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Okay, so I usually don't buy a fish I don't know pretty much about already, but I was very taken with a blue Leopard Wrasse at Rivercity last weekend and gave in to the impulse. Carlos is a good guy and I trust him, so he said it will be a cool fish for my eight year old well established 75G reef and I believe him. But now I want to find out more about them. It's such a gorgeous fish! I put him in Saturday late afternoon. The tank's at my office so I figured it would be good since Sunday no one is there and it would have time to get used to the new surroundings before it has an audience. Today, it's still hiding under a rock, but it's a different rock than the one it went under initially and I can see it's tail move every so often and know it's alive. I know wrasses like to lay on the bottom, so I'm trying not to get too nervous, but I'm anxious to see it swimmin' around. Carlos said several of the big show tanks around here have these fish so I wanted to hear from some of you who have one. What do you feed? Any quirks or things I should know? Thanks in advance. *edited to add: This post at RC makes me feel better about him not being out yet: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthre...hreadid=1069059 Both people who posted that theirs had been hiding said they eventually came out, and it sounds like it's common for them to do this when new. The only thing that did make me worry a little is that they said it was hard for them to survive shipping.

I wish I could take it, but I'm not sure I have enough light. I've got a std. 75G with the top totally covered with HO T5's. I don't remember the wattage, but I think it's four 4' bulbs and two 3' bulbs. As far as SPS, I only tried one acropora and it didn't last long. I do have a montipora that's still living and growing after over 6 months, but it bleached shortly after I got it. All my LPS and softies are doing great though.

Hey Robert! I've been away from the forum for a while too. Beautiful little girl. They make it hard to keep up with the tank, huh? Are you getting another? Tank, not baby.

Your rock, etc. could have absorbed the phosphates from the crummy water and is now leeching it back into the new water. I agree large water changes and phosphate sponge would be a good place to start. Also, what kind of lighting are you using? Are your bulbs old? My tank had a horrible year in pretty much all of 2005. I was about ready to take the whole thing down, then as a last ditch, I did a 100% water change and at the same time took every piece of rock out and scrubbed it with a toothbrush to get as much of the HA off as possible. I then added LOTS of snails and hermits. Like 100 snails and 35 crabs (on a 75G tank) I think. That did the trick. When I saw things were improving, I invested in a T5 light set up with about twice as many bulbs as my previous PC set up.

Looks great Clint! So glad to see you getting your dream tank! Love the stand and canopy.

Congrats on the goal achievement, Andrew! I haven't been around much lately, but I'm very impressed to see how much ARC has grown since I joined almost a year ago. Great job! thumbsup.gif

Thanks, Tim Hanson came by. Didn't really find a leak, but now I think the float switch for the top off tank had gotten stuck, and I guess the power failed for the main pump, causing an overflow. Not sure how both bad things happened in one weekend, but that's what it looks like. My staffmember who filled the top off on Saturday said it looked like the water level was higher than usual in the main sump.

I just came in to my office this morning to find an area about 2 1/2 feet wide around my tank where the carpet is wet. The amount of water in the tank is lower than it should be for the amount of evap that would happen over the weekend, but there was still enough in it for the pump to be running. I can't figure out where the leak is and I don't have time to deal with this now because I have patients scheduled as well as computer upgrade happening today and a big anniversary party going on at the office this coming weekend to finish planning! Is there someone on here who is a professional tank maintenance person who can come out and look at it? I left a message for John with Fishworks, but I'm afraid to wait since I don't know where the leak is. This is NOT a good week for this to happen!

PM sent on birdsnest and zoos.

Even later notice, but if you've got extra, I'll take some.

I'm planning on coming, but I'll be a little late because I work until 2:00. How long will it be going?

Okay, right after I said the 5th was good, I saw that my sister in law had emailed me that my nephew's bday party is that day, but it's over by like 1:30. I've missed his parties the past several years for various things just like this (ie important to me but probably don't sound important to others, lol) so I'd like to go. My DH has taken our girls the past few years without me and I feel bad. Anyway I don't expect you to schedule around me either, but if it's up in the air whether to do it early or late afternoon, pick late! toothy3.gif

SShhhhhh! If he posts pics, there will be MORE of us who want them. I don't wanna share! *psst, Robert...you've got my email addy, right? You can just send me some pics, okay?*

I think the 5th works for me too. happy2.gif

I knew it would end up happening while I was gone! Oh well, I'll think of you guys while I am in Italy. Bummer, me too. I'll be in Ohio the last weekend in July, from Thursday til Sunday. sad8.gif

One of my close friends just told me today that her fiance, also a good friend of mine, gets to hang out with Lance Armstrong and two of his other friends when they go to the Tour de France next week! He gets to ride in a helicopter with him and everything. I thought that was really cool. My friend (the one who's going) is a serious, but not professional, cyclist. Having read Lance's book (at least the first one) I think he's probably a major jerk personally, but you gotta respect athletic ability like his and the determination it took to come back from the "Big C" like he did.

Use Miracle Grow, Robert! I'd like some too! happy2.gif

When you've got the time and date set, can you start a new thread to announce it? This one's getting kinda long and some might not know to check it to find out about the meeting.

Thumbs up here on the Sonicare too. My dentist recommended it and I got one a year or two ago. Clint, I'm so sorry you're going through this. I hope you feel better soon!

The phosban's doing great, Mike. Thanks. It's probably time to change the carbon in it again tho. I got some hydrocarbon the other day. What's that stuff you told me to put in there with it? Carlos never can remember the name of it either, but they said they'd finally gotten some in and sold out of it immediately! More drama with the roses. One of them is doing great and has finally settled in one place where it's been happy pretty much since I realized I still had two of them. Unfortunately, the other day I found just a very small piece of the other one near my tube anemone. crybaby2.gif I guess they got in a fight and the rose lost. I stuck what was left in a hole in a rock and it's still hanging in there, but there's not much of it. I'm pretty hopeful that it will make it back again though. It did it once already! I was really glad I have two of them though. Insurance.

Hey Mojo, what do you do and where is your office? I love to see nice tanks in public places. Mine is at my office too, and I love having it there, but my staff thinks I'm nuts with all the time I spend messing with it. I guess that's why you want to have the RK huh? You actually want to get work done at work? A 450, that will be nice! Let us know when you get it going!

I just started noticing some cyano in my tank too and it definitely correlates to me feeding more because I recently added a sailfin tang. Previously I only had a couple cardinals a firefish goby and a 6 line wrasse in my 75g. Also, I recently started feeding more planktons for the corals so both those things have added up to give me the start of a cyano bloom. I had been ignoring it until now, but I better get after it before it becomes a big problem. Robert, thanks for the link. That was indeed very helpful. I need to cut back some on my feeding and keep the skimmer nice and clean, and get out the turkey baster to suck that stuff out!

The manager at my office plays A LOT! He plays in tournaments and is just about on the level of the pros. Call my office if you want and ask to speak to Garin. The number is 339-2020. I know he really likes a course in Georgetown, but I don't know where else he plays. He lives in Wells Branch. His last big tourny was in Lago Vista. Just tell him you know me from the fish forum. He'll be glad to talk to you and might even want to go play sometime and show you his favorite courses. -Sundra

I got two orange polyps now, up from one lone survivor. They don't seem quite as bright an orange as they used to be, but I'm hoping as they recover the color will brighten up.

What do you know?! both pieces of the Rose BTA survived! Now I have two beautiful rosey anemones! I'm so happy! blob7.gif happy2.gif