hello all My name is Joanna Murray and I am a PhD student at the University of Portsmouth. My research is specifically concerned with ornamental polychaetes, namely sabellids and serpulids, and over the past couple of years I have worked with wholesalers and retailers to find out more information about...

I picked up these SPS at a frag swap last weekend. The seller did not know what they where but mention that the seem to grow a little quick for SPS and they were only $16.50. Any ideas????? Read more: Coral ID

Not sure what this is… I thought at first it was a dark purple Coralline but I now Im not sure what it is. It has the small spike, needle thron type deals on it that come and go… It appears to be slow growing and likes lower light areas. Any clues? Read the original here: Purple alge?

I had been keeping a single octopus in the refugium section for my 470 gallon tank when I decided that it was time to get a real tank for it. Since I was already having the shark & ray tank built, I asked him to duplicate the tank, but set it up for keeping an octopus, or maybe two of them, since...

I originally had this AGA 210 gallon tank set up in the family room and decided to replace it with a custom 470 acrylic tank. That meant moving this tank into my office and setting up a filtration system for the tank since it had previously plumbed into the basement. Excerpt from: My 210 Reef

A couple of years ago, I had a pair of specimen tanks built. In this one, I wanted to keep a shark and a couple rays. The tank is 48 X 48 X 28, made out of 1/2" acrylic. There is a 40 gallon sump/refugium below the tank. Equipment includes Lifeguard’s mechanical, chemical, sand filter &...

When I installed the refugium last week I removed the powerhead because of the high flow that was coming out of the filter. I feel like I should put it back in, but I’m afraid of creating a turbulent environment for all the creatures. Keep in mind this is an AquaClear 70 modded into a refugium...

Hi, Im new to this forum and reef tanks…Ive had saltwater FOWLR tanks but never got into corals so Im giving it a shot. OK so Ive had my tank up and running for about 4 months now…stock is minimum at the moment. Tank Specs are… 55g 4 x54w T5 lamps 1 36w acintic blue lamp 70lbs live...

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I have a green spikey looking round "thing" attached to a rock with threads that come from it and attach to other parts of the rock. It’s been growing for 3-4 months or so and now is a little smaller than a large gumball. Wondering what it is and if I should remove it. Here is the...