chemical warfare

I've been reading about softie chemical warfare, and how brutal they can apparently be, along with of course Paly/zoas. Do you run carbon to try to protect your non-softies, or would it even make a difference?

The question is simple. For those keeping "mixed" reefs, do you find that cutting leathers causes trouble? I've always heard leather corals produce toxins to create space for themselves. This is well known and understood (scientifically). The jury seems confused however on whether these toxins...

I just picked up a BTA from my LFS, and I was planning on finding a Black Widow BTA to go into the same tank eventually. When I showed a picture of the nem to a buddy of mine who is super heavy into the hobby, he told me that the nem I picked up was a wild nem, and it would nuke any aquacultured...

My 350 reefer tank is not doing well and has been struggling for a long time. I do weekly 20% water changes and keep my hands out, change the socks weekly, vacuum the sand bed weekly, run carbon and NoPox. Use RoDi water at 0 TDS from my home water station. Kh 8.1 and steady(+- 0.1 maximum...

Hello all. I am a newbie to the hobby, but I got addicted so fast I love it. My tank has been up and doing great for the past year. I have made many improvements and have learned all lot. I moved this past week and after 1 day of moving the tank, everything died. All the corals, All the fish...

All of my acans' tissue has been retracted for the past two days - all acans at the same time and only the acans - without any change in lighting or water parameters and I am wondering if it could be due to soft coral chemical warfare. Does anyone have any thoughts or references on the subject...