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Thanks for the replies.....I should have specified I was interested in culturing zooplankton (Rotifors).

I am researching sps feeding and am wondering what zooplankton products are out there. While I am interested in all product, I specifically am interested in culturing my own plankton. Are there kits out there???[/b]

Just came home (1:30 AM) and shined a flashlight on the clams and the clam that has exhibited pinching is covered in copepods. They seem to be crawling all over the mantle. The clam has closed up as much as it can and has released quite a bit of slime. The fully healthy clam at the other end...

I just came home to find one of my clams not responding and completey pinched. To give you an idea of how fast this disease acts, I noticed a slight pulling in of the mantle on the intake side late yesterday afternoon. By the same time today the clam is a gonner! I am dipping the others as I...

I think it would be most helpful to understand if we are dealing with a parasite, bacterium, or virus. While I am definitely going to dip my clams, I am afraid this is not a solution to the problem but rather a patch. I suspect the bug is not just in our clams as it is capable of spreading...

One trend that I have noticed is that this disease has not really affected smaller sized clams (less than 3 inches). I have two 5+ inch clams which are exhibiting the disease right now and and my 3 inch clam does not seem to show any signs of it. I will try a freshwater dip this evening and...

I run a calc reactor on my 75 SPS but wanted to boost my calc levels a little. This stuff really does work but I feel like I am playing with fire. Even the label says "For advanced aquarists only". So basically I just want to learn more about it. Must be some type of very potent calcium...

As with most industries, water purification has a lot of "smoke and mirrors" All RO and RO/DI units really work on the same simple principal. Force high pressure water into canister filters containing carbon, RO membrane(s), and sometimes a DI canister. There are variations from brand to...

Fishdreamer, Thank you for that information. I have seen that kick ich stuff before but obviously overlooked it because it was medication. I would certainly like to hear if others have had good results with this stuff (IN A SPS ENVIRONMENT). It is important to keep in mind though that I have...

Do you have a large rubbermaid or other such container you can place the clam in? You don't want it doing any more nasty in the tank. Continue to do large water changes for the next two days or so as the gametes will begin to die off and decay soon! The skimmer needs to be constantly cleaned...

Wow thanks for all the replies...while I cannot say I feel any better about what is going on, I do feel more informed. One person asked why I introduced fish knowing I have ich in the tank. Well in all my years of reefkeeping I treated ich like a cold. Reefs have amazing abilities to cure...

Okay...My nerves are at their breaking point. About a month ago I introduced a small Purple Tang as a first fish for my SPS reef. The fish developed ich within a few days and got pretty sick. Knowing that purple tangs almost always get ich, I just did the garlic and Thera A therapy. I also...

kalkwasser is kalkwasser is kalkwasser.... I use a reactor and go nitro with turbo calc. Gotta be careful or you can hit 500+ CA easy and watch it snow LOL.

Bristleworms have been a controversial subject for some time now. If you read The Reef Aquarium Vol1, Sprung/Delbeek have a rather large chapter dedicated to these worms. They talk about different species doing different things. I have yet to come across a definitive study addressing the...

So far everything everyone has said regarding these stars eating 'everything' in the DSB is heresay. WHAT are they eating? From what I can see it is only detritus and left over food. I don't know about others but I have never had a DSB just spilling over with life visible life. If I see worm...