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no it opens its tentacles after I feed it or at night when the light is not intense (under the moonlights)

thats cool I always wanted one, I wanted to buy a frag, but seems my tank produces the stuff I dream about ;) LOL JKING might have been a hitchicker, and the diamond goby might have dug it out.... Ill take care of it and see how it works out -thanks for the help

here you go I moved it up on a rock mid tank with low flow I fed it too and it accepted it (at least it looked like it was eating the mysis shrimp -Cheers

Alright coool lucky me, I didnt even buy candy cane coral, looks like it might have been an hitch-hiker from 7 months ago when I bought my live rock. so how do I take care of it do I just leave in on the sand bed or put up high on a rock with intense light and good flow?

thanks for your help that can be a possibility. I was bored so I took another picture, but ya it does not look like an anemone I just took one out of a tank (chiseled it off the rock) this may be an enemone that had been hiding and now has come out, but the problem is that I have had the tank...

here you go: it looks like it has a head of an aptasia, but I didnt have any that big... if you want I will probably take it out of the tank and take picture of it tomorrow

Thank you for your response, but no do not have candy canes. At first I thought it was my Stomatella, but it looks more like a coral than a snail.

can someone ID this for me not sure what it is!

Hi folks, I bought a purple digitata about 2 months ago and it started looking like this: a very nice purple colour at that time I had: 1 x 30w 20000k led 1 x 10w actinic and 10000k combined 1 x 30w 10000k stock florescent tube the lighting could not meet the coral lighting requirements so it...

ya I think it looks like stomatella like you mentioned, I looked up on Google and the pictures look similar to what I got. They like to eat algae -Thanks

Don't buy something on impulse I would recommended you do some more research before you buy. best place if you are not a fan of reading is on you-tube look at how other people set up their tank and how they maintain it marine tanks do not need external filters if they have an abundance of live...

gsp does fine under most flow conditions, but it prefers moderate flow to prevent algae from forming on top of it. so for a 120 litre or 30 gallon tank you can be fine with getting 400-800 gph power head (just a side note - if you have too much current some of the smaller fish may have a hard...

step 1 take picture of set up step 2 post picture of set up and add description step 3 don't add (deleted) to your tank to speed up a process step 4 make sure you have a lot of live rock , protein skimmer, (would be nice if you also had a sump to grow chaetomorpha algae) step 5 wait step 6 wait...

I would recommend zoanthids as they grow fast and will do find in most light conditions, you can also look at pulsing xenia coral they look pretty cool and are pretty hardy. if you see some coralline algae forming that would be an indication that you have the right conditions to add coral. (just...

I just saw this slug like snail with no shell in my aquarium today. no sure what it is, its not afraid of the hermits and was sucking on the rock when I saw it today. I am pretty sure I did not add it to my tank which has been up for 5 months now (and the only snail I have is a nassarius snail...

its 20" deep, 12" is the width of the tank. but ya I am thinking of getting the T5HO

Hi, so Im 4 months into my build now and im exploring my options with sps. all my lps have flourished so far, but my newly added sps (1 month) are not doing so well except the pink birdsnest. this a picture of my tank. and I am considering changing the lighting on it. -just a side not: All my...

without camera flash with camera flash this a relatively new coral that I have added to my system. Called Hammer Coral Euphyllia ancora (its just a frag) bought for $20 it has been doing fine for the last two weeks, but I am not impressed with the colour contrast between the tip of the coral...

NVM but ill leave the question here, you can get all the info here at: http://sexyshrimp.com

Hi folks so, my LFS are selling "squat anemone shrimp" at $7 1. Do I need to have an anemone to keep one? 2. Are they worth the price? 3. Are they reef compatible and what do I feed them? Cheers :fun:

its more of the preference issue as the colour temperature will not determine whether the coral will live or not. more hobbyists me being one of them like the blueish hue you get with the higher kelvin rated lights. It makes the corals colours pop and makes your reef talk look amazing. I...

I can help a little. SPS= small polyped stony coral like some you have there need high lighting like metal halide, super high quality water and a lot of flow. LPS= large polyp stony usually require a lot less water movement and less intense lighting you seem to have purchased both. Also you have...

Hay mate, don't complicate matters, an easy way to adjust the flow of drops with airline tubing other than making knots in them would be to use on of these: http://www.herpcenter.com/reptile-articles/images/dripwateringsystem/dripper2.jpg you would be able to adjust the flow by turning the...

Hay Salties, here is an update on how my tank is doing 3 months now... I bought some frags recently.. here are the pics any recommendations on how to better grown and keep there corals already have an exploding zoa colony, green star polyp and a resilient Xenia so here are the...

Also the coral are doing fine with the addition of strong LED lights 2000k the zoanthid colony is no longer stretching towards the light (lights may be a bit too intense thought), :good: the xenia looks fine and is pulsing after 3 weeks from date of purchase. :good: however, the green star...

Hello folks, I would like to give an update on me dosing my tank with vodka, 2-3 drops per day. before I started the nitrate level was about 20 to 30 ppm, but now I am testing 0 nitrates about a month into dosing. this is how my tank looks like from the first day. I admit there is a bit of...

that's what I thought :fun: , but im afraid of those annoying chemistry exceptions :drool: i guess ill give it a try and see if I get the same results. :hey:

Hi, so I got me a nitrate test kit (API) and I want to know if you could use less reactants to get the same results. for example: it says - to use 5 ml of tank water, - then add 10 drops of bottle 1 - and finally 10 drops of bottle 2 - get results (colour) so my question is can I add 2.5 ml...

Its been a while since I posted something new, so anyways, my tank has been up for about a month now and I have 40g 1 diamond goby :drool: 2 ocellaris clowns 15-18 hermit crabs (had 20, now about 15) 1 nassarius snail (i think dead) 1 lazy turbo snail so the problem is that my diamond...

Hi, so for my first fish I bought a diamond goby :hyper: because it looked cool and also cleans the sand. however, I do not know what to feed him/her, and how to feed him. he has dug to caves under my live rock and is very shy. (when I bought him he was beating everyone up at the LFS but now he...

its been 12 days now that I set up my sw system: day 1 only snail now I cant find him :( my zoa colony algae growth :-( what do I do?????? nice coroline algae YAY DAY 12 I would appreciate any advice or comments -Thank you (what cuc should I add)

thank you for all the advice :hyper: Hi the first pic was on day one ths pic is from day 12:

I hate algae!

Hello people, I have two questions, 1- is it okay to dose my tank with vodka (i just started out in the hobby and my tank is 1.5 weeks old no fish yet :( :X but I have some algae growth and I suspect high phosphate a nitrate levels,) does anyone vodka dose their tank and what are the...

I don't have a favourite, but it all depends on how much space you have. for me personally I prefer an algae scrubber as I like DIY things and have a place to put it (you can retrofit it). however, a refugium is also a good idea as you can grow more than just algae and provides a haven for new...

okay cool :good:

I would also invest in a refugium or a DIY algae scrubber to combat algae, it would be good to have one from the start and not have to deal with nuisance algae :crazy: later when the tank has established. :good:

so I got some Aiptasia (pest anemone) in my tank and the tank is 3 days old, it came with the live rock that I bought, I removed some by burning them with a soldering iron, but I am thinking of adding some peppermint shrimp. 1- should I wait till the tank cycles... 2- will they eat my pink...

Hay Bae, thanks for the advice, I did use a soldering iron on the big ones on the rock, they are history! but there are about a couple smaller ones that when you bring out the rock you can no longer find them as the close up and camouflage with the rock or go in there little hole I am thinking...

Hi folks, so its been day 3 of running my salt water tank set up and the skimmer just broke in today YAY. its a 38 gallon tank with a marineland pro 300 skimmer (I went overboard) LOL Any ways I noticed this anemone yesterday and I have a weird feeling that it is an Aiptasia anemone (pest)...