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oh crap james, i just realized that i must've clicked on the modify button instead of the quote button. whoops. I mean to say: he got relocated in the sump where 2" of sand resides, along with a huge supply of copepods and chaeto

as mentioned before, it's always an excellent practice when you treat your corals before placing them in your main tank. Parasitic organisms are a norm in the wild, but there are tons of natural predators out there in the reef. From wrasses to specialized feeders to even juvenile versions of...

.......aaaaaaahhhhhh it feels good to be back!

GOING. . . GOING . . . GONE!

I went through the blooms already, the diatoms too . . . but everything looks good. Anyways, I siphoned out the sand today and man it stinks! anyways, here's the pics:

Too late Bill! Sand gone, I nekkid again!

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I suggest getting an anthia or two. The tangs may battle especially if the current guys are established...

welcome back jose~

UPDATE! For about about 2 weeks now, the tank's had a slight whitish haze. 2 snails died which I'm flabberghasted with~ they were ok a few days before. checked on the sump, the macro-algae is doing fine, lots of new growth and I'm harvesting a small clump every week. The tank params check out...

used to do RC gas cars, but just got too expensive. used to hook up cars, but just got too expensive. used to build model planes, but since I crashed the nicest one, never got back. It crashed on its maiden flight. 2 minutes flight, 4 months build. used to fish......ummm..... I still do...

been pooped for the past month. ipad then now iphone4 *sigh* the madness never ends.

The fish is meant to be upside down :) It's a squirrelfish. and the SPS in the middle is an acropora tortuosa, but it's pretty hard to see the polyp extensions, the polyps have a hint of green mixed in with the purple. Also, the edges needed to be rounder a bit, it looks more like a...

try and raise (fixture) or decrease your light cycle too, lower organics increase light penetration since yellowing compounds are taken out quicker. Do start dosing with bacteria too, I did prodibio for a bit.

hmmmmm, should I mod out the "propose" above? lol. Of course not. Parents need to get to know each other first. I kept all the sharp fillet knives and hooks and gaff away from both. They all got along!