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Thanks, Carlo. However, after the pygmy hawk ate all my crustaceans, I decided no more hawks. I really do like them, but they're a bit of a hassle most of the times...and the ones that aren't are a bit of a hit or miss type of thing, IMO. Thanks for the suggestion, though!

I'll look into those, thanks for the recommendations. A little worried about wrasses, since my tank doesn't have a tight fitting lid, and i don't really want to install one... Hate to come home and find my house on fire because a fish jumped for the sun, hit the light and burnt to a crisp...

I was thinking about that, but worried a little bit about aggression, since the tank is so small.

Hey guys, After my stint with the Powder Brown, I'd like a new fish. I have QT tanks set up and ready to roll, so it seems like a good time to do it. Basically, I have a 29g with a lot of rock. Current fishie inhabitants are: 2 SMALL clowns (1 inch each maybe) 2 SMALL chromies (3/4 inch-1...

I woke up and checked on him and he was pretty rigid.

I'd recommend skipping the skimmer and keeping up on water changes. ;) Skimmers are such a pain, and the smaller they are, the more useless they seem to be, IMO.

Yeah, sucks. I thought he was going to make it, too. He had energy and took food, too... Oh well, at least I gave it a shot.

RIP, lil buddy.

How about a scooter blenny?

Brought him home at lunchtime and made up a tank for him, so tomorrow at lunch will be his first official tank change since he's been in my care. I've got the ro/di filling up my second 10 gallon right now and then about 4:30 I'll mix in salt and let it stir until I get home for lunch tomorrow...

From what I understand (and again...no expert) after about 9 months on metal halide and 6 months on PC, the frequency can shift due to age and the spectrum it puts out is more apt to grow algae than corals. Or something like that. ;)

Tina, I'm by no means an expert, but I have excelled at alge growth in the past. You didn't mention what temperature the tank has been. When I had hair algae really bad, my tank was in the low 80s and the hair seemed to thrive. If you test your water right now, what do you get? Maybe in the...

Roger that ghost rider zebra two delta. Over and out. :-*

I'm not too familiar with chillers, as my tank stays at about 78 degrees without one (thank God!), but could you run the pump after the chiller and turn the temp down a bit on the chiller, so that the cold water cools the pump?

I have an overflow as well. It's a 600 gph quietflo unit (I believe)

Nice looking tank! Nanos are fun. They're just like bigger tanks, but with less room. ;) On the mushroom thing, I've had several mushrooms just kind of melt off a rock because they didn't like they way they were saying, and it looked like an oozing piece of old gum or something, but where...

Cool, thanks for the tips, Carlo! He survived the night, and even ate a piece of formula 2 this morning.

Well: I have no cleaner shrimp, and at the current salinity of 1.019, I probably wouldn't have one very long...but I know what you mean. ;) John, Gimme a year with the lil guy and when he totally outgrows my tank, you can have him, gratis. ;)

I stopped by the lfwis (local fish with ich store) today on my way home from lunch to do a little browsing, and the first fish i noticed was a 2 inch powder brown with ich REAL bad. I felt awful, and the sticker said $49. So, I asked the owner what his plan was, and yadda yadda, he sold it to...

Wow. I leave my tank on from 11am to 9pm. But, I've only had the halides for a week or so. Right now, though, my corals look great!