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I picked up a hi-fin banded goby pair and a snapping shrimp 5 weeks ago. I saw the female hi-fin for about a week, then no sign since. Over the weekend I found my cleaning shrimps trying to eat a dead Court Jester Goby that had been missing for a week. Today I found them with parts of my...

Hi im looking for some help with my cleaner shrimp. Added to the tank about 2 months ago. All was good until last week when I noticed it acting a little lethargic. Then I noticed some white spots and a small black spot on its side. It wasnt moving for about a day and then something startled it...

Hey all, Back again with another situation. I have a tube anemone that I've had for a few weeks now. 2 days ago, it decided it wanted to move & got caught in the powerhead. Luckily, I caught it right away (I was about to leave for work, so could've been way worse). I tucked it back in the...

I recently added a porcelain crab to my nano, and I read that some species host in nems and some don’t. Can anyone ID him and tell me if he’s one that would prefer a nem in the future? I’m worried that if he is an anemone crab then he and my clowns will fight over it. I also know he’s a filter...

My pincushion urchin has been showing signs of stress for about a week. I did a water change and I think I messed up the salinity and made it too low. He spawned and then stopped moving around the tank. His little grippers and spines would move, he would react when touched, he just would not...

There is such a wide variety of both hermit crabs and snails, are some more or less compatible with eachother than others? Would a smaller hermit crab like a scarlet still kill a snail like a large trochus who's shell wouldn't even be suitable for such a crab? I would like to hear peoples'...

Hello everyone, I initially started up my 15g nano reef tank in December 2022 so I could get saltwater inverts, as I was interested in them. However, I have had crustaceans dying one by one, with about 2+ weeks to one month intervals between deaths. I have tried everything to figure out what’s...

Does anyone actually have/had one of these guys? They are currently my dream animal and I would love to own one Probably 99% of the threads on every single forum are full of people saying 'i dont own one but this one random website says ________' and honestly i dont believe half of the things...

Hey guys will nassarius do a decent enough job of turnover to prevent my sandbed from becoming a solid mess of algea? I have some in my 32 biocube and a sand sifting conch and my sand is beautiful. In my 16G I only have a smaller conch and he doesn’t do enough to keep the sand clean at all. It’s...

Hi, all, I work at an outdoor educational facility on the coast of California, and I've been tasked with resurrecting our touch tank that we use with students. Over the past year, I've worked with an aquarium technician to get all the parts replaced/functional, and now I'm entering the process...

Hi there, Looking for a little advice on critters on behalf of my son as we’re not having much luck on that front. He’s 13 and has had his tank (fluval 60l spec marine) running for a year. It has the standard kit plus an added wave/flow maker and an ocean free hydra nano filter) Background...

I have 4 thin-striped hermit crabs in a Fluval 13.5 nano build. I collected them from a bay in florida which led to me setting up a saltwater tank in the first place. they are all a pretty good size, using shells roughly 1"-1.5". You can see pictures of the tank below and there are also...

Hi reef2reef. after battling with ich and now having setup a hospital tank, I think it is time to get control of algae in my tank. I have a lot of diatoms and a little green algae. here is what I have planned so far, please tell me if this is too many invertebrates, if there is something else...

Hi! My 6g nano is almost a month old. About two weeks ago, I replaced the original water with cycled water from a coral tank from my LFS. Over the course of a week after adding cycled water, I added my animals- Mexican turbo snail, cleaner shrimp, red honey damsel, 3 Astrinia starfish; electric...

I hve a biocube 16 led that has some coral and my four stripe damsel in it. He’s my only fish in that tank and I got it specifically for him. Can I put a skunk cleaner in there it will he try to eat it? He’s not agressive like a normal damsel. I moved him because he co-hosted a burrow with my...

Hi, So a couple weeks ago I bought some new shells for my marine hermit crabs in my reef tank. They needed new ones and I didn't want them to die because I think they are very pretty. Anyway, I also have a Gold Faced Sleeper Goby who I've had for a least 2 years now. He obviously likes to sift...

Hey Reefers! I woke up today and found that my Debelius Purple Reef Lobster unfortunately passed away. I had him for 5.5 years and was curious how long they usually live in captivity? I haven't been able to find much information on their lifespans so thought I'd ask here

My heart is filled with sadness: my Dolabella/Wedge Sea Hare's back has split open and his shell is sticking out. It happened overnight. My parameters are: 1.024 salinity .5ppm Nitrates 0/0 Ammonia/Nitrites I bought him two weeks ago to clear out a ton of green hair algae, there is plenty...

Hi guys! I’m new to reefing and I’ve recently set up a 29 gallon tank that’s finished cycling. Right now I have one Nassarius snail, one trochus snail, two margarita snails, and one cerith snail. I was told that I can have up to ten snails in my tank so I’m pretty sure that stocking is fine...

Noob here. I’m doing my fish planning while I wait for my tank to arrive this week. I want to make sure I have decided on my livestock so I can be sure to take their habitats into consideration when I build my rock formation and start cycling my tank. Getting the 32.5 gallon Fluval Flex and...

So my two pro escape artist nerite snails decided to lay eggs about two weeks ago...all over my tank. Literally on the rocks, the pumps, even on my beloved turbo snail, Vagine. Most of the egg sacs on the glass have been developing it seems. I say this because when they were first layed they...

hey guys i just woke up to my tuxedo urchin battling this small pump i have he didn’t climb on it but he decided to travel in front of it and lost some spines around that area where he was. is this because of the flow or do i need to act quick and help him out? he’s been eating gracileria and...