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These were not zoas but green star polyps. I will post a pic later. But on a rather funny note, my wife decided to try and frag the whole GSP colony today while I was at work. I came home to find the tool kit out with the hammer and screw driver out. She did not go for the dremel tool, just the...

Watching my wife work on her summary judgements while playing video games and surfing the web. Though a beer does sound mighty good right about now. I did work today until 1:30, then they closed the office.

Noticed I said cleaners have bigger claws, meant the fire shrimp. They can be the nasty little guys.

Does your tank have a cover/canopy? That bluespot will jump if you don't. As far as cleaners vs fire shrimp go, we have a pair of both in our 20g. Fire shrimp generally are very shy and hide a lot and you might not see them. The best thing to do it get a pair which makes them more adventurous...

Switched to rain on the coast here, so I am in the office. Probably not going to be a full day considering another wave should come through this afternoon.

Be careful with those GSPs guys, they can become a problem. We started with this in march: This is august: Now it looks like this (and you cannot see the back of the live rock that is completely covered: Be careful if you have sensitive skin, it stung my wife's hand and has left a mark for...

Don't let redfishbluefish teach you the secret handshake, I still have nightmares.

Here is another pretty comprehensive thread on ich. http://www.njreefers.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=22865.0

Without a doubt take a trip to Aquatic Obsessions, their sponsor page is down below. Great selection and reasonable prices. Ocean Gallery II is also another great one and in the same area along with Red Sand (I have never been there, only heard good things).

Where are you located? There are a lot of great fish stores depending on where you are and how far you want to drive.

Tim, looks really good. Do you plan on putting any other fish in there?

Any BULB longer than two feet, you can always ask. I know people have bought fixtures through them in the past, and it is free to ask to save some money.

The Maxspect looks good, but I have not read any testing/par readings out of the fixtures. I know the G2 is using Cree XPGs so it should be ok. I know some people on RC just ordered some fixtures, but no one has any pics up. Don't forget abou the premium aquatics GB, they have the TEK hood...

You probably want to have a minimum of 6 bulbs. Also, poke around premiumaquatics.com they have some of the nicer fixtures (but they are more expensive). Also, we are having a group buy through them to save money.

What are the dimensions of the tank, and what do you have in your tank right now? Also, what types of SPS do you want to keep in the future? Have you looked into a T5 fixture? You can keep SPS with those and might not cause as many headaches (heat).

I would cut the tips off, we had something similiar happen when a birdsnest fell into a torch. We cut that part off and it has been doing just fine.

If you are looking to clean your sandbed here is a good thread describing how to do it. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1790685&page=2

One of the bonuses of having a nano is cleaning is easy. We literally pulled everything out of the tank and put it in heated tanks and then drained the display. Then we rinsed the sand with saltwater until we saw no brown water. I know this is literally impossible to do with a larger tank, but...

What is your flow like in the tank? We had some in the 20g when we just had a koralia nano on there (which was not enough). Once we added the mp10 on there we never got them again. We also cleaned our sand bed around the same time which also helped.

Looks like you already have ammonia in your tank so I would just wait and be patient until it drops to zero. If you want to lessen the amount of time pick up some biospira which is bacteria. If you go through he nano thread here you will see all of our tanks.