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We found a hitch hiker crab running one of our cycling tanks and we really don't want him. He is about 1/4 inch and a cute little guy, anyone want him?

The fish that made the move are all still alive and swimming around. They eat pretty well so the stress level seems to be pretty low. Corals we are probably looking at like a %50 loss, maybe more will have to wait and see how they do once they are back in their tanks with the lights running...

The plan was to break the 12g down and sell it, but once we saw the pair of fire fish for 33% off that made us change our mind pretty quickly. Nikki has wanted a pair forever but they were either too expensive or we didn't have a cover for the tank. With the loss of the flame back angel we can...

I think the fish and corals will be very happy to get out of their brute container. They are swimming around and they all eat, but I am sure they will be happier back in the tanks. Our stocking plan looks like this: 30g: Flame angel Picasso clown pair Blue spot jawfish Mandarin Gold assesor...

I guess I am biased I have had nothing but bad things even with emerald crabs. The only crab we have really liked is the strawberry crab and that is because you will never seem them and they bother no one.

Dr. Tim's instant cycle went into the tanks this morning. We found the probidilo startup system that we got in our gift bags at MACNA so they went in as well. Multiple strains of bacteria can't hurt a tank, so we will see tomorrow. We will test the water tomorrow and hopefully all the fish will...

The only good crabs I have ever had are acro crabs, and that is not an acro crab. If you can get him out, i would. You don't want him turning into a problem later if you can get him now.

I just pulled it out and scrubbed it off. I have not used this product but it looks interesting. http://reefbuilders.com/2010/02/12/algae-tweezers-by-aquamedic-can-make-short-work-of-your-hair-algae-farm/

The problem is your tank is not going to be equipped to handle bio load at this point. It needs something to kick off an amonia level (fish poop, raw shrimp, intant cycle) that is going to start your bacteria breaking down bad stuff. If you just add fish now after doing nothing, that is when you...

Do you have anything to start the cycle like a piece of raw shirmp, a damsel, or instant cycle additive? You need to give the bacteria something to feed on to really jump start your cycle.

Your next task is to learn the spanish to try and describe reefing to them. You might need more than 11 days down there. Great pics btw, I am with John though, vacation means doing as little as possible and drinking as much as possible.

I feel like looper after today. Basically carrying 11 5g jugs of water up a flight of stairs, moving all the livestock back to the apartment, and moving all our stuff. Very tired tonight, will be dosing the instant cycle tomorrow, 2 of the tanks are still opaque after adding in the live sand.

Taz here is the thread from RC on cleaning your sand: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1790685&page=2 The trick seems to be clean the top of the sand every now and again, and do deep cleans when you are ready for a water change.

First trip to Trop is complete. 20g is full of water and sand and we are just letting the sand settle at this point. The 30g has about 10g of water in it and we are off to pick up some more. The instant cycle stuff was Dr. Tim and we picked up ammonia, nitrate, and nitrite test kits considering...

Get a siphon to clean the sand . You suck up a bit at a time. I posted a link in another thread, but I am posting froma cell.

If our little episode helps people in the future, we can at least take solace in that.

Update: All the surviving fish are still alive and active. We brought the light fixture over from the 20g (5 bulb T5) and laid that on top of the tank to give everything some light and put the fish back into their normal sleep/awake cycle. Corals we are losing a quite a bit of SPS corals. The...

So here it the plan for tomorrow now that the power is back on: Empty and clean the 20g we are going to replace the sand, not going to leave anything to chance at this point. Refill the tanks with water and add the instant cycle. Rinse the live rock off with the salt water we are mixing tonight...

I know they have some of the instant cycle stuff at Trop, and we need to get water there anyway, so I will pick it up there. We will not be making the meeting as our whole weekend (three days for me) will be putting the fish tanks back together along with the rest of our apartment. Our fridge...

I forgot to mention have good beer on hand as well, when you are done you will need several. I had some Ommegong Chocolate Indulgence and Rochefort 10 which helped get me through. I like those air pumps, will have to add them to the buy list. Our biggest problem was heat, the apartment is on...