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When I first setup my nano I had the rocks close to the walls and it was a pain to clean. When the tanks crashed we reaquascaped to allow room around the rocks to clean. The only wall I don't really worry about it the back wall. With a nano it is tougher due to the size limits and requires a lot...

Our phyto has an expiration date on it. Take a good whiff of it, old phyto smells really bad.

It is a common strategy to move the live rock around when introducing a new fish if you have an aggressive fish in that tank. Once a fish has its territory, it can defend it aggressively, by moving the rock you are starting over with territory. As Hawk said keep an eye on the blue hippo, they...

You don't have any main filter feeders (clams, gorgonians, etc.) so you don't need a hefty dose of phyto. The corals you have are not real sticklers for water quality or additives. You don't really need to feed any of them except for the torch which is just once in a while. If the tank looks...

I agree, my frag is doing really well and also gets compliments.

We are looking foward to having the tank back to normal this weekend. We have everything rearranged in the tank to make it easier to inspect the SPS and the rest of the tank. You realize how important a clean up crew is when you don't have one. The amount of junk that settles on the sand is...

This hobby is as expensive as you want it to be. NikkiT ran tanks for years with a HOB filter and CF lights. No corals just fish and inverts and it was incredibly cheap. I have seen some amazing softie tanks setup the same way. If you want to go bigger, it is going to cost a lot more. Fish and...

Some new zoas shots:

Awesome Merv, looks like you had quite a good time. It is a lot of fun when your significant other shares your interests.

Nobody has a perfect game in this hobby. :) stay with it we are a support group more than anything else.

Very nice tank, I love the giant frogspawn. The "design" of the coral (LPS low SPS high) is really nice.

Happy Birthday Ed, enjoy the three day weekend and hit up some of those sales.

For flatworms, there is flatworm exit which you can nuke your tank with if you have them. Fresh water dips can stun them, then hit them with a powerhead/turkey baster just be carefull. Revive also does a pretty good job with knocking them off. Flatworms are not very strong and can be blown off...

They are stealing my water.

They are reporting that the top-kill worked and the oil has stopped flowing. Let's hope this holds.

I am guilty as well, was really fun though.

Couple of updates.... The blue spot jawfish now has a sweet penthouse suite in our tank. He had a big one bedroom which he expanded into a two bedroom by burrowing under not one piece of live rock but two. Now he hangs out in the top of the live rock in caves. I am sure the fact that something...

Just some updates... Bad news: lost helfrichis to ich big time :-[ Good news we threw in our pistol shrimp and yasha from the 20g because we did not want to separate them during the interceptor treatment. It is now paired with my dracula goby. You can see their pistol shrimp in this pic:

But as everyone knows Empire strikes back is awesome and is much better than Episodes 1-3. "Yousa redbugs going to die"

I assume they will be playing golf with each other at that point. Go Giants!