion, the best cleanup crew for tanks with choco chip stars (which as mentioned will outrun and consume snails) are fast moving crustaceans such as hermit or true crabs. If the algae is one the walls, just scrape it off, either by...

They do sleep, but certainly not exactly like we humans do. Rather, they fall into a trance-like state, usually retaining basic muscle control. A notable exception to this is cleaner wrasses which simply "stop" when the lights are extinguised and sleep wherever they land. Some, such as...

No problem about the questions, I'm sorry if I came off that way. :good: I would, with that very system, look into mushroom corals and colony polyps. They are not usually recommended for a 'centerpiece' but they can be very beautiful and are easy to care for. As for shrimp, I would add cleaner...

Hawkfish would be fine... unless you have sexy shrimp or similarly tiny crustaceans. They do not eat corals (ever), but larger hawkfish are known to eat tiny snails.

Livestock could include a few small fish, as well as shrimp, corals, crabs, etcetera... anything small enough. As for the lighting you may want to look into a different unit, but it's otherwise a very good one, having both a UV sterilizer and a protein skimmer. The lighting shouldn't hold you...

Unsurprisingly I can't think of a witty comment to add to this discussion... P.S. Agreed over here. :hey:

The nano tank in the link looks fine. The lighting is a little bit weak, but you should be a able to work with it. Marine tanks are actually far easier than most people think. Easier than freshwater in my opinion. On a side note, it is best to ask individual specific questions... it is...

They are distantly related, nems are order Actinaria, mushrooms order Corallimorpharia.

Class - Anthozoa Subclass - Hexacorallia/Zoantharia Order - Corallimorpharia Thanks or the info. As you can plainly see, one of my biggest problems is that when species within a genus or family are very similar to each other, that's when my memory/interest begins to fail. Which is why I...

I think a tuxedo would be fine for near life. They do not grow very large. They main problem people seem to have with urchins is that they eat coralline. Check this page: http://wetwebmedia.com/urchinsii.htm

I could perhaps recommend a refugium with 24 hour lighting, preferably. The extra photosynthesis should help lower the CO2 to a level below what simple gas exchange at the surface could do. Though I agree that a pH of 7.9 to 8.1 is perfectly fine.

Seeing them move I would have called them a mini carpet anemone or furry mushroom... sad thing is I'm still confused on the genera of mushroom corals. I seem to have heard the same one being called several different names. So on this topic Ski I concede to you. :drool:

In Hawai'i I from a mottled brow mantis scuttling over rocks. Watched it for a few seconds before a giant wave threw me into the reef; I braced with my hands, and the mantis ran right over them into a cave. Very neat.

I am going to be completely honest here... those nemo tanks are absolute monstrocities. We can only hope people don't put a living 'Nemo' and 'Dory' in them. :shout:

Eh... well it certainly can't be me, apparently I wasn't that mermaid's "type". ;)

I do not claim to be any good with stony corals, but could it be a Galaxea? If so, I think where you have it will suit it fine. Moderate water movement, high light. Try feeding it with bits of plankton. Beware that they can grow quickly, and they have long sweeper tentacles (sometimes longer...

If the polyps are open, there is nothing to worry about. Perhaps wait a few more days, maybe it will inflate itself?

Lots of times people blame cyanide poisoning for dying fish when it was actually nothing of the sort. Not implying anything here, but the symptoms are quite distinctive, and though I have had plenty of fish die I can only say one that died of cyanide, and even that was perhaps unlikely...

Agreed with above.

Melichthys, Xanthichthys and Odonus triggers are all largely reef-safe. However I was joking about the titan trigger as they grow to 2 1/2' and are capable of causing severe harm to anything they take a dislike to, this includes tankmates, heaters, and human arms. :drool: As for wrasses...

Gymnothorax can usually be kept with cleaner shrimp. I personally favour small members of this genus over Echidna for inclusion in the reef tank, as Echidna usually eat crustaceans. This is probably resulting from the fact I usually only keep "tough" fish that are unlikely to be eaten by a small...

Captive bred BTA's will do fine under a 150 watt halide or boosted fluorescents, that is, a generous amount of T-5 HO, T-12 VHO, or PC.

Excellently done. The rock layout scheme is almost exactly how I want my 90 gallon to be. The anemone looks awesome as well, good luck with it. Glad to see the eel is still feeding/living, though somehow I'm not surprised. ;) Also glad to see someone that didn't kill their aiptasia, I can never...

To be honest a captive bred bubble tip fits that bill perfectly. I personally am not really a fan of clowns hosting corals, even if the clown does not kill or severely irritate the coral, the clown doesn't receive any health benefits and can actually become more prone to disease by some...

That's what a forum is for, spreading good ideas... :shifty:

The little baskets that we all made into "bubble makers" in kindergarten. They are green, with a coarse mesh texture and cubic in shape with one side open.

Well done, sir. Since the marine section alread has so many pins, one of us should PM Steelhealr to create a basic pinned topic with links to this page, the starfish page, and any other info pages we create.

I may have an idea what you are talking about, and if I do ("red seaweed"?), it is reasonably easy to keep, but you will need to keep it trimmed. It can rapidly grow out of control.

Survival of the fittest, eh? Thow in some majano; the ensuing "war" should be interesting. Will the majano, with vast numbers and regeneration, or the curlyque, with size, win the fight?

Don't forget wikipedia. There is an enormous source of free, uncopyrighted material to be had by searching it's pages. A fair bit of the pictures on my starfish page came from there.

I just hope we don't end up like nano-reef.com. Most of their mods don't even have tanks, and spend 90% of their time in the general chat.

Is what I say... moderating isn't all about knowledge. Though I still think it would be best if the mods were assigned to their best sections. Ski would perhaps 'get my vote' except for one thing... he, SH and Nav would produce a fair bit of overlap in knowledge, with other crucial areas (such...

Well true enough, many species of sponges, anthias, basslets, tilefish, all come from the deeper areas.

Yes... I remember that one. :lol:

There is some more info coming in a while... pending approval. It will be a lot bigger and better when complete.

Little brown algae blades, perhaps?

If sponges are brought out of the water, they often get bubbles stuck inside of them. This can rot them from the inside out. A bunch of bubbles swirling around them will not have the same effect. In my opinion my comment was fairly valid as the vast majority of our animals are going to be...

Common name/s: Veined Shrimp, Caribbean Cleaner Shrimp Scientific name: Lysmata wurdemanni Family: Hippolytidae Origin: Caribbean Maximum size: Generally to 2" Care: Very easy to keep and an excellent addition to the clean up crew as they eat both leftover food and also Aiptasia anemones...

Very nice. Too bad some of use live hundreds of miles from the ocean and are locked in what seems sometimes to be a permanent ice age. :)

On a similar note it would be nice if each of the fora in the marine section could have it's own mod... we each have our specialties and I don't think any one of us (Nav and Great Lakes included) could cover it all perfectly... but I suppose moderating isn't all about knowledge.