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That is interesting. In my Log book from about 1975 or so I wrote that my French Angel got much better after I fed it large doses of Vitamin A for a few weeks. I can't post that page from my log now because Photobucket, where it is is not working. That fish was in a 40 gallon tank so it is a...

I wrote this someplace else as someone said that Hippo Tangs live about 20 years in the sea: This I am sure is true. All of our fish are lacking something in their diet in a tank, but a tang is missing far more than the correct food. Tangs including Hippo's live in schools. They always live...

My copperband hasn't eaten on over a week but still looks perfect and hunts food all day even though she can't figure out how to bite it. Healthy fish can go for weeks or even months without eating. Copperbands can't go that long because they are not a really fat, lethargic fish. Soon she...

I found a flag pole on American Flag.com and ordered an American one. Now I am happy.

Today I went to Lowes and Home Depot to buy a 5' flag pole for my American Flag. The old pole broke. Then I spent a good amount of time on Amazon looking for one but all I can find are poles made in China. I would rather not have a flag than hang my American made, American Flag on a pole made...

Today I picked up a female blue stripe pipefish and a bleeny. They are in my tank and seem happy. The pipefish insists on hanging out right next to the snout of my much larger Janss pipefish which constantly tries to bite the little one in half. I guess there is not much intelligence in that...

I had to go to the gallery to take a picture of this because I realized i didn't have a finished picture. I added a fan with streamers so you can see it is running and some more copper tubes with lights. Two people who came to the gallery seem to want it so there is a bit of a price war going on.

My copperband used to eat like this.

I have been searching for information on the lifespan of copperband butterflies and it seems that ten years isn't bad. I have also read that they are very hard to keep (which I totally disagree with). I also read their lifespan is between 4-7 years. Then I read an informative article about them...

Diana, it is amazing, most (but not all) people under 40 are snowflakes who just think about facebook, twitter etc. I don't even know what twitter is and don't want to. I also never take a selfie because in my house I have a mirror so I know what I look like and I have no reason to send a...

Last night we went to the Moose Lodge for the first time. It is right near my marina and they also have a large marina. We have never been there before and I was relieved to know that I didn't have to wear Moose antlers or bow to the Grand Exalted Poobah. It was a Christmas party with about...

Last night we came home from dinner and my Christmas lights were out. I didn't think much about it and figured the timer from Home Depot (China) croaked, melted, blew up, went on fire, was stolen etc. I checked the timer and it seemed fine. Then I plugged the lights straight into the outlet...

I just spent almost an hour cutting sponge out of my tank with a friend of mine. We removed over a pound of the stuff which will not go in my dumpster along with all the associated bristle worms that live under the stuff. I just couldn't clean the front glass any longer and it had to be...

Sunburst Anthius. I knew I would remember.

I buy it live, slightly open it and throw it in the freezer next to me calamari that I made for dinner. There is no prep, it's a clam. Of course I do have to slice it up in sizes that the fish can eat as copperbands are not the Tyrannosaurus's of the sea. I am not certain on the age of my...

I do try to feed him like that. But he backs up and still misses. He tries hard though :confused:

This (about) 10 year old copperband normally will eat all the clams you give him. But for the last few months he misses the food 9 out of 10 times. In this video he gets one piece but misses all others. He aims short almost every time. I am sure it is neurological and can't be fixed. Fish...

I could go for that. :)

I need help trimming some sponge. The stuff is growing to close to the glass and I am having trouble getting the magnet cleaner in there. I trim the stuff all the time but I let it go to long and it is covering many corals. My arms aren't long enough and since I got a "little" older, my...

I noticed on my 4 newer pieces of SPS acropora that I had originally thought were dying are growing faster than they should be. I think it's from the clam juice I have been adding by feeding clams. I also have not been rinsing the clams because I have so much sponge growing that there is no...