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My lobster ate like a pig every other day I feed it meaty foods like silversides, squid, and frozen sulry cubes. Plus it molted 5 times prior to its death. So I don't think that it was a lack of food that caused it to expire. Any other thoughts? Anyone?

When I woke up this morning I discovered that my spiny blue lobster had died. I appeared to be in the middle of molting when it passed. no physical damage was evident. So I ruled out the possibility of one of the fish jumping the lobster when it was in mid-molt. I do water changes every week...

I have to maxi jet 900 power heads. I keep these connected to a wave maker with a 3min on off cycle. when power head A goes it twin power head B ( positioned at the opposite end of the tank) kicks on. My question is this. Should I run the powerheads in this manner 24-7 or should there be...

I have a 75 gallon tank with a live rock ridge running the length of the tank with the hight point extending about half way up to the waters surface. The tank is lighted with 2 40 watt antinic corallife(runs 12 hrs/day) blubs and their is a MH pendent (runs 5 hrs/day) positioned 21 inches above...

I also have a blue spiny reef lobster. He does not bother any of my tank's fish however it has eaten a sea erchant and three turbo snails. Now, I feed it almost daily, this seems to limit its agressive scavaging, for when it is hungry it will fearlessly try to steal food off of anything in the...

Has anyone ever kept a longnosed hawkfish? I bought one last week and I have not seen it eat a thing. I have offered it squid, krill, prawns, silversides, and formula A & B (slury cubes). I also coat the food with ZOE and Garlic Extreme. The hawkfish does dive and attack the sand bed comming up...

Can anyone please tell me anything about the dietary requirements of this cool little fish? I purchased one over the weekend and was told by my LFS that it eats hair algae. Their is some in my tank and the Sailfin appears to be scraping it off the rocks, but I would like to know if this will...

This past weekend I purchased so puling Xenia for my tank. It seemed healthy at first but overnight it became limp and pulsed very little. what could be causing this problem. my ph is 8.3 the water temp is 80 f and they are housed under a 400 watt MH w/ 2 antinic 40 watt fls. there are no corals...

what type of aditives do you add to your tanks? Does any one know of or have any experiences with the additives Reef Vital DNA and Blackpowder? :?:

I have recently purchased a trumpet coral for my reef aquarium. When I first introduced the coral to my tank it expanded just as it did at my LFS two days ago, however, I noticed that its tissue appeared shrunken and little pieces of its skeleton appeared to be poking through. Is this new...

I have a green brittle star in my tank its been their for over 2 months and has not displaied any aggressive behavior toward the of inhabitents of my tank. Are all green brittle stars bad or is their behavior dependent on the individual specimen? I read some post that claim they are real killers...

Yesterday I read an article in this months aquarium fish magazine which stated that Sand Sifter Stars are not benefical for your tank it said that they eat the microfauna in your sand beds and not the waste and debris created by the rest of tanks residents. Is this true? are they good to keep...

Here is some general info on my system that might be helpful in answering my questions: Size: 75 gallon long Lighting: (1) 400 watt MH; (2) 40 watt florescent antinic bulbs Photo Period: MH 7hrs/day, florescent 14hrs/day Sand Bed: 6’’-8’’ deep composed of 50% reef sand...