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Possible, but he was just hanging upside down like a red/white bat/psychokiller in his usual spot, so if he did, he either stashed it for later or ate it up quick!

Blasto must have been huuunnnnnggreeeeee because I just went upstairs and there's no sign of the fish at all!

Ugh!! That’s 4 dead Orange Diamond Gobies now!! And this joker was *just* starting to sift sand too! [emoji35][emoji35][emoji35] I had no idea Blastos were meat eaters!

Hate to hear that, Juice. Sorry man.

Well, yeah! That's why he's got to go! 😂🤣😂🤣

Picked up a Starry Blenny from a poster on here and he's adjusted to life in the tank like a boss:

Trap is stationary, CB hangs on the rocks, and the trap opening was facing his hangout spot. I have some other issues to work on w/ the tank so I may have to suspend trapping activities for now. Plus, I think I might be able to double net wrangle him from his secondary hideout - open on both sides. Will keep you all updated on this adventure as events unfold...I know you are all hanging on the edge! 😀

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Question: keep the original piece of shrimp bait in there and leave the trap in 24/7 until shrimp is caught, or take it out and reset for nighttime trapping only? (admittedly, I have no idea why I think this is only a nighttime venture...)

Trap made, baited and set...managed to capture a large Nassarius, but the CB didn’t show any interest that I could tell.

PM'd for Starry Blenny

^^^ that's exactly what I'm looking for! Thanks @Sierra Bravo @Juiceman - thanks, but I think a fish trap is too big and I'd be fighting to keep the fish out of it.

Need to extract a Coral Banded cold blooded killer so I can move in some Peppermints and handle the Aiptasia. Thinking something like an empty 1L plastic coke bottle w/ a small hole to inject food/bait. Climbs in the mouth, pull the bottle out? Am I Wile E Coyote here? Do you have a better mouse...er, shrimp trap?

Have the 48" version and love it. Good luck w/ the sale.

Negative. Without a battery, if power from the grid goes down, you go down as well. It's a dead man switch, otherwise the workers couldn't fix the power lines safely - all the solar panels would be pushing electricity back into the grid. Theoretically, it could be set up to power the house and not push into the grid during an outage, but my guess is that option would be 1) cost prohibitive and 2) create issues w/ the give/take agreement between the utility provider and the homeowner.

Thanks jolt, but I'm more bummed about the frags. Probably 1/3 of the ones I got from you and Gig Em that week made it. I should never have bought all those until the algae issue was resolved and parameters were stable. I need one of those 20 gal frag tanks if I want to do nice stuff.

for reference:

Tank update: Still fighting the red algae issue, and think I'm kind of on top of it, but not to the point of elimination just yet. Started w/ 3 days w/ no lights then did 2 rounds of ChemiClean and water changes over the course of 10 days or so and have continued w/ filter sock, turkey baster agitation and water changes. Going to hit it w/ the Fluconazole as soon as it comes in, as I have some patches of super thick/wiry GHA as well. Costing a small fortune in chemicals and salt to treat this, not to mention the frags that haven't made it through the unstable water conditions. One of my oldest corals died this week - an acan I got when I first started just started dying from one side and progressed to the other w/i 5 days or so. Seems to be specific to that particular coral otherwise the acan next door would be affected as well, and that doesn't seem to be the case. RIP, old schooler... Need to get in there and pull the skeleton out before it becomes an algae anchor... Scape changes: Got rid of the GSP tower on the upper left, flipped the large rock on the right side of the left island up to vertical, changed up the left side of the right island by cutting the toadstool leather down and selling the rock/remaining leather it was connected too, and cut off the chunk where all the superman mushrooms were almost dead center of the tank. Only kept 3 heads of the superman and I've stuck them on the backside of the scape. By the time they take that over, hopefully I'm ready to break this tank down and start another! GSP on the right side of the tank is too hard to control, so I'm just going to let it ride for now. Killed a small acan colony and is running through the zoas on the backside. Palmer's Blue Mille that has been just thriving like a champ ever since it arrived has been way grumpy lately. Hardly any polyp extension and intermittent white patches, but doesn't seem to get any worse. Hopefully it comes back to where it was, because it was going gangbusters. Traded out the 10-12 head hammer for a 5-7 head and added 8 new frags or so. As mentioned, that's only about 1/2 of what I've purchased lately...cost of not having a dedicated frag tank. Removed all my macroalgae from the fuge. I had chaeto and fern calupera in there together, which I've heard can cause one to go sexual and emit toxins that corals don't dig. Once I'm sure it's all out and fallow for a while, I'll restock w/ something else - maybe that thick red stuff they have at the dome? Fish: Red Head/Solar Fairy Wrasse Midas Blenny Kole Tang Purple Firefish Orange Diamond Goby - this SOB doesn't sift sand one bit...and it took me 4 **** fish to get this one alive and into the DT! Literally the ONLY reason he's in the tank! YOU HAVE ONE JOB!! [emoji35][emoji35][emoji35] Rainsford Goby Pinkbar Goby and Tiger shrimp Coral Banded Shrimp - he's out as soon as I can catch him. Need to get some Peppermint shrimp in there to fight some aiptasia, and this guy just murders every one I put in there.

Accidentally ordered 2. $30 (retail: $40)Pickup in/near WestlakePayPal to hold, DM for contact details https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/flipper-magnetic-cleaner.html

Gracias! Never thought of the aftermarket drug trade angle.... 😁

hmmm.... Trying to figure out how much to buy and the instructions on the site are differing by 5x ($20 vs $70) Directions: Add 1 pre-dissolved capsule (200 mg) into aquarium for every 10 gallons of water to be treated. Repeat every 24 hours for 5 consecutive days. It is suggested that a partial water change be made between treatments. Discontinue use if no improvement is noted after 5 days. https://www.payless-petproducts.com/fluconazole200.html Same stuff?

So 1 tablet per 10gal, every day for 5 days? Is that how you treated? Do any water changes in there anywhere?

Yo Juice - what brand did you get? Where did you purchase it?

Help me out here...if you removed the gas tank, how does the generator run?