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In the past in our nanos we had barnacle blennies and other fish that loved to hide in the rocks. If we wanted to reaquascape the tank we would make sure we had a bucket with a few inches of water from the tank in it and place the rock in there while we were doing the scape. Just be relatively...
Picked up my zoas today and just wanted to say thank you to Mark and for everyone who set this up. Of course picked up some more stuff from him and chatted for a bit, if you guys aren't close, his RAP booth should be pretty stocked with some amazing corals.
Doesn't really get better than that as far as customer service and listening to your customers. One fish dying can be an aberration, but two the same way and they changed which shows they care as well.
They have a pretty extensive tap list and they always have a special beer that they run through a system to flavor it differently. Their IPAs are very good, have not had much else from them but worth the visit. Find them on instagram for the low down.
If you are looking for a non fish option you can always look at some nassarius snails. They live in the sandbed and come out to eat when you feed the tank.
I would agree with Mark that your plan might be a bit aggressive. I am always one for starting fish first and coral afterwards. Why? Corals are not going to add any noticeable bio load, you can have them doing amazing and then add fish and boom you have nitrate or phosphate issues. I like...
Was it the Lakewood Petco near Costco? There is a guy there that runs the department and he knows his stuff. Sounds like you may have gotten the B team.
That sucks. I have found it is totally region for those things. FedEx down near me is amazing and UPS is garbage, however I have had multiple people tell me it is the opposite in their area. Hopefully you get it soon or at least the shipper had insurance.