Snail Replacements

Vibrio got the best of one of my sea horses I believe. After some googling of the sea horses sudden symptoms (overnight the horse’s bottom half had no skin), it looks like it was vibrio (this thread is what I used as reference.). One of the potential carriers was snails. Just a week earlier I...

Diatom Question

When you first set up a tank isnt getting diatoms in the tank a sign that the cycle is ending? Read more:  Diatom Question

Diatom Question

When you first set up a tank isnt getting diatoms in the tank a sign that the cycle is ending? Continued here:  Diatom Question

Running an experiment to keep nitrates down

A few days ago I ran into this article while searching on ways to control nitrates without doing water changes. I know there are other benefits to water changes, but my main concern here was to reduce nitrate levels before a water change is scheduled. At any-rate, I became concerned when I was showing 40...

Found a Crab on my Live Rock

I am new and after setting up my aquarium I found him on a piece of LR. After reading I found that some of the hitch hikers can be bad. Just wondering if I should remove him now before he becomes an Issue or not. Here is the original:  Found a Crab on my Live...