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I upgraded to a reef octopus hob-90 and have had some problems with it. A few months ago the pump jammed because a snail snuck in; I disassembled and cleared it out, then it was working fine. A couple of weeks ago it overflowed badly, emptying the tank to the level of the intake overnight...

i had read ricordea do best in lower light, so I placed the rainbows I got from the group buy (and one from the January meeting) on the sandbed by rock. One kept moving so I placed it higher on a rock and the colors that have come out are amazing. Check out the blues on the one that’s placed...

We’re down in Florida for the holiday weekend and came across a very cool place I thought I’d share-the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton. A highlight of the place is a sea turtle rehab facility for injured/sick turtles that are found along the Florida shore. Florida Atlantic University...

these white squiggly lines have been on my pukani rock (only in the shaded areas) for a very long time....they never move (at all) but do seem to have increased in number. Today I notice some red on one end of the larger ones. Any idea what these are?

This month’s meeting is turning into a special event for the club-a chance to kick off the new year with a boom. Several sponsors will be present with livestock and/or dry goods, special raffles are set up, and we have a venue lined up that will give us more space to enjoy a big club...

While feeding and dosing the tank last night, I felt tingling when I touched certain parts of the rim. After individually unplugging each submerged piece of equipment I found one of the powerheads was the source so I tossed it. Problem solved. Allnlivestock unharmed and no signs of distress...

Free in Freehold if anyone’s interested.

Unfortunately I lost the majority of my fish to velvet....did a good deal of research as it was going on but was late to diagnose. I read about going fallow after the fish are dead, to allow the parasite to die off, but strangely two of my fish have survived (a yellow coris wrasse and a...

hi all. I’m testing parameter to check how the tank is doing, and after that I’m planning on changing water. Which strikes me as potentially odd-after I change the water my parameters will change. Testing before and after would tell me the affect my salt has on the water, so I’m wondering...

found my skimmer wasn’t producing bubbles, took it apart, soaked it in vinegar and gave it a good scrub, and just before putting it back together checked out where the air tube inserted (is this the venturi?) It was clogged solid with salt. Cleaned that out and all better. Less than two weeks...

Noticed a 1-2 inch chunk of plating Monty broke off my main colony yesterday; it’s free to whoever wants it Located in Freehold.

deciding between a Kole and tomini tang (one, not both). Anyone with experience with either/both that cares to share their thoughts it would be greatly appreciated. Aggression, how good they are at grazing algae, hardiness, etc. sounds like they’re not a threat to Corals-if you’ve...

BRS has been a great resource for me in learning about our hobby, and this most recent video is much appreciated and quite interesting. Hope some of you find it helpful. When do we REALLY need to change out T5 bulbs? | BRStv Investigates

I have a monti digi that has been doing great-good growth and color, polyps always extended, etc. But over the past week or so I’ve noticed the polyps are stripped clean in part exposing bare white skeleton underneath. Parameters are good, all other Corals are healthy. I look at night and don’t...

Tonight I spotted a fairly long work (2 inches or so reaching out from under a rock, no idea of the full length). Under red light it kept reaching out, as soon as I shined a white flashlight it withdrew quickly. Here’s a picture under red and a picture with my white flash, which caused it to...

A few months ago I lost my male percula-the pair were young but I was still nervous to add a new male. Yesterday I was in northern Jersey and on the way home I decided to stop at absolutely fish-I forgot how great that store is, and the customer service was amazing! My girls picked out a small...

considering adding a goby for more sand cleaning....I have a conch but since raising the light levels to help coral growth the sand has been more brown with some tufts of algae now and again (especially if I’m late on a water change). I’ve got some questions-and I know there are many types so...

do you re-freeze or toss? Mixed answers found online....what are the thoughts here in NJRC?

I’m considering entering my kids into the iplay America science fair, and want to check here if anyone has fun, creative, cheap ideas for a cool project. I’m open to making a group if a few of us want to have our kids work together on it. The fair is open for grades 3-12; my oldest is in 4th...

Just saw this in my hang-on fuge, thinking it’s a spaghettti worm. Makes sense because there was nothing in the fuge that would look like a stick or tube (only chaeto, snails, and pods). Anyone think it’s something else? If it is something else, is it something I should remove? And that...