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REALLY big piece of styrofoam. :)

They knew they were selling to somebody new in the hobby (new tank) so I am sure they just assumed that if the fish die the person will think it is their fault and come back and buy more fish. Good thing your brother had you to help.

Was wondering the same thing, the only thing I could think of was to stay until Monday and UPS everything overnight to yourself and fly home monday afternoon. I was thinking that I would just not buy anything down there, but we all know that is not going to happen.

I am sure you are doing a ton of research online, but I thought this page was very interesting, might help you out. This is the blog for Live Aquaria raising their uber expensive clowns. Just think everytime they lose one fish, it is worth $5000...

Be VERY VERY careful with copper, it will cure ich but it can kill your fish too. Certain fish are very sensitive to copper. Bring the salinity down slowly and try that first. Ichs life cycle is about 4 weeks. If you put the fish back in there any sooner they can get infected again. Watch your...

A QT tank should not have liverock or live sand so a cycle really is not necessary (we never did when we set it up). We used a simple HOB filter, some coffee cups and the like for hiding spots and just added salt water.

I am glad you figured out how to post pics, beautiful fish.

Love the updates, what temp did the tank fall to? Matt Wittenrich actually encouraged people to bring the temp on the tanks down to about 78 because it takes the eggs longer to hatch which means they are more developed when they hatch. Good luck, we will be doing this someday so it is always...

Nice meeting you to, we are in there almost on a weekly basis so I am sure it will not be the last time.

We had ich a while back and tried several different things. We used a reef safe treatment that was garbage (don't remember the product but I think they are all garbage from what I have heard). People think the treatment is working because the white dots you see are essentially egg sacks that...

Yes they resize it. Once the pictures are uploaded in your account and you put your mouse over them, a bunch of codes for posting pops up. If you cut and paste the bottom one (html I think) into the box here the pic will open on up.

Very interested in how you do with the biopellets. I have seen them all over the place but have not talked to anyone who actually did it. Have you tried any other ULNS type stuff (zeo, vodka, brightwell, etc)?

I came across an article (granted it is pretty old) with an interview with Rommel who is know for his insane corals. In the article he says he uses T5s over all of his frag tanks. He also gives some info on the rest of his equipment. Here is the article...

A lot of people have also had success with Garf's Grunge. I agree with Mike though, get a cup of live sand from a fellow reefer.

After seeing what is in your tank first, I agree the angel is the choice. Did not know if you meant first as in no other fish in the tank.

Soon enough, and we already have the T5 fixture for that. The problem is we have a flameback angel in the 20g and a flame angel in the 30g. From what we have researched they will not do well together, so we will have to keep at least one other tank up and running in the meantime. I got a lead on...

While I agree with rod that angels are beautiful (especially the angel) you might want to add the anthias first. The rule of thumb is add the least aggressive/territorial fishes first. If you add them first, they will setup their territory and can attack other "invading" fish. How big is the...

I have microbacter7 but have not been dosing it in hand with the bio fuel. Have not seen any negative effects yet, starting at the low nutrient dosage to get a feel for it (1 drop per gallon). Neither tank that it is going into has had cyano (knock on wood). Been dosing for a bit over a week now...

Currently I am dosing Brightwells amino and Brightwells Reef Biofuel. I am going to pick up KZ coral vitalizer and KZ Pohl's extra. My question is what time of day do you dose? I have been dosing at this point right before I feed and turn the lights off. Should I wait until after I turn the...

This website has made my life much easier, I now have this as an extra reminder for my wife's birthday. My next move is to setup another name with our anniversary as the birthday, then I am totally in the clear. ;D