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After picking up some free live rock from a fellow reef keeper I noticed some Apstasia Anemones sprouted in various spots. Rather then rely on chemical to deal wit them I would like to add a Peppermint Shrimp to deal with this issue naturally. I already have 2 Cleaner Shrimp and I have read various stories of the Cleaner Shrimp killing the Peppermint Shrimp. Is this a normal incompatibility that I need to be concerned with and that maybe I should go the route of Berghia Nudibranchs? Any thoughts ...

So I'm very excited this morning. My wife has been pretty good with my recent onslaught of purchased for the aquarium. Basically the lovely woman gave me the go ahead to purchase whatever I needed to make me happ.... I mean keep my beautiful aquarium in running order. So this morning I get to pick up my Kessil a150w Ocean Blue LED Pendant Light from the post office since I wasn't home Saturday to receive it. Then ...

Yesterday our club held its Summer Social event: two air-conditioned chartered buses drove about 70 members around the metroplex to visit five local sponsors (fish stores). A lot of planning went into the event, and each store prepped for the sudden onslaught of potential customers pouring into their doors at once. I took plenty of pictures and will be sharing an upcoming blog about the entire day in the very near future.

As we left each store, some newly purchased livestock was carefully ...

During my trip to sunny California last week, my first stop was AquaSD. I've followed their online postings for a while, but had never gotten inside the store. Until now.

7580 Clairemont Mesa Blvd San Diego, CA 92111
(858) 565-1910
Website: http://livestock.aquasd.com/index.php?route=common/home

The store has room to explore the many troughs filled with corals, and there were lots of different fish to select from as well. The best part ...

So my wife frequents an online garage sale to find little deals and steals in the neighborhood. So a person was moving and didn't want to break down and sell their Oceanic Biocube 12 gallon along with some live rock for free. She didn't know the condition of the aquarium but it was free so why not check it out. As expected with most free items that aquarium was in really bad shape. The top rim looks like it may have come apart at some point during a move and was patched back together with large ...