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Yeah, like I said, I try to stay away from ALL chemicals, especially in fresh water. Like Mott said, the only thing I would use would be a dechlorinator if it were city water, but she has well water, so no need for that. I think she will be ok if she does the big water change and follows up...

Hey, no problem. He was fun to talk to at least! Couple of years, and he'll be quite the aquarist! ;D I enjoy helping people out who are willing to listen. Especially the young ones. I figure I can at leats help get them started right early! And since I know little about dog food, I spend a...

No worries Rich.  I really think that the little one in his eagerness to help has "assisted" her in over-chemicalizing the tank. She used quite a bit of Water Clarifier, mixed with Stress Zyme and Stress Coat, and I think there was something else to bring down the PH. Since there was nothing...

I don't like to add fish to my new tanks (I still keep fresh water tanks too). I feed the tank. Very, very lightly. And I don't water change until the first cycle is over. A new tank that size would probably take me about 2 to 3 weeks to properly cycle. Her water test was really wacky...

Rich, I took care of this today. She came to see me. ;D

A harlequin will eat them? I've wanted one, but was worried about keeping up with it's preferred menu. I suppose I will let them multiply a bit before making that purchase.

AHA! The culprit is revealed! LOL! Man, that little dude must have had himself JAMMED inside that rock! That still amazes me. Well, so far only one. And so far, all I have is a zoa colony, some GSP, and the shrooms I got from you. I'll keep my eye out for the multiplication and extract as...

It's a shame something so little and cool looking could be such a demon spawn! I GOT MY EYE ON YOU STAR DUDE! >:(

Well, right now, he is muching on the mess on the back glass I couldn't reach yesterday. I haven't had much coral in there for long, but no signs of stress to them so far.

Ok, so I was admiring my tank a few minutes ago, and saw this little bugger stuck to the back glass.  I have NO idea where it came from, or how long it has been hiding in my tank!  Nothing new for the most part has been added recently (except some rocks from Salty28 with some mushrooms on...

I'd love to have a clam, but I get obssessive about potentially being the cause of death to any of the things I put in my tank. (of course, if you read my help with a torch coral thread, you'd probably see just how rediculous I get about it! LOL!)

LOL!

Great shots! I love seeing other people's shots. I have to get my camera into the shop to get checked out. My father took it *shudder* dirt bike riding with him. ARRG! The color it is capturing just isn't right. I've tried resetting every possible setting and starting from scratch, but...

I did a 100% water change about 2 days after I got the rock just by draining the water with the handy-dandy python, and then refilling from pre-mixed buckets. On Sunday, I filled a 3rd tub, pulled each rock out one at a time and scrubbed the mess outa-it. Emptied the water in the curing tubs...

I tested the ammonia the other day just for kicks. The highest color on the chart is a dark green (5.0). The color in the tube was deep BLUE! LOL! I'm thinking a couple more weeks on my end!

Eric: LOL! I'm glad I quit drinking a long time ago! Rev: Good question! I have NO IDEA! LOL! I wasn't paying much attention when they picked my rock. John got his, and I just told them to "mix it up". Guess I should have paid a bit more attention! I know I got some from all 3 boxes, just don't...

ROFL! Actually, the smell is all but gone now. You can only detect a SLIGHT hint of it when I pull the rocks out of water, but you gotta get your nose near it. The first couple of days smelled like the ocean died in my dining room. I think the scrubbing will help as well. I can't even describe...

Anybody have any idea what any of this stuff is, er, uh, was?

Updated with the last pieces. Not quite as interesting as the first few.

This is only half of what I got.  I pulled it to scrub it today and change out the water in the tub (GOD was there some nasty junk in the bottom of that tub!), so, I figured I would snap some shots while I was at it. I'm getting ready to do the second tub now, shots of those to come. There...