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I also see aiptasia on the rocks in the background. You will need to nuke that before it takes over and kills your corals.

Green star polyp (GSP)

What's the update on the star?

Water and salt ;)

I see that my last post on this topic was quite some time ago. A lot has changed since then...1. Venom the lion fish has been moved into my friend's tank because he was getting so big and adding to the increase in nutrients which gave me terrible algae problems. 2. Blasted aiptasia have killed...

Looking good!

Sorry for the bad quality. Here you can see the whole family together. Lol.

That may a bit difficult because of their location. They have settled in places with an overhang of rock. The light colored one came in with some zoos that I bought. I didn't notice it at first but then I saw that it was changing position so thinking it was a dead shell getting dislodged by the...

I have about 5 of those varying in size in my tank. They open up like a mussel and have filter type fan that comes partially out of the two halves. They also close when disturbed. They actually moved around my tank until they found a spot that they liked. They are also two different colors. The...

My tank is 35liter or about 10 gal if my conversions are right. The infestation was very bad but I attacked it with aiptasiaX about a week ago. But I can already see small aiptasia on the rocks again. A bottle of aiptasiaX costs about the same as two shrimps here, and besides the juice is a...

I tried a small tank like this but I really struggled to keep the temp constant. The weather in south africa in summer can be brutal even indoors. Now it stays empty in my garage :( Regards, Duncan

I have a 10 gal. Normally I keep around 8 ghost shrimp, 5 or 6 small hermits and 3 or 4 small snails. I also include a variety of empty shells so the hermits don't evict the snails. I struggled with algae when I had my lion fish in this tank because he would eat the shrimp as fast as I put them...

Thanks for the quick response, Zante. So how many would you say I should get. They're not exactly cheap in South Africa. The other shrimp can always be moved to my friend's tank, but I really need to get this pest out my tank.