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Interceptor Red bug help

Hey gang, so I added an acro which I didnt quarantine prior to adding it to my tank (I know, dumb). So prior to that my acros didnt have any red bugs, now, they do. Conveniently that acro died but it left my current acros w/ a little red friend. They’re too big to remove from the tank so I’m...

Alk Help

BEEN USING REEF STATUS MADE BY SEACHEM TESTER. WHEN I DO TOTAL ALK IT IS 2.5meq/l AND WHEN I DO BORNATE IT IS 1meq/l THEN IT SAYS TO SUBTRACT THE BORNATE FROM THE TOTAL AND THIS GIVES U CARBONATE ALK DONT KNOW WHERE OR HOW TO GET ALK IN LINE IS THIS LOW. View original post here:  Alk...

Very sweet sand sifting star needs a new home

Thanks to Spyder, I googled the star and yes it needs a bigger home than my new 29G biocube. I bought him from a reef specialty store for $19.99. And they won’t take the fish back, bloody hell. Store policy and all. Why did they sell it to me! I was there an hour going on and on about my tank size...

Brown Eggshell Deposits?

In my salt water mixing tank, where I also store RO water until im ready to make salt water, there has been an accumulation of a light brown egg shell deposits. One corner of the tank there are sheets of light brown egg shell thickness material. The same material (mineral deposits) is attached to the...

worms in sand

I have some worms of some sort in the sand bed of my 200 gal reef tank. They push small hills of sand up that look much like ant hills and have very fine red hair like tentacles sticking up out of the sand. Tonight I observed one poking up out of the sand and giving off a cloudy grey discharge into the...

Red leg hermit HELP 911

I just came home to find my smallest red leg out of his shell, a good 8 inches or so from it, I cant tell if its alive, It seems to be trying to flip over but im not sure if its the current, his pincher nor antennas are not moving, I just got this guy a week ago and don’t have shells for it. What to...

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