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  1. Mirage

    Urgent help needed All my worms are out of the LR &on the ground?

    I have a fireworm and about 20 briste worms all sort of hovering on the surface of my sand / aragonite?? They are alive, they seem stunned? My salt level was a bit high, taken it down to 1.022. My latest LR has a mass of star polyps which have all of a sudden started dissapearing? Like they are...
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    Mantis Madness

    Well, after my decision a few weeks ago, to purchase new LR, becuase my tank has been running a few years and could do with some fresh rock and a bit of a re-arrange.I went and purchased some mushroom rock which it turn out was from Figi, 3 Mantis Shrimps later, one of which still resides in my...
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    How long can I keep a mantis in a hospital tank?

    I bought about 6kg of rock, I am not sure where its from, its not Figi rock.I made the mistake of putting it directly into my Nano,(3yrs running now) only to discover an array of ticking and unusul creatures craling out of it. I have two mantis shrimp, a dark redish brown and a light beige...
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    Can a person have too much live rock?

    I have about 40 % live rock, I wanted to purchase more, but my other half feels I have enough. I don't really see how I can have too much live rock? Surely the more the better? Ideally I would like to have 60 - 70 % and for the rocks at the top to be covered in mushrooms, as I am not really...
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    fantastic New Store in CT, Durban Road, Belville

    I went to Elite Aquatics in Durban Road today. I was very impressed with the variety of fish and they do not over crowd the tanks. I was only there for a short period, but look forward to another visit this weekend!!
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    White Hairy Crab discovered after all my fish vanished!

    Over the last few months we have had fish vanishing mysteriously during the night! I kept emptying the tank taking out all my rock and corals, my levels are fine, everything is perfect?! I lost a blue lobster, a yellow and purple chromis, 2 dancing shrimp, a fire shrimp, a peppermint...
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    Making friends with your anenome and clown fish

    Hey Guys, I have a common clown that wouldnt even swim to the side of the tank where the anenome is situated... I decided to see if perhaps I could give them a bit of encouragement, I took a guppy breeding tank, its a square fairly large mesh hook on contraption, I put the anenome in the tank...
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    Anyone know what these are?

    There are about 8 of these in my tank? It looks like a polyp on the rock, but it eats the frozen shrimp and closes like an anenome? This looks like an orange coloured centipede and moves like one?
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    Keeping live Corals Healthy?

    Hi Guys I've got a few polyps and what looks like a frog spawn type coral, its a brownish colour with lumo green tips and during the day the tips stretch out 1-2inches and float in the current... This coral has started becoming more brown and less green. I have all the additives, of which I put...
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    Also a newbie!

    As stated in ,y post to Werners thread. i'm also new to Marine Aquriums, I bought a ready set up display tank from an aqurium. I have 3 clown fish and an anenome and 4 live rocks. I'm concerned about my levels? I tested for PH, it was at 9, the shop said to test for KH, which I did and it was at...
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