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Possibly a juvenile Pilumnus hirtellus (Mud Crab). Young are white and turn to a deep red colour as they age. Info page

Greg - could be a Porcelain Anemone Crab but without photos it is difficult to say for sure. Another possibility is a Decorator Crab as these would show different colours depending on what it has stuck to itself. To post a pic you need to use the Member's Aquarium and Fish Pictures section of...

Tufa rock is not really recommended for a marine setup as it is too soft. Coralline algae does not establish itself very well on tufa rock.

Just to remind people that nano tanks (fresh or salt water) are VERY sensitive to changes. Due to a faulty skimmer my 10 gall nano at work leaked over a weekend a few weeks back. As this tank had an auto top up system for evaporated water (important on a nano) the leak resulted in a large...

Only thing I can find is that they are members of the Ostracoda family. Have a look at this page - there are also links on there. HTH, Eddie

Stan, I replaced 2 x 8w standard fluorescents with 2 x 18w compact fluorescents - here are some pics (on a different forum). The hood gets quite hot but not excessively so, there is some additional heat to the water but again not an excessive amount - you do need to keep a good airflow around...

Thread here discussing these very fish. HTH, Eddie

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No probs mate. Don't know whether they are effective though, and from what I have seen they are very expensive. Cheers, Eddie

RamJet, Trap-eze is a fish trap - works like a charm. You put food in a compartment at the back of the trap and have a string attached to a release. When the fish you want goes after the food pull the string to trap the fish and you can then lift the entire trap, including water, out of the...

Here is my nano-reef in the office. And here is my nano-reef at home. Cheers, Eddie

Actually they have developed FW protein skimmers now, not sure exactly how they work but they are specifically for FW. Have a look here. HTH, Eddie

Thanks for the nice feedback! I put a marine white at the front of the tank last time I changed the tubes - it gets some lovely colours from the fish!! Cheers, Eddie

And lastly one of the bristlenoses - again sorry for the poor focus, he didn't want to sit still for the photo. None of the others I took at the weekend came out good enough to post, will try and get some more next weekend. Cheers, Eddie