Recent content by BlackMoor

Thank you for the suggestions, I have no idea how the velvet set in. All fish were long term residents. Started tearing down yesterday, will finish today. May just take a break for awhile or, go back to fancy Goldfish. Losing my Maroon Clownfish took the the wind out of my sails. Cardinal will...

To be clear, I am not going to put any fish back in there for a while. I am only interested resolving the waste of the die off and getting levels back to par. I have dreaded something like this from the moment I began to get more educated about fish keeping, Truly a nightmare situation. How do I...

I've been a member of the site for a few years now and have found a lot of information in the past that has proven quite helpful. Since I started my little reef I have only lost 4 fish in 5 years. Until now? Living in NYC this winter has proven quite difficult and harsh. I have been keeping my...

Thank you, agreed, I will remove some water. Unfortunately, I do not know what brand skimmer it is. I had a custom sump/refugium made for me about a year ago when I decided to stick with the hobby. I wish I knew what it was too as I do not know how to really adjust this one.

About a month ago I purchased a cleaner crew. I came with 2 serpent stars. Recently I noticed a ton of serpent stars in my sump and refugium, all extremely small. Are there any special needs for these?? How long can they stay in there, as space is rather limited. Additionally, how many should I...

I performed my WC yesterday, nothing different only done a week later than I normally do. Anyway, Skimmer cup is mostly full of water a day after the WC. What's up??? I haven't played with anything either. I have been filling the sump/refugium almost to the top lately to adjust for hyper...

MY CBS has gotten rather large. The lights turned off in my tank and I stopped by for some observation. The CBS had gotten his arms around something green that was curled into a "C". He was definitely eating it too. What could this have been?? It itself was rather large. Clearly, I have never...

OK, so I still have A LOT to learn. Do I get rid of it?? No coral in tank yet. I am waiting for my LEDs. I had read that they might be a bother. How do I control these?? I have dozens of the smaller ones in the tank on the LR. Any predators for these things? Not very nice to look at IMHO.

Figured out how to post.... What is this????????

Maybe it is a variety of one, I can see a stringy substance that retracts with some floating food on it. How do I get rid of these things without losing my CUC??????

It is not a vermetid snail either. I have those in there. This is huge, like an inch long.

I had a Mexican turbo that a hermit killed for it's shell. That is not the problem. The hermit abandoned the shell right in front of the tank where I can clearly see it. I noticed a very strange growth like a cocoon on the shell. Orange-ish in color with a striped red pattern. Well, it looks...

I figured I would post since, I've spent some time staring into the tank tonight and re-energizing my interests in reef keeping. Anyway, I have noticed these things before, they are really tiny little stumps with a light colored top. They are scattered throughout the tank, they are not even a...

I purchased my CBS about as soon as my tank was cycled (1 year ago +-) It had molten maybe twice in 6 months. Now it appears to be molting twice a month!! It is HUGE!! What gives???

Well, I hope I am right in saying that my fish are doing OK. I have invested heavily into this hobby RODI, custom refugiums, sumps, etc... My next purchase will be LED's but, presently I am looking for a new clean up crew and inverts. I have no corals just 80lbs. of LR in my 54 gallon corner. My...