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    Mature Clownfish Not Eating/Spitting Food??

    Hi! We have a mature clownfish in an established reef tank (5+ years?). All of a sudden, one of our clowns has stopped eating, though he acts hungry, is swimming normally, but either will not eat, or spits up anything he does put in his mouth. Nothing new has been introduced to the tank and...
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    Pajama Cardinal - Sudden Color Loss and Fin Issue

    No, I don’t think he’s breathing hard or scratching. Oddly enough though, he, the pale one, is nipping at the healthy PJ. Very strange behavior for them.
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    Pajama Cardinal - Sudden Color Loss and Fin Issue

    Howdy! So we have two pajama cardinals and tonight at feeding noticed that one has lost a lot of his color and he isn’t using his left fin very much. The fin he isn’t using is usually clear, but now it looks to have some white on it. He did eat a little and swimming around. All others in the...
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    Purple Tang with Tear on Tailfin?

    Thanks, that is kind of what we were thinking. He's recently adopted a new path between some coral and rocks! I guess for now we'll just monitor closley. And yes on the seaweed! Thanks to MARSH we learned back in July (when we took ownership of this tank) that we needed to be supplementing with...
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    Purple Tang with Tear on Tailfin?

    Hi there! So our Tang has a small tear on his tail fin that we noticed a day or so ago. We know he (obvisouly) has HLLE and was that way when we took ownership of him, but this tail fin tear is new. Is it part of HLLE or something like rot? Nothing new has been added to the tank and we have...
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    Bubble Coral with BIG bubble?

    Hi! Our bubble coral has one really big bubble. Any ideas of what this indicates? See photo for reference. TIA!
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    Majano? What to do.

    Awesome. Thanks for help! We still have so many now, I’ll have to look out for any on the move and try to catch them.
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    Majano? What to do.

    So we might have a Majano problem. I think we were in denial because they are kind of pretty, but there are just too many now. They are quite large, so maybe they are BTA, but they don’t really have bubble tips. The internet says Majano only reach 1.5” in diameter, but I’m not sure where that’s...
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    Help - Clown and Cardinalfish Fins Question

    Thank you! That's one of several intakes that you see on the back wall of the tank. I don't think it's bubble algae, but you're right about needing some more snails! I attached a couple more photos, it's hard to get a good picture of the intake thing, but it has some hard spiky growth on it...
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    Fish Sitting

    Howdy! We purchased a house six months ago with a large reef tank. We haven't traveled much since purchasing the house, but are planning a week-long vacation next year. Who takes care of your tanks while you're away for several days+? Thank y'all!
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    Help - Clown and Cardinalfish Fins Question

    Howdy! We have a 150-gallon reef tank with an Apex Fusion system. On Friday, we noticed a green Chromis (1 of 4 green chromis + 2 black and white chromis) was looking beat up and breathing hard. We took him out and put him into a quarantine tank, where he continued to deteriorate rapidly and...
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    Is this normal or HLLE on my Purple Tang

    Thank you! I don't think it has progressed. We feed LRS Fish Frenzy, which was left by the previous owners. But since it has been running out, we have started switching over to Rod's. The tank does have carbon, but we don't think it was done properly. My husband can speak more to that, but...
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    Is this normal or HLLE on my Purple Tang

    Howdy - Long-story-short, we took over a 5-year established reef tank with a Purple Tang in it when we purchased a house. He seems to be acting normal and eats frozen food, but his face just looks odd. As you can see from the attached photos, he has black areas around his eyes. Is that normal or...
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    Moody Gardens Backstage Tour | Exclusive Members Only Event

    I hesitate to reserve them now because If we can't get an additional 2 tickets (since members are limited to 2 tickets) then we wouldn't want to go (I can't leave my mother alone on her birthday!).
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    Moody Gardens Backstage Tour | Exclusive Members Only Event

    My parents are in town this weekend for my mother's 71st birthday, I see there are still 7 tickets left for Sunday, we are interested in 4 tickets if there ends up being 4 still available!
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    Advice Needed - Filefish versus Hammer

    Thanks - I just noticed him starting on the other side of the Hammer...UGH. If we can catch him, is it okay to put him in the sump tank until we find him a new home, also, how much would he go for?
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    Advice Needed - Filefish versus Hammer

    Thanks! The other fish and creatures (listed below) seem to all be doing great, except the Birdsnest and mentioned Hammer. -5 Green Chromis -2 Black & White Chromis -2 Clowns (1 is black) -2 Pajama Cardinals -1 (large) Purple Tang -1 Lawnmower Blenny -1 Filefish -1 (large) Coral Banded Shrimp...
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    Advice Needed - Filefish versus Hammer

    Howdy - New here. We recently purchased a house that came with a 150-gallon Red Sea tank that has been established for 5 years with a variety of corals and fish and an Apex Trident system for dosing and monitoring. We are very new to this hobby and have come to realize the learning curve is...
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