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Gabe, I definitely agree w/you...and I think that's where I remember reading about the same problem. What's really surprising is, the more I look at this fish....there is a certain physical similarities that go hand in hand with the trigger fish. I hardly ever saw it grazing at algae and yes....every time the corals would get fed cyclopeeze, they would slime and there goes the fish taking it away from the coral. So I finally caught it and it's sitting in a bucket w/an air stone and heater.....if by 3 no one claims it.....it will make the trip to LFS. It's a shame since we raised it from the size of a silver dollar....at it is one of the few fish that has that blue coloration.....but, we can do without.

Water parameters are as follow: Salinity: 1.025 CA: 450 Mg: 1375 Ammonia: 0 Nitrate: 0 Phosphate: .04 PH: 7.9 Temp: 80.3 Both corals were in perfect health....other fellow reefers were inquiring about getting a frag off of it....but since it got damage, that's not happen any time soon. I've seen the fish try to nip at the tips of other sps corals. I can understand the fish trying to eat the food away from other corals....but the nipping has happened during the morning hours when nothing has been fed in the tank, yet. This fish has definitely increased in size and it's bullying my sailfin tang to the point that it looks like something took a bit off her fin, twice. We had a friend come over this afternoon and he even notice the bullying and the damage that was done the smaller tang. They're not even from the same genus....so I really don't know whats going on......competition, I'm guessing. A sheet (8"x7") of Nori is fed once a day----I split the sheet in two (feed 1/2 morning & 1/2 in the evening), plus once a day frozen mysis and cyclopeeze.

The coral is healthy and what I saw picking at was the new coral growth (new tips) on the encrusting side. Maybe there's some sort of deficiency in its diet that I'm not aware of.

Anyone here have seen their Regal Tang eating SPS or other corals. Very dishearten by the fact that I just caught our Regal tang munching on a particular SPS (I actually had 2----small colonies purple coloring all over w/neon green polyps). This 2 corals were placed on each end of the tank and at first I thought something was wrong w/water parameters. Phosphates were high but got those under control. The coral looked like something munched on all the tips and I thought it might of been a cause of high phosphates or the lighting. Well today I caught the tang munching on the sps and this would definitely explain the issue w/those 2 corals. Now is a matter of catching this big guy and put up for sale. I've read on other forums about people having issues w/their Regal tang munching on colorful zoas and that in itself was a sign that the tang was hungry. According to this, the tang look healthy, fat and was feed 2 maybe even 3 times a day....so what gives?! Is there something they're lacking of that they need from the corals, I don't know for sure but this fish is fixing to find a new home. It's a shame but I prefer the corals over the fish. Best thing to do is place it in Fish Only tank.....Now, setting the trap. -Cindy-

What we've done in the past is: When the system needed top off we add mixed saltwater (salinity: 1.025). In our case, our 215 reef tank usually needs top off twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening, around 3-5 gallons ea. Or when it was time to do a water change we would just increase the salinity enough to make a difference but not too drastic of change....slower increments is better for your inhabitants. -Cindy-

What happened to your anemones?

Don, Just let us know when and how much each one needs to send Paypal payment. Thanks, -Cindy-

Wrasse tend to be a little skittish and you should give it time for the wrasse to adjust. Now, if you see a lump under the sand----I've done this-- I try to scoop the fish by hand just to make sure it was still alive, once I knew it was there, it either buried itself again or come out swimming. Back then we use to have a pair of coris wrasse and radiant wrasse....we normally could tell where they buried themselves by the look of the sand.

Glad you found the forum and welcome.

Mark.......I can wait for the 20th or 27th.

Eihem pumps.....low wattage use, they're on the pricey side but worth the money....very quiet. Internal or external use.

Hey Mark, If you decide to take care of this group order for us.....I would like to jump in on this one.....I'm looking into 2 (400w Mogul base 20K ReefLux bulbs). -Cindy-

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VERY NICE!!! You're building up a beautiful collection there!

This two guys are having way too much fun....Zach had a blast making the snowman and having snowball fights.