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Well, another kind of white spots might be theses: Go to the hitchhiker FAQ http://www.reefs.org/hhfaq/pages/main_pages/faq_rock3.htm and search down the page for "tiny grindstones" and check out the picture to the left. I have those. They move around some, but never get larger than a tiny spot.

Hrm. I've seen them identified as "Staurocladia oahuensis (hydroid jellyfish)" here: http://reefs.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=57778, suggested as probable hydroids here: http://reefs.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=49209, scuffled over their jellyfish-ness here...

Just as an alternate opinion, I very much enjoyed curing my own liverock. Watching all the unpredictable stuff grow out of it was all the more entertaining and rewarding because I could remember scrubbing all the dead sponges and other crud off it when I brought it home. However, I don't think...

Tank looks awesome. I have a question for all of you nano-keepers. A lot of these tanks have things in them that have the potential to grow like crazy. Button polyps, star polyps, shrooms, clams :D, not to mention the corals. Some stuff can be easily pruned or fragged as it gets large, I...

Apophis924, Some fair comments. However, the other thing I am wondering about is the copper pipes -- the toxic metals. I do know that copper is extremely friendly about sharing itself with everything even near it. A buddy of mine works in the R&D labs at Intel and I have heard some serious...

Hrm. From your description (picture is too dark and small), it might be a barnacle. I looked on the web for some good pictures of ones with their tentacles out, but didn't find much. There's a good drawing here: http://www.greatbay.org/kids_corner/quest/exploration/who_lives_here_rs.html And...

*sigh* I wish cafepress sold black t-shirts. I love that they make it so easy for folks to make/sell t-shirts and stuff; but I don't wear white t-shirts. I know, I know, white is easier and cheaper and stuff. But.....

If you're looking for a fish that won't get too big, won't bother corals, won't bother shrimp and crabs, and will swim around and add color to your tank: I've been super happy with my two-spot hogfish. He's very hardy, bright yellow, and very active. He is a bit agressive toward other fish...

I've been using conditioned tap water (I use Prime) for as long as I've been keeping aquariums. This made a lot of sense when I started, since I was keeping freshwater tanks with cichlids. Cichlids will live in all kinds of crappy water conditions; so I didn't sweat it. When I made the plunge...

Sugar Magnolia: Nope, I know the difference between "baby brittle stars" and asterina and I was pretty sure I'd seen asterina listed as part of cleanup crews for sale. However, when I went looking on several of the major online retailers' sites, I didn't see anything. So, it is possible I was...

I'm with you spsmike. I don't do a lot of rearranging, but I still spend a fari amount of time with my hands in the tank. Mostly spot feeding, oh, yeah and glass cleaning. I've been doing this for seven years and I still haven't made the leap to a magnet style scraper.

Is this true? Tons of places sell these guys as part of clean-up crews and I've had tons of them in my tank(s) for ages and have not noticed any harm to my soft corals.

Wouldn't snail eggs hatch out little swimmer-type guys, not little snails complete with shells? I mean, I can't argue with you about the shape, I see what you're saying. And, as far as I know, I really don't have anything else in my tank that's a likely candidate for breeding by laying eggs on...

Hrm. Actually, it's just a Nikon Coolpix 885. So, a few years old and 3x optical macro. The trick is to hold really still. Even better is to have a tripod.

Howdy. So, several weeks ago I noticed some clear egg-looking things on my tank glass. I was meaning to take a picture and sort of put it off. Then I noticed that the specks inside were multiplying, which seemed odd in eggs. So, I snapped a couple of shots. Both of these are from up right...