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I stopped by a local chain pet store the other day - Petco if it must be said. They had some 20 gallon tanks... one of them had 3 or 4 yellow tangs in it. It made me so sad.

I received an order yesterday from JustCoral.com. I got two zoo colonies, one star polyps and a frogspawn. They arrived wonderfully packaged and I'm very happy with what I received. The zoos are exactly as pictured and the other two are large, healthy corals. They are all fully opened and...

I checked Reefpedia, but didn't see anything about this... Do gobies have the ability to change color to match their surroundings? I ask because my black clown goby in quarantine looks grey in the evening, but black during the day. It's quite odd. Thanks, Laura

Wondering if anyone has any experience with these guys? http://www.aquacon.com/index.html Their web site's security certificate is making my browser warn me about them, and when I call it sounds like one person posing as three departments at a company.

The Seattle aquarium was having a problem with a rogue in their shark tank. They caught it being naughty on film. The very squeamish might find this disturbing. Probably not child-okay (scary). http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7004909622962894202

Last night, after the MHs were off and I was walking by the tank, I saw a stream of goo coming out of the live rock. It stuck to the glass. Here it is. It's not moving, but... what IS that? Laura

I'm trying to ID a hitchhiker crab, and I've looked through the likely searches without any luck. Does anyone know any good crab ID sites I might browse? Thanks!

I am in shock. Utter shock. I have a previously unnoticed hitchhiker. He's monstrous. I had a small hermit disappear, didn't think much of it. Had a snail disappear... didn't think much of that. Both smallish, both could be alive in the rockwork... Today I caught a fleeting glimpse...

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Hey everyone. I just added three tiny zoo frags to my tank yesterday. Two of them are open and looking great, but the third one hasn't opened since I got it. How do you know when a zoo colony is dead? At what point should I start to worry? Thanks! Laura Edit: Forgot to say...

I have been monitoring my calcium and alkalinity in my 24 gallon tank. I've read an article in our knowledge base about this - the one with that wonderful chart with the two lines that shows the target zone for calcium and alkalinity. I have been to the left of the target zone and trying to...

Hi Everyone. I have a black thingy on my live rock. I've attempted a picture, but I clearly need a tripod. Hopefully someone will ah-hah despite my photography. It's flat, roughly an elongated circle. It's black and shiny. The middle has a thick center with a white line down it...

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I ordered an RO unit from PurelyH2O - it's their smallest one and very reasonably priced. I figured that since I only had a 24 gallon tank I'd only need a couple of gallons a week and to get something modest - especially since I'd never heard of RO/DI until I really started reading... I figured...

Hi everyone, I just got a royal gramma and a firefish on Friday - they were FedEx'd to me. They are in quarantine together. Today I got my first real look at the gramma, who has been hiding under a rock for the most part. He has a big, dark spot on his dorsal (?) fin. I do not know if he...

Hi everyone... My tank has been up for a almost 2 months, and it has a cleanup crew and a handful of coral frags in it. The first two fish destined for it are in quarantine. I've been having a lovely hair algae bloom, which the hermits and snails have mostly kept up with. My concern is...

I've started adding coral frags to my tank. I have several that came on pieces of rock roughly the size of one of those small, round guest-soaps. One of them is on a rectangular piece of orange hideous rock roughly the size of a large deck of cards. Ugh. None of these rocks lend themselves...

I was planning on putting three fish in my 24 gallon reef: one royal gramma, one firefish, and one chromis. I have been reading that chromis like to school, however. Would a single chromis be stressed out by being alone, or do they adapt to this okay? Thanks! Laura

Scientific Coral is kind of an interesting company: they are an eco-friendly coral supplier. All they sell is frags; everything is captive raised. I ordered their Hardy Beginner's Soft Coral Pack #3 (nano sized). Basically, it's six coral frags of about 1" in size that are relatively...

I'm getting ready to get a firefish, and I read that they are quite the acrobats. I run with an open tank - I have half-inch eggcrate covering it. Are they good enough at this jumping business that he's likely to succeed in killing himself? Thanks!