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Well thanks to nikki/mnat for the loaner 5 gallon tank - I moved the 5 percs out of the 10 g over. The 10G will become home to the larvae (hopefully) on Jan 5th/Jan 6th. I've got to go to home depot to make me a larvae collector. More on that later. Today is day 14 for the original 5 baby percs...

that's a huge step-up from the old 29". ;D

(edit) - sorry i didn't realize this was in this forum. you have a pm.

New arrival: It's been fantastically eating algae everywhere. It has also hilariously been grabbbing little pepples and placing them on it's back. The frag discs are too heavy and while it moves them - it doesn't take them. However with the recent new nest of clownfish eggs, I've decided for...

awesome. oh and steve - all the original star trek episodes can be found on youtube. and yes I watched every episode while I've been on vacation. Helps to kill the time while I am waiting for the clowns to grow up. hahah.

great to finally meet you merv - and jsantoli/whitebird ! nikki/mnat - THANKS for the place and the extra tank. Beautiful tanks you have!

Great person to deal with. Thanks so much for the ATO container and the deco rock.

Female true perc laid another batch of eggs today on the back wall. They should hatch between Jan 6th and January 7th. Will post back here with pics and later how I harvest them all. I have some great ideas from mofib and rc. The issue will be space as I need to figure out a place to put the...

Day 12 - all five babies still alive. UPDATE - female clown just laid several hundred eggs on the wall again! ;D

I have a regular firefish in an open 120. When spooked the firefish runs for his home. Ideally everyone sets up a "bolt" hole for the firefish if they decide on one. Every night at the same time it heads for this home. No one bothers it.

I read that you can try this at day 4 - but the tank is so "big" relative to the fish that I feel that the flakes would just go straight to the bottom and foul the tank. I won't risk it until they make it past meta and are maybe 15 days or 20 days old at least.

I just want to say that these new containers stink! The old style containers with the orange lids that you tapped to open worked great. The new ones with this tab that you pull off and then pry open is a pain in the neck. When I open a new one now I dump the salt into the old bucket. Am I...

A "short" drive away....lol! Lancaster PA.

aquastik is great. I tried some cheapo brand and didn't realize it didn't work underwater (total muddy mess). Aquastik is the only thing I use if I cannot take the rock out to place the coral. If you can take the rock rubble out -then using crazy glue works.

Nope. One Hour old /Day old artemia have no mouth. So they cannot ingest the selcon/vit c. I could bathe them in the stuff and perhaps the clowns will eat them. As the artemia mature - they lose some fat but gain protein and develop the mouth for filter feeding. I am leary of messing with...

thanks for the offer but blackworms are too big for the babies. Right now 5 are still alive. Today is day 11. I am not on the schedule that is in the book. Apparently the clowns didn't read the book. 1 clown has gotten thru metamorphosis and actually looks like a teeny tiny clown. It has...

I have no canopy: The fish that jumped: Pearly jawfish (first day). Female Clownfish (no idea why this happened, recovered her and she is fine - laid two batches of eggs since). The fish that have NOT jumped in over 12 months: yellow coris wrasse firefish pearly jawfish That's really...

sorry to hear - do you think they would be better suited in a garden eel only tank? or perhaps with other non-aggressive fish like pipefish?

So I ended up doing a 50~80% water change in a panic....and everyone survived! The 5 fish that remain appear to be eating and growing. I am having some problems with the standard flurescent/no fixture on the 10 gallon tank - it is TOO bright and causing disorientation. Will note this for future...

merry christmas!