anyone up for an id?

[jthread]

http://www.safaricabs.com/starworm.jpg

probably nothing to worry about?

looks harmless maybe 1/2" long
--
Jim

All true wisdom is found on T-shirts.

[Wayne Sallee]

Yea it's a harmless brittle star. They will multiply
like worms in the sand.

Wayne Sallee



jthread wrote on 12/12/2007 1:52 PM:
> http://www.safaricabs.com/starworm.jpg
>
> probably nothing to worry about?
>
> looks harmless maybe 1/2" long

[jthread]

"Wayne Sallee" > wrote in message
...
> Yea it's a harmless brittle star. They will multiply like worms in the
> sand.
>
> Wayne Sallee
>
>
>
> jthread wrote on 12/12/2007 1:52 PM:
>> http://www.safaricabs.com/starworm.jpg
>>
>> probably nothing to worry about?
>>
>> looks harmless maybe 1/2" long

pretty tiny creature. I didn't put him back in

I think maybe ~ I've got a good handle on the red algae. I turned my coral
life lamp around so the sand gets the blue light. Amazing what just a little
adjustment does. Thanks to you and that other guy too.

Nitrates are a lot better but still have a way to go. I'm hoping as the dsb
and the new LR cures......

I'm getting bubbles again. Nitrogen? Bright and shiny. I only get those if I
go awhile (5 days) w/o a h2o change. Usually means I need to change h2o,
but, I might have the nitrates under control.

I'll check my ph and phosphates, nitrates in the morning.

Jim

[George Patterson[_2_]]

On Dec 12, 9:49 pm, "jthread" > wrote:
> "Wayne Sallee" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > Yea it's a harmless brittle star. They will multiply like worms in the
> > sand.
>
> > Wayne Sallee
> >
>
> > jthread wrote on 12/12/2007 1:52 PM:
> >>http://www.safaricabs.com/starworm.jpg
>
> >> probably nothing to worry about?
>
> >> looks harmless maybe 1/2" long
>
> pretty tiny creature. I didn't put him back in
>
> I think maybe ~ I've got a good handle on the red algae. I turned my coral
> life lamp around so the sand gets the blue light. Amazing what just a little
> adjustment does. Thanks to you and that other guy too.
>
> Nitrates are a lot better but still have a way to go. I'm hoping as the dsb
> and the new LR cures......
>
> I'm getting bubbles again. Nitrogen? Bright and shiny. I only get those if I
> go awhile (5 days) w/o a h2o change. Usually means I need to change h2o,
> but, I might have the nitrates under control.
>
> I'll check my ph and phosphates, nitrates in the morning.
>
> Jim

Yea, ****ing right, putting actinics in place of daylight by turning
lamps around is like putting actinics in front so algae does not grow
on the tank glass.your a ****ingm oron so welcome to th is super
morons reef club, your destined to fit in here real well with the
other idiots...................your brain is probably comprised of red
algae you slime ball, without a brain. Why not toss some more money
at the problem since that is how these fokls seem to think it
works........dumbass!

[Big Habeeb (a.k.a. Mitch)[_2_]]

jthread wrote:
> "Wayne Sallee" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Yea it's a harmless brittle star. They will multiply like worms in the
>> sand.
>>
>> Wayne Sallee
>>
>>
>>
>> jthread wrote on 12/12/2007 1:52 PM:
>>> http://www.safaricabs.com/starworm.jpg
>>>
>>> probably nothing to worry about?
>>>
>>> looks harmless maybe 1/2" long
>
> pretty tiny creature. I didn't put him back in
>
> I think maybe ~ I've got a good handle on the red algae. I turned my coral
> life lamp around so the sand gets the blue light. Amazing what just a little
> adjustment does. Thanks to you and that other guy too.
>
> Nitrates are a lot better but still have a way to go. I'm hoping as the dsb
> and the new LR cures......
>
> I'm getting bubbles again. Nitrogen? Bright and shiny. I only get those if I
> go awhile (5 days) w/o a h2o change. Usually means I need to change h2o,
> but, I might have the nitrates under control.
>
> I'll check my ph and phosphates, nitrates in the morning.
>
> Jim
>
>
Jim,
I had some issues with bubbles forming on my tank too, but they went
away on their own as I let the tank age a bit...though fro mwhat I
recall your tank was an already existing systme just being reworked, so
its probably unrelated...

--
Big Habeeb (a.k.a. Mitch)
I love woot.com and techbargains.com

[jthread]

"George Patterson" > wrote in message
...
> On Dec 12, 9:49 pm, "jthread" > wrote:
>> "Wayne Sallee" > wrote in message
>>
>> ...
>>
>> > Yea it's a harmless brittle star. They will multiply like worms in the
>> > sand.
>>
>> > Wayne Sallee
>> >
>>
>> > jthread wrote on 12/12/2007 1:52 PM:
>> >>http://www.safaricabs.com/starworm.jpg
>>
>> >> probably nothing to worry about?
>>
>> >> looks harmless maybe 1/2" long
>>
>> pretty tiny creature. I didn't put him back in
>>
>> I think maybe ~ I've got a good handle on the red algae. I turned my
>> coral
>> life lamp around so the sand gets the blue light. Amazing what just a
>> little
>> adjustment does. Thanks to you and that other guy too.
>>
>> Nitrates are a lot better but still have a way to go. I'm hoping as the
>> dsb
>> and the new LR cures......
>>
>> I'm getting bubbles again. Nitrogen? Bright and shiny. I only get those
>> if I
>> go awhile (5 days) w/o a h2o change. Usually means I need to change h2o,
>> but, I might have the nitrates under control.
>>
>> I'll check my ph and phosphates, nitrates in the morning.
>>
>> Jim
>
> Yea, ****ing right, putting actinics in place of daylight by turning
> lamps around is like putting actinics in front so algae does not grow
> on the tank glass.your a ****ingm oron so welcome to th is super
> morons reef club, your destined to fit in here real well with the
> other idiots...................your brain is probably comprised of red
> algae you slime ball, without a brain. Why not toss some more money
> at the problem since that is how these fokls seem to think it
> works........dumbass!

it's funny cause it's true :-) teehee

[wolfdogg]

good job, glad to hear. some of the
nitrates is locked up in the algae, so
once it dies it will release the nitrate
unless something processes it. when it
got real bad in the past i used to suck it
out with a siphon hose without hitting the
dsb, but that was hard to do, and always
took bits of sand with it. so depends on
how bad it is. hopefully the clean up
crew will eat it to help process it.

jthread wrote:
>> On Dec 12, 9:49 pm, "jthread" > wrote:
>>> "Wayne Sallee" > wrote in message
>>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>>> Yea it's a harmless brittle star. They will multiply like worms in the
>>>> sand.
>>>> Wayne Sallee
>>>>
>>>> jthread wrote on 12/12/2007 1:52 PM:
>>>>> http://www.safaricabs.com/starworm.jpg
>>>>> probably nothing to worry about?
>>>>> looks harmless maybe 1/2" long
>>> pretty tiny creature. I didn't put him back in
>>>
>>> I think maybe ~ I've got a good handle on the red algae. I turned my
>>> coral
>>> life lamp around so the sand gets the blue light. Amazing what just a
>>> little
>>> adjustment does. Thanks to you and that other guy too.
>>>
>>> Nitrates are a lot better but still have a way to go. I'm hoping as the
>>> dsb
>>> and the new LR cures......
>>>
>>> I'm getting bubbles again. Nitrogen? Bright and shiny. I only get those
>>> if I
>>> go awhile (5 days) w/o a h2o change. Usually means I need to change h2o,
>>> but, I might have the nitrates under control.
>>>
>>> I'll check my ph and phosphates, nitrates in the morning.
>>>
>>> Jim