Recent content by k_thomas

JCD, thank you very much for the response. I am relatively new to reef keeping and was amazed at all the on-line resources available. It is great see such a extensive and helpful on-line community in action. After gathering as much info as I can I believe that the best way to proceed (for now)...

Thanks for the reply Seamaiden. I checked out wetwebmedia and did find an interesting article re flatwork control http://www.wetwebmedia.com/pestflatwrmanthony.htm P.S. Near 0 translates into none detectable with the test kits I use. Thanks again .... Ken

I seem to have an out of control population of flatworms. At least I think they are flatworms (see pics). Any ideas as to how they became this prolific and how I might attempt to control them. The tank is a 90 gallon reef, setup last november with 130 lbs of live rock and a sand bed of 2 to 4...

I had noticed these brown spots on the glass and sand in my 90 gallon reef for about a month now and did not think much of them until their number started to increase quite tramatically. I took a closer look (with a magnifying glass) and to my surprise these things were moving. Please have a...

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I recently noticed quite a few of these small (< 1/16") white multi legged critters in my 90 gallon reef tank. I assume they are some type of copepod. I did manage to get a not bad picture. Anybody got any ideas as to what these are??? Ken

Coralshrimp and Chucker, thanks for the reply. I thought the critters in question might be sponges (I did check the HHFAQ page prior to posting) but was unsure due to the fact these are more the size of LARGE grains of rice ( 1/4" wide and 1/2+" long). Anyway, glad to hear they are nothing to...

Sounds like diatoms. This will probably stabilize after a few months. One thing you could do is use distilled water for your water changes. It is probably not worth buying a RO/DI unit for the amount of water you need to keep up a 20 gallon tank.

Please help me identify these pod like things before they take over my reef tank. They are in a 90 gallon tank I setup in November last year. I noticed the first one about a month ago. Since then I have found about 5 or 6 more. They mostly seem to take up residence in small holes on the rock...