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  1. Cowrie laying eggs

    I've had this cowrie for a few years now, but today I saw something I'd not seen before. It seems to be laying eggs. It was mostly on the glass, but leaning on the cleaning magnet in the upper left corner of the tank.








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  2. Banded Serpent Starfish

    The banded Serpent Starfish was out last night. Usually it likes to take forage in the LPS dominated bommie of my reef.







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  3. Sherman Rose BTA

    Years ago, I got a clone of the "Sherman Rose" BTA from a DFWMAS club member. It split numerous times, and I finally got down to only one. This one has been happy to spread out in the 400g and kill any corals within its extensive reach.

    It's just such a stunner. How can I even consider pulling it out of the tank you ask? Well, that's why it is still in there. Plus my clowns like it.



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  4. Fish Maladies

    I have a yellow wrasse that doesn't look too well. I don't remember how old it is but I don't have it that long, maybe a year or two. I got it full grown.
    For the last few months he is having trouble swimming. Wrasses don't swim well anyway but this one seems to have a tail that is semi paralized.
    He looks good, eats and gets around but fish, like people also develop other diseases and maladies that we can't see on their skin. We usually see spots, discolorations, fungus, fin rot ...
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  5. What is on my Green Star

    I have noticed my GSP has a bad spot on it, is this aptisa. What can I do to get rid of this?
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