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    New to ARC

    in Welcome

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    You might be able to get away with a watchman/shrimp pair as the shrimp does most the digging. Though I might still be a bit concerned about the fish scraping it's sides up.

    Foam walls: Do they last?

    in Reef Keeping

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    Another option is to make a rock wall out of small live rock pieces and acrylic rods or PVC pipe. I have seen this done either drilling holes in the rocks vertically and sliding them on the rod, or making a support frame of PVC, with pieces stikign out that you mount the rock too.

    Now that I am talking about it ... I kinda wish I did that with my current tank. :lol:

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    in Emergency Discussion

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    yay.another manning rescue.i am gonna have to find this + sign i heard about and give you guys some positive reputation. biggrin.gif

    When viewing a user's profile, there is a "User Rating" in the upper right side of the profile. You can rate the user 1 to 5 stars.

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    Bristle tooth tangs

    in Reef Keeping

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    when i had my kole tang i could see what looked like snail tracks constantly on the back glass.it turned out it was lip prints where he was eating the algae from the glass.

    This is what my Scopas Tang and Flame Angel do. The back wall of my tank is green, but no more algae on my rocks. I supplement with dried algae, which is loves.

    Swimming fish?

    in Reef Keeping

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    Depends on your definition of reef safe. It won't pick on corals, might even help with eating pests. But if it gets hungry it will hunt snails and crabs. My Ornate is in the same category as a Coris. I lose about 1 snail or hermit a month, if that often. It did eat my cleaner shrimp though. Small price to pay for a fish that eats coral predators and is super cool in my opinion.

    Good info... thanks! Losing one snail or crab every once and a while is not bad. I probably lose that now in snails with a predatory eunice worm that I have in the tank.

    If I had to start again....

    in Off Topic Discussion

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    I would be like Andrew and do a specialty tank, such a species specific biotope. Some examples would be a seahorse/pipefish tank, jawfish tank, or even a cool frogfish tank (I have seem some beautiful ones online complete with macro algae in the main display).

    Swimming fish?

    in Reef Keeping

    Posted

    I would consider a wrasse, if your tank is cover or has a canopy. Radiant wrasse, Yellow coris wrasse and one of my favorite...the Red Velvet Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus Rubrisquamis). This guy use to flash his colors and show off his fins like clockwork around 6-6:30 pm, when he could see his reflection, he would show off in the front side of the tank.

    I thought coris wrasses were not reef safe?

    Hmm.. LiveAquaria says:

    It will eat fireworms and pyramidellid snails, protecting corals and clams. In addition, it may eat feather dusters, wild shrimp, tubeworms, and flatworms. It may also eat parasites off of tank mates.

    I might have to reconsider the one I saw at the Dome, as I have been looking for an active yellow fish.

    New to ARC

    in Welcome

    Posted

    Welcome! ;)

    I am a big fan of the "cove" look to live rock landscaping.

    Regarding the crushed coral. One limitation you might hit down the road is keeping any sand dwelling fish (such as jawfish). The crushed coral would be too abrasive for them.

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