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This doesn't eat fish. It's a serpent starfish. Great detrivore. I have six starfish in my reef.

It can be seasonal (spring), but for the most part i see posts about cyano issues all the time any most any site I visit.

This 3 day dark experiment seems 2 work pretty good. I think I may the chemi-clean in a couple of wks if I start to see another round of this cyno popping bk up. Melev, it seems to me that this is a prob esp in the spring for my tank. Have u ever noticed any patterns w/ u're outbreaks. I don't guess there is any way to prevent this for being a reoccuring prob? Just hurts to walk by a dark tank for 3 days.

Does one that size eat many of your smaller fish?

Neat. The "new" tank must be healthy with all these spawning and egg laying events you're having.

Love the rics. Thanks for sharing.

that would be a lot of cowries!!!!
Do you have another cowrie in the tank for those eggs to be fertile???

Looks nice.
Can't see my tank without an Anemone or two... Actually planning an Anemone island hoping they won't wonder off from that island...

I notched the PVC T. YOu can see the rubber "foot" on the psk2500 pump. The T slides over the foot and up as far as it will go.

Love those ORA mandarins!

It shouldn't affect pods. It's an agent against bacteria. Your lights out method should work nicely, though.

In the past, I used it maybe two or three times a year, not monthly.

I have the power version of chemi-clean still in the box unopened, just been to chicken to use it. I've read bad stories about it, although I understand everyone has a different tank set-up etc. their end results may vary. I have a 46gal high tank w/ a HOB BH-2000 Reef Octopus and two Koralia 750 pumps. No fuge or sump unfortunately. I do a/b a 5-6 gal/wk water change and have been trying my best to get this stuff off my sandbed but the stuff keeps coming bk like the Terminator. I'm currently trying a 3 day lts off w/ curtains drawn experiment that I've heard some people have success with but still got 1 day left in this process. If this doesn't work I guess I'm gonna break down and try the chemi-clean product. Any suggestions or helpful hints anybody on here has would be greatly appreciated!!! Just reading the directions on the box it says to use this product once a month, this kinda makes me think this is a band-aid solution and not a fix to my problem? Also wondering what this might do to the copepod population in tank. Thanks guys/gals.

Gotta love free livestock!

Whoa, too cool!

Edited your images so they'd show up. Nice!

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Gizmo pictures. How do I paste them??
I took the T and drill/dremeled a slot so it would go past the venturi intake. this helps keep it from falling off when things get bumped. My psk2500 doesn't always come back on so I have to twist the motor or pull it off the skimmer from time to time.

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Gizmo pictures. How do I paste them??
I took the T and drill/dremeled a slot so it would go past the venturi intake. this helps keep it from falling off when things get bumped. My psk2500 doesn't always come back on so I have to twist the motor or pull it off the skimmer from time to time.

great color. I remember when Steve Weast's tank had a gigantic colony of them. It was amazing IMO.

When i used to raise mouth brooding cichlids i would take the fish out of the water, CAREFULLY open the mouth with a safety pin, then place the fish in water and let the fry swim out.