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  1. KevinB

    Today we find out of the youngster on the way is a boy or girl!

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    2. Robb in Austin

      Robb in Austin

      Girls rule.

    3. o0zarkawater

      o0zarkawater

      Congrats. Our boy is just over 1 month away. So excited!

    4. DerrickH

      DerrickH

      Congrats! We had a new boy 3 months ago!

  2. KevinB

    my son is dying to put a fish in the tank...my patience is wearing thin as well. It may be time for some chromis soon

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    2. ManImTheMan

      ManImTheMan

      pistol goby pair. it will keep your sons eyes grazing the substrate for the dynamic duo

    3. KevinB

      KevinB

      Good ideas for a first fish, I've been thinking about the pistol/goby as a starter. I'm going to try to hold out for a couple of weeks and get everything settled a little more

    4. Timfish

      Timfish

      Royal Grammas are really cool to watch in groups. It's the Psuedochromis that "usually" can only go 1 per tank and cannot be mixed with Grammas or Assessors.

  3. KevinB

    I've noticed a lot of fish on live aquaria.com that have recommendations to feed 3 times or more per day. Is this true in most cases? How is that accomplished?

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    2. Timfish

      Timfish

      I've kept anthias for years with an ehiem feeding 4 times a day and pellets mixed with krill meal.

    3. mcallahan

      mcallahan

      My anthias got fed 2x a day and sometimes went 2-3 days w/no feeding if I was out of town. She was fat and happy.

    4. Juiceman

      Juiceman

      Yeah same here. Had 3 lyretails and I fed my tank every 2-3 days sometimes when I wouldn't be home during the photoperiod. They always did fine .

  4. KevinB

    bought a yellow tang from a LFS...in 36 hours it was dead. GRRRRRR

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    2. offroadodge

      offroadodge

      buy from LA diverden, already come QTd

    3. reefer74

      reefer74

      I haven't had any problems with a single fish from fishy business..

    4. reefer74

      reefer74

      I haven't had any problems with a single fish from fishy business..

  5. KevinB

    Bought a LTA at the dome on Saturday...it looks healthy, but not wanting to attach. I build a fort of rocks around it to keep it from turning over, and turned off my power heads....Do they like rocks or sand? any advice?

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    2. Aqua-Dome

      Aqua-Dome

      Thank you sir. Let me know how that guy works out. hunter

    3. AquaJohn

      AquaJohn

      My LTA refuses to be in the sand even if I clear down to the glass bottom and build a wall around him. he insits on being at mid level in the rocks ;)

    4. KevinB

      KevinB

      He's looking really bad this morning...tissue sloughing off. Grrrrr

  6. KevinB

    IDEA for the March meeting: Set up a camera to shoot the LED DIY work and show it on Jake's TV. That way we don't all have to huddle around Tim as he solders.

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    2. Timfish

      Timfish

      Already got it covered, was going to bring an extra monitor.

    3. dapettit

      dapettit

      Tim if you need a camera/cameraman I'm available.

    4. Timfish

      Timfish

      Good idea, I'll pm everybody

  7. KevinB

    The new logo is up!

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    2. Brooks

      Brooks

      WOOH! LOVE it!

    3. brian.srock

      brian.srock

      Its a Fish! Took me a sec to figure that one out so early in the morning

    4. austx

      austx

      IT'S GGRRRREAT!

  8. KevinB

    I think my GBTA is on it's way to Cnidarian heaven. I have no idea why, it's just been all shriveled up for 3 days now, and it's foot hold isn't very strong. Any suggestions?

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    2. KevinB

      KevinB

      Did it die? Probability of mine dying?

    3. Mel in Elgin

      Mel in Elgin

      Mine did the exact same thing a while back. I almost took him out and flushed him for fear of killing everything, but I didn't have the heart. After about 4 days he just puffed back up and is perfect. I hope you have the same luck.

    4. KevinB

      KevinB

      Yep...died.

  9. KevinB

    Brought home a GBTA...two hours later it took a ride through a powerhead. It didn't get chopped up, and its foot looks ok, but its mouth is open. Chances of survival?

    1. o0zarkawater

      o0zarkawater

      Check out my 'RBTA vs Korallia' thread in Reef Keeping.

    2. mFrame

      mFrame

      If it's mostly intact recovery odds re good

    3. KevinB

      KevinB

      Looks like its ok, it moved about 10" overnight, the mouth is closed, and a couple of tips are bubbled. Still a little chewed up on one side though.

  10. KevinB

    So I was out of town for around a week, came home to a powerhead fallen over blowing on the sand and the auto top off sensor had come loose of the zip tie and was floating in the sump. Is it always like that when you leave the tank? Sheesh

    1. Juiceman

      Juiceman

      well if you think about all the random crap that seems to happen when you're around, it still happens when you're gone, you're just not there to fix it. Happened to me every trip i've since i've had a tank.

    2. dapettit

      dapettit

      Went to the Ren Fest a couple of years ago, came home a tank 1/2 emptied on the floor. Sprayer bar on the Ehiem filter came loss. Got rid of the Ehiem & invest in a controller that would e-mail me

    3. Sherita

      Sherita

      Yep. I can just go to work and come home to some kind of mess. Never fails. Going out of town always means something will go haywire.

  11. KevinB

    Pretty sure my rabbitfish has some unnatural feelings for my pink spot goby. I don't want to use the term "humping", but...

    1. dapettit

      dapettit

      key word here I belive is 'rabbit"

    2. KimP

      KimP

      Lol

    3. victoly

      victoly

      LEGALIZE CROSS SPECIES MARRIAGE

  12. KevinB

    popping my head out of the sand for a couple of weeks before I begin my 3 weeks of out of town shows in February!

    1. esacjack

      esacjack

      what kind of shows?

    2. KevinB

      KevinB

      corporate special events :/

    3. esacjack

      esacjack

      ahh boo. I thought you were going on tour or something :D

  13. KevinB

    Placed my order for 42 LEDs, 3 dimmable drivers, and 120ft of wire today...woo!

    1. dshel1217

      dshel1217

      nice dude.

    2. victoly

      victoly

      good luck sir. There are many here who can at a minimum lend an internet helping hand.

    3. KevinB

      KevinB

      Thanks, I'll post an updated led layout in my design thread, and start a build thread soon enough.

  14. KevinB

    Ich took the kole tang's life. Bummer. If the rabbitfish bites the dust I'm going fallow for 3 months in the hopes of starving the ich out.

    1. Michae52

      Michae52

      Your son is really going to be unhappy about an empty tank.

    2. C Lo Slice

      C Lo Slice

      That sucks, man. My Kole was an Ich trooper for 6 months. He finally lost his battle once physical symptoms subsided. Sorry for your loss :(

    3. KevinB

      KevinB

      Actually my son's favorite creature is the skunk cleaner, but he's definitely going to be bugging me for fish for a long while...thx C-lo...the Kole was a cool looking fish. Much better in person than I thought

  15. KevinB

    Random failure of two ATO float switches resulted in a sump flood and some water on the floor. GRRRRR

    1. Grim

      Grim

      Curse those float switches!

    2. o0zarkawater

      o0zarkawater

      Not too bad of dilution though I take it?

    3. KevinB

      KevinB

      Yeah pretty bad...from 1.025 to 1.021, but over the past few days I've got it back up to 1.023. My LTA wasn't happy but appears to be fine now. Everything else looks healthy

  16. KevinB

    tenacious d! Great show, but I really wanted to hear jesus ranch

    1. BBMarlin

      BBMarlin

      Darn it, I wanted to go to that show. Forgot :(.

    2. BBMarlin

      BBMarlin

      Darn it, I wanted to go to that show. Forgot :(.

    3. boognish

      boognish

      It was a great show! Can think of at least 10 other songs I wish they had played, but what they did play, they ROCKED!

  17. KevinB

    Every time I see a mini bristle star flying around the tank, I can't help but wonder if its the best or worst moment of his life

    1. esacjack

      esacjack

      both at the same time?

    2. Drift Monkey

      Drift Monkey

      both at the same time for sure.

  18. KevinB

    my cleaner shrimp is harassing me. I guess I need to was my hands more

    1. brian.srock

      brian.srock

      so if my clown fish is the one that always harasses me does that mean I need to work on my jokes?

    2. KevinB

      KevinB

      Sorry, Brian....I don't get it. ;)

  19. KevinB

    "Shut up and play the hits" = great documentary

    1. Robb in Austin

      Robb in Austin

      What's it about?

    2. KevinB

      KevinB

      About the band LCD sound system playing their last show, at Madison Square Garden

  20. KevinB

    step 1...catch armadillos...step 2 take armadillos to Korea...step 3 ?????...step 4 Profit!

    1. (Bio)³

      (Bio)³

      Can we make step three scuba diving in korea?

    2. brian.srock

      brian.srock

      step 3 once armadillo is rolled up in a ball paint orange and black stripes like a basketball and walk onto korean bound plane

  21. KevinB

    I think ARC members should bring their badges to SeaWorld and wear them...It will make it easier to ID other members.

    1. mFrame

      mFrame

      Great idea! I've got my white ARC shirt on

    2. KimP

      KimP

      Good idea! I hope I remember mine.

  22. KevinB

    any thoughts on keeping CUC members in the bare bottom section of a sump? Which ones?

    1. Demodiki

      Demodiki

      I've found it doesn't work out that well. The snails crawl out and the hermits die.

    2. KevinB

      KevinB

      Turkey baster it is!

  23. KevinB

    Thanks All Wysiwyg for the coral beauty, he's already ipicking at rocks and seems at home

    1. All WYSIWYG

      All WYSIWYG

      That's great! It was nice to meet you Kevin and thanks for your business. Did I forget to give you the fish food? For somer reason I can't remember lol

    2. KevinB

      KevinB

      Nope I got it...I'll give an update in a few days...

  24. KevinB

    Anyone heard of Stinky's fish mart & Aquatics in elgin? If so, opinions?

    1. Bill B

      Bill B

      His sister bought some FW fish from me to take to him. All I know is he is a fish fanatic. Bill

    2. (Bio)³

      (Bio)³

      I haven't heard good things for the few things I have heard.

  25. KevinB

    My decorator crab has now covered himself in bright green sponge and kenya tree. *you see nothing here*

    1. FishyStuff

      FishyStuff

      I put one of those in a customers tank without letting them know, freaked them out to see this piece of liverock walking around :-0

    2. dapettit

      dapettit

      My tuxedo urchin does the same thing.

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