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I buy over the counter syringes from commercial pharmacies for less than a dollar each. I hook them up with airline tubing and stuff tubing for target feeding. Maybe you can just use the airline tubing to wriggle into the suspected holes for better targeting when you spray with the syringe Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk

I heard soda water will definitely kill some creatures and some of your beneficial life on the rock but shouldn't be too bad unless you soak for too long. 2 mins sounds about right. Alternatively if you know which rock is the one with the culprits, you could try taking that rock out and just spray inside the holes with a syringe with freshwater or soda water and they should run out. At least the rest of your rock will be unaffected. Let me know if you succeed, I'm keen to keep them lol Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk

Good idea, but my starfish likes sticking to the glass most of the time. I feed him when he comes to the water's edge and lifts his arms to do a high 5 at me Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk

Also, had a problem with my FOC damsel bullying everyone in,the tank and killing 2 gobies... Ended up banishing him to a separate prison... Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk

Very nice zoas! I'm also curious to try, but a bit worried about the toxin. Don't want to end up in hospital from careless handling. Think I'll go buy those arm length rubber gloves first Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk

Sorry for the late reply. Yes it feeds on the pellets, no problem. The only issue is that it's so slow, the cleaner shrimp will happily stuff their pincers under the starfish to steal his food. I had to resort to giving it chunks of huge pellets (hikari massivore) so that the shrimps can't easily snatch it from him. It takes him 2 days to completely digest it though Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk

I researched before, so far only read a lot of nightmare stories about how it's so difficult to feed that it either starves to death or the owner has to spend lots of money providing live food. Successful cases describe weeks of slowly tricking it to eat frozen fish. Also requires pristine water conditions, or else it will also refuse live food. Don't dare to try after reading all that lol Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk

Update, the thing is mobile. It has moved further back behind some rock. At the same time, I spotted another thing in a hole. Is this a feather duster worm? Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk

Hi guys, this strange white thing recently appeared stuck on the glass. Sorry I couldn't get a better shot, it's at the back wall. It looks like a white pill bug or wood louse and its just stuck there, not moving. Tried poking with my tweezers but it feels hard like rock and i can't move it. Anyone know what it is? Thanks

Don't think so. That one you'll probably need to scrub off yourself. Only my hermit cleaned up the brown stuff, too bad he can't climb up the glass Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk

Not 100% sure, but looks like red Foraminifera. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foraminifera

I didn't do this for lionfish, but for my morays and my other freshwater carnivores. Its a bit cruel though. I just starve them for 2 weeks. Then I dangled fresh prawn in front of them. They whack like nobody's business. After that I just threw pellets in and they just accepted it as well. Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk

Hmm, that's what happened to mine also. He stuck to the filter for 2 days then suddenly next day my skunk cleaner was happily picking out the remains from the shell. Mine was probably nitrate problem though. Strangely my normal turbo snail is unaffected Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk

Don't think so, at least I haven't seen it around. It's quite small so maybe hard to cultivate also, haha Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk

Wah that one is really pretty but I don't dare to buy. I have difficulty differentiating between nudibranches and sea slugs. Later the fella turns out to be a nudi that eats only sponges, habis. Wait to starve to death... Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk

Rocks given away. Mod please close the thread, thanks everyone!

Wah if anyone bringing in these cute sea slugs, might be a great option! Just not sure if it's threatened or eats only certain type of algae http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/these-cute-sea-slugs-are-sheep-sea

Hey bro, I bought it from a fellow hobbyist. But I saw Henry selling a few at his shop. Maybe you can go ask him Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk

I recently added a hermit crab, not sure what species, it has blue bands around his legs. He has cleared all the diatoms and green hair algae on my live rock within 2 weeks. Seems like a viable option for algae control Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk

Same here, have been using the mobile site since I also can't access the subforums tab. It's not bad, quite friendly to use Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk

I had the reverse problem, purposely went to buy live rock that has coralline algae to seed the rest of my rock. Now end up my coralline seems to be bleaching white. My animals seem ok though. Probably need to start doing calcium and magnesium Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk

What kind of algae? Brown stuff like Diatoms? I have the same problem, most probably due to using dechlorinated tap water for top up plus excess light from my refugium leaking into the tank. Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk

Or maybe copper in the water? Snails cannot tahan copper apparently. Shrimps and crabs are still ok with a small amount of copper.

i find them very pretty too, but the maintenance is super ex. The other way recommended to sustain them is to buy a few chocolate chip starfish, then slowly chop off 1 leg, feed the harlequin, then the following week chop off another starfish leg to feed. Every leg can sustain the harlequin for about 1 week and the starfish will grow back the leg in about a month i think. But it seems a bit cruel to me, so i decided not to try. Worse part, they only eat the tube feet part of the leg, so you have to manually pick up the remaining leg and throw away before it rots away and messes up the water.

Some new additions! Skunk cleaner now has a friend. Strange, I always thought shrimp are loners, but these 2 like to hang out together Grey chocolate chip star. I know starfish supposed to eat dead stuff, but nothing dead here at the moment. so trying to feed it pellets