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Gah. I was hoping the answer was "4 or 5 days."

Howdy.

With the holidays upcoming, I might have a few days of travel TBD. Since this will be my first away-from-home since I setup my fish tank, I need to know general guidelines about the care and safety of my critters. For instance, should anything be done leading up to the trip? What about survival time without foodstuffs for fish? And so on.

Thanks!

If you are paying via paypal, be sure to add 3% for paypal fees OR use the "personal" option.

A note on the personal option. When you do personal, it automatically charges you 3%. However, if you validate your account (i.e., tie it to a bank account), then all transaction fees go away. If you are nervous about doing that, here's what I did:

1. Setup another checking account at your bank (it really needs to be an online account with no minimum balance or fees).

2. Do not setup or disable overdraft protection for this new checking account.

3. Tie the PayPAL account to this checking account.

4. Transfer in small amounts of money as you need to pay for PayPAL stuff.

Maybe I'm being paranoid, but with all the PayPAL scams out there, I don't want my money being sucked dry from PayPAL.

$9 product? Where? DFS has it for $22. MD for $21. That said, I'm placing an order to DFS this week and can pick it up for you if you aren't in immediate need.

Howdy. I'm wanting to buy and Orchid Dottyback. Ta-da.

The dog medicine requires a vet prescription. It's called Interceptor.

PM piers, he may want them.

All your betas are belong to us.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING (and from Carrie, too)

Nope, not an reg. blue. It's an electric blue. Distinctively different from reg. blue.

Mama is going to stock left-handed as a matter of course so, I guess, this group buy is shut down.

Howdy. I'm trying to observe and learn the behaviors of my critters so I can predict problems, feed patterns, etc. Well, this night I noticed something I've never noticed with my peppermint shrimp before. Victor--as he's called--was cruising all over the tank. He was up near the front glass, near the top of the water column, on the back powerhead, zooming about. I've never seen him do that. He normally dances side-to-side and ventures out cautiously only to pick at some stuff and return to whence he came.

It may be that I was lucky and he always does this. I dunno. Regardless, I tossed a few pellets in the water even though I was taking today off for dropping in pellets. (My next scheduled drop was Thursday morning.)

Was he zooming around because he was hungry, or do they always do that?

I want these Zebra Hermits/Left-Hand Zebra Hermits and Mama of Rockin' Reef sells them for $1. Unfortunately, she can only get them in minimum lots of 50. Well, we need to get 50 ordered. (Though I'm sure she'll want to keep a few on stock.

Total Needed: 50

My Need: 6

Remainder Needed: 44

Next! Who's in?

Must be nice. I measure pH every few days and write it down like, 8.4+ or 8.4- depending on the color purple my eyes see in the lighting. Hah!

Howdy.

I'm able to keep the coralline from growing on most of my glass by a bi-daily cleaning with my magfloat. However, I don't get more than about an inch from the substrate because I don't want sand to get up in the magfloat and scratch my glass. This leads to a film that is so-so controlled by snails. However I have started to notice coralline algae bloom sites forming.

Any suggestions? My tank depth from water surface to substrate is 19". I don't want my hand in the tank to clean the glass if at all possible.

Thanks.

I had both linckia and fromia. I have noticed the survival rate of the blue and purple linckia are very low. I currently have a red one and it is doing great. It will be a year old next week!

RE: Blue, your experience mirrors what I was told at the AquaDome.

I have a saltwater pool and need to add Muraitic Acid to keep the pH within range. I would /not/ use that stuff. You are entering the realm of respect-this-chemical-or-i'm-going-to-cause-myself-serious-harm. In other words, burning sinuses, eyes, skin, damaged clothes from micro splashes.

Greg,

As I understand it, lone clowns turn into females. Two male clowns and the dominant will turn female. Given that you want a B&W and False, I don't know if they will both turn female since they are different breeds. (Is breed the right word there?)

From what I've been reading, LED lamps cost quite a bit more than MH initially (unless you DIY), but can pay for themselves over time in power savings and lamp replacement costs. If you haven't already, you may want to talk with Dena, her husband built a LED setup for one of their tanks and showed it off at the last meeting. It looked pretty impressive

Dena's man-toy did do a DIY LED lighting, but I was the one that gave the demonstration of my LED build at the last meeting.

The 660-09 ballast depends on the lamp configuration, but it's max is 4.4A. In a related note, you may find this interesting as it compares ballasts and their effective energy consumption.

I thought each circuit was 15A, but your "newer house" question makes me doubt my answer.

It's too late this time, but next time he acts out, throw him on your floor for about 5 minutes and then put him back into the tank. Keep increasing the time the more he acts up. He'll learn.

Mike: Yeah, I need solid pieces, thanks though. Carrie, however, wants to make some DIY frag mounts and may want a sheet. I think 12"x12" would be more than enough to make a rack or three.

Corey: At the risk of hijacking my own thread, what did you use to cut the overflow slits?

I contacted Regal and they said a few bucks per piece, but they have a $15 minimum. But it's $5-$10 for simple fabrication. If I can get the scraps from you (Lowe's), I'll try to mod it myself with the tools I have.

Edit: Weird, I can't edit my first post. Bah. I'll probably add a fourth piece--15 9/16" x 7 11/16".

About 4A per 400W HQI ballast.

Would an actinic work? I'll trade it for a frag.

Not very thick at all. I have a 5.5g that I want to partition and make fuge contained within it. What time would be a good time to stop by Lowe's? Or, who do I need to talk to?

Howdy. I need two--optionally three--pieces of acrylic:

o One 8" x 9 3/4"

o One 5" x 8 3/4"

o One 5" x 9 3/4" (optional)

For reference, white flatworms are OK. Reds and browns typically are not.