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I would venture a guess and say yes, the Angel could be eating your polyps.
I had a Emperor Angel that loved zoo's. I tested it out once with a rock that had about 20 zoo's on it. They lasted about 2 minutes in the tank.
Thanks Eric and Michelle! We had a great time as usual! Thanks for letting us into your home for the day...It was nice to see our old clam doing well too! :)
Once it gets covered in bacteria it should stop blowing around. I have about that much sand in my tank and did have problems with it blowing around for awhile, but it's settled now and I don't have any problems.
I never siphon it, I have a nice clean up crew that takes care of it.
I couldn't imagine having to ship one of those, When I bought one some years ago it was put into one of those little plastic boxes they use for reptiles that has vents in the tops, it reached out of there and sliced through 4 bags! Nasty little things for sure!
FWIW I use the teflon tape on my skimmer pump and return pump. I haven't had any leak issues with it. Just be sure to wrap the tape in such a way that when you thread it, it doesn't start to unravel.
Good Luck!
I've been thinking about trying to do a "cloud cover" with my Metal Halides.
What I would do is have my AC jr shut down one out of the 3 of my halides for about a hour each day.
I'm hoping this helps with the heat a little bit in the summer, plus it gives me something to play with since my...
I've never had to recharge a window unit. If it stopped blowing cold it was usually filter related... You would think there has to be a way recharge them though!