johnoburns

Does today count as the next day if it rains again? If so I guess July 20th .

Yeah, the 150G tub that high up in the air was the crazy part .

Just a thought may sound a little crazy or maybe not...You could put the sump/fuge higher than the tank. Then have your pump pull water from your tank to the sump and let gravity send water from your sump back in the tank. There would be no pumps to kill pods on there way back to the main tank. I can think of a couple ways to hide the pump in this scenario.

I don't have experience with central overflow, but can offer a solution for your wires. If you want to avoid having wires on the side of your tank and can spend a little more $$ up front there is another solution you might consider. You can have an extra hole drilled to run the wires to your lights/canopy. You would then use something like pvc or something more aesthetically pleasing to run the wires through. The pipe would ideally be minimum of 2~3 inches above the water line. The wires have minimal contact with saltwater and are hidden. I would highly adivse a drip loop and GCFI outlet as evaporated water could drip down the cords. Assuming the stand this is where timers/surge protectors will be. I initially though about going this route and was talking with Jake about doing this, but then had some recession issues and decided to go a cheaper way. You can get an idea of what this might look at if you go to RCA. They have a fresh water tank to the right when you walk in with PVC pipe coming up from the bottom. Unless you look for them you don't really notice the PVC.

If you have a second tank try moving the palys there. I changed tanks and moved my anemone, which my clowns love, they moved over to some frogspawn. The only thing is once they were back in the same tank with the anemone, they wen right back to it. Which they might do in your case and go back to the palys.

Hi Daisy and Welcome!!! Robb makes a great point, with the discounts River City is offering on Saturday it would be great for someone getting back in the hobby. I'd recommend going by River City on Thursday or Friday and get a preview of the store. It is going to be a bit crazy on Saturday during the sale.

ACE had SPS when I was there. The colonies he had were pretty big. He had a good variety besides sps as well. I think he had a few anemones, zoanthids, and some LPS. I mainly wanted to check out his tank and get some ideas from him as I was thinking of going the solor tube route. I think he documented the growth rates of some of his corals on MAAST. He took a lot of pics including some of his tank with just the moonlight.

I followed Mikes thread a while back to the same place on MAAST. I didn't realize he finished the tank. I would really like to see that. Stephen, I went to SA and got to check out Ace's setup with the solar tubes about 3 months ago. It was pretty nice and he had some ridiculous growth from his corals with just the sun light. He had some actinic light to add some blue into the tank, other than those it was 100% sunlight. He said it was awesome when there were thunderstorms. The tank would light up with each flash of lightning.

You should definitely order 2 then. Blind fish are more entertaining, jk really jk .

Agreed, wait for the cycling to finish before adding livestock. Sorry, I forgot you were still cycling when I made first post.

You need to inject the lemon juice with a syringe in the base of the anemone. It is a little tricky at first as they will shrink away from the syringe and the lemon juice. I belive they shrink away from the lemon juice on their own because of the acid. I didn't know where to get syringes, so I went by the pharmacy at Walmart. I don't know much about needles so I explained my needs to the pharmacist. After a puzzled look, they suggested I use needles for diabetics as they are very thin. I think it was about $1.50 for a bag of 10. You can probably get them at any pharmacy. I read this method in an online thread a while back. It worked for me (I had 3 big aiptasia in a 24 gallon tank). I remeber in the thread there was some concern for the extra acid in the tank, but since you are still cycling it shouldn't matter much at all. If someone else is reading this and wants to try it, don't go crazy with the lemon juice and it should be fine. And as always if you do go crazy, do a water change to dilute the acid.

Shawn, Becareful with the tweezer method of removing aiptasi. Tearing aiptasia has been know to promote it spreading. I'd use something like aiptasi-X or lemon juice. Pepermint shrimp are also a great way to go, but I've only had luck with them eating small ones.

I'd like some macro algae if any is left.

I saw these the other day and they look pretty. I've seen some blue hornets that look washed out/not really blue, but these have a good blue color.

Happy birthday! Hope you have a plethora of pinatas .

The coaline will die when exposed to air for too long. Don't sweat it as there will be new coraline that grows on the rock over time.

Get her to bet you $500 or more then you'll have a good base for your new tank .

Two more related things to consider. A quarantine tank and a good dip for corals. They are sort of like insurance policies, you don't appreciate them until you see them pay off. They are easily over looked, and you honestly might get away with not doing either for a while. Just remember like accidents, parasites and pests are not planned. Oh, and welcome to the hobby!!!

Andrew is right, manderines in that small of a tank are very difficult to keep alive. I would recommend against it with that small a tank. If you can not resist (or think you might be tempted later on down the line) I would recommend adding a refugium to your setup. Plumbing one is easier when your tank is dry. Also, strongly consider replacing the wall outlet where you are plugging your tank in with a gfci outlet. This will help protect you and your tank from being electrocuted. I don't know of anyone themselves getting hurt, but have read storeis about some piece of equipment falling in the tank and killing everything. The outlet is easy to replace (about 5 min) with no tank in place and cost about $10. It is a pain in the *** to do later if the tank is full of water and in front of the outlet.

I think he did have it when I got him. I have been wanting to get purple fire fish for a while. They seemed like they got along well in the store and possibly were a mated pair, making this ideal. I should have studied him closer in the store, but was too eager to get a mated pair. We noticed it pretty early on but it took a while to figure out what it was. Even with the parasite he was acting like a normal fish. No breathing or eating problems. He swam and moved just like the other firefish. Just a note, after doing research this parasite is pretty rare in aquaria. However, it must be removed and the only way I found to do it was with tweezers. If it is not removed it kills one fish, then moves to another until there are no more fish.

It is treatable. There is a lot of information online about saltwater ick/ich. Are there corals or invertebrates in the tank where the fish are currently? If so, do you have a quarantine tank? Do a water quality test and post the results. Were the fish just moved to your new tank? Moving fish can stress them. Stress can lower their immune system. Sorry if any of this is a little incoherent, but it is late and I just wanted to get you started.

I've had most of my problems with my nem when I move rocks around or do other things that change the flow in the tank. I have used things to inhibit movement of the nem. Things being a smooth piece of glass or plastic (no sharp edges). I do this when I suspect it might move and can not watch it. I've never tried to protect just one thing. I'm thinking you could cut the top off a 3 liter, wash it well, and use it to protect the birdsnest while you are not home/watching. I don't know much about birdsnest, so I don't know how this might affect it.

We were able to remove the parasites; but we lost the fish aka Okie and two peppermint shrimp in the process. One of the parasites was embedded in the gill of Okie. The gill tore as we removed the parasite. Okie declined rapidly and died shortly after. His wife Dokie will be holding a service later this week. If anyone is interested I have some pics of the removed parasites I can post tomorrow.

Tonya has a 45 and 46 gallon for sale. I'm not sure if they are RR.

reef_pug has some for sale. I just stopped by his place and they look pretty cool.