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What sort of lighting are you using and where is it in your tank? When you are feeding your corals do you turn off your pumps?

If you know someone who has live sand, you can always ask for some extra to seed your tank. You don't need a full live sand bed to start a tank, just seed from an established tank. Personally, I went to Tropiquarium and bought the live sand there at least they have several different sized bags...

Thanks, unfortunately that bubble tip decided to cook itself on the heater today- my fault for not having a sump and putting the heater into it :(

If you have some extra, I will be at the meeting on Saturday. Need to setup the new refugium.

I ran home from work at lunchtime to pick up some coral that had been shipped and decided to inspect our 20g. I was looking for our BT and could not find him, then I looked at the top of the tank and he had wedged himself behind the heater and cooked himself. I pulled him out and did a quick 10%...

I bought a new tank setup about a month ago that has MH pendant light. This is the first time that I have dealt with MH and I have a question. I was thinking of going with 14k bulbs because I plan on moving towards sps and clams in that tank. Should I do that or just stick with the 12.5k lights...

I wish I had seen this before I ordered my refugium for more on Sunday :'(. Those are great prices and I will be ordering bulbs going foward here.

Not even the best aquarist can overcome a faulty test kit.

Ditto on if you are going to the meeting. My refugium is in the mail and i want to stock it. Also, where in the AC area? My fiancee is from those parts and we head down there relatively frequently.

calaxa, I think just like any other fish, keep them fat and happy with food. We are also going to wait to add the flame until the live rock has built up a good amount of growth to keep him distracted. If he does nip, we can swap him out for our cherub angel and see if he is a more model citizen.

We are going to move our flame angel into the 30 and then add a clam. We will just have to be carefull and vigilant. We have extra tanks just in case.

Well, the starfish is still hanging on, although its wound is getting worse. I've moved it into a tank without any potential predators; hopefully that will help. Thanks for all the advise guys; I've had this star for three years and i'll be really sad if it doesn't make it.

Nitrates are caused by many many things, so list out your setup so we can get a handle on the situation. However, if you just did a 50 percent water change and nothing changed, you might want to redo the test as the above poster said.

Why not bring the purple hornet in for the raffle ;)

The sign your feather duster is a goner is when it leaves its tube. Loosing the crown can be caused by stress, but 9 times out of 10 it will just grow it back. My one feather duster is on its 4th crown. I would just watch the tube, if he leaves then you should be concerned.

Is there any etiquette for bringing frgs for the raffle? We have one we want to get rid of and would rather see it in a good home.

A harlequin shrimp only eats the tube feet off of starfish so I don't think that is your culprit. Both clams and scallops are very sensitive to water quality so check your parameters. How old was your tank that you put them in? They usually suggest waiting 6-8 months before putting a clam in a...

In that picture it is still alive. My fiancee has kept stars for about 10 years and very sucessfully, so this is a new development for us. I guess we will just have to wait and see.

I have ordered some great stuff from him (Favia,yuma, and trumpets) and they all look amazing. Also, he is having a 50% of sale right now!!!

Thank you for the responses Hawkeye, we will just have to see. We hate losing fish/inverts especially if it could have been avoided.