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Asterina stars. Opinions on them are mixed. I find them a nuisance, i've got hundreds-thousands of them now. If you don't have fish that prey on shrimp, you can get some nice harlequins that are both pretty and will keep your asterina population in check.

Kim, how large is it? I'm thinking of some of the micro-serpents I gave you, I've seen a small one similar to this in my tank. I thought he was just deformed. Either way, very cool!

Does not include the stand or live rock, but for $275 will include: 12' devil's hand leather that frequently throws frags GSP GBTA clone (mother is staying with my osc clowns transferring to diff tank)

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Welcome, awesome little nano. How long til you upgrade?

I'm hoping to sell as a package, but will let you know if that doesn't work.

I've got a 250w MH ballast that would go perfect with this if someone is looking for a complete setup.

Thought I'd share this for any software engineers looking. My company has several open positions here in austin for Java Developers and software Testers. If you are interested please PM me and I can provide more info.

Let's try this again, $250 anyone?

I love my mystery wrasse, they're awesome fish!

That's a good deal.

I'd say your perception is pretty accurate. Most marine parasites can be treated, but affects on the tank and other occupants are the primary concern. Just about all effective medications for marine parasites can wreak havoc on your other marine occupants (crustaceans, live rock, corals, etc). It is for this reason that they are so hard to treat. Your best means of defense are using a QT tank for any new fish and only acquiring fish from reputable sellers.

Yikes, sorry to hear that. How many more warnings do we have to hear...

I'm thinking that you're having an outbreak, i've never seen coraline grow that quickly. It definitely looks like you have diatoms on the rock in the last picture, so I'm guessing algae.

Happy Birthday James!

I prefer a few powerheads for surface agitation. Here's what I'm running on my 90g: my return lines - forced with locline, I have the returns at surface level to provide agitation at both ends of the tank Tunze nano wavebox - the waves provide quite a bit of agitation alone and I love the movement (2) Tunze 6025, (1) Koralia 1 PH - just to keep stuff stirred up and moving throughout the tank Three addtional powerheads are probably overkill, but I had them before I got the wavemaker and just never removed them. The more you can agitate the surface the better, especially as temperatures rise. It helps oxygenate the water.

I'm in for some to use for my pico at work. Thanks!

Small world, I lost my Yellow Eyed Kole Tang last week. Saw a large mucous blob at the bottom of one rock and when we investigated my serpent star was trying to hoard the body. We were able to net him out with most of the cloud around him but it was a mess. I would strongly advise for a cleaner shrimp or serpent star, they'd both be strong enough to pull the body around and maybe make it more accessible. My star is one of my chief cleaners in the thank. Since then I'm experiencing an outbreak of ich in my tank, something I haven't seen in over a year. Everyone is eating well so I'm just keeping up on water changes and feeding everyone. Hopefully he'll be the only loss, though I haven't seen my tiny mysis-eating target mandarin in the last few days.

Tiger Tail Cucumber (Holothuria hilla) Size: 2”- 5” $16.99 Tonga Fighting Conch(Strombus sp.) - Size: 1"-1.5" $7.99 2" Crocea Clam (WYSIWYG) - Size: 2" $59.99 Red Scooter Blenny (Synchiropus stellatus) - Small: 1"-2" $18.99 Psychedelic Mandarinfish (Synchiropus picturatus) - Small: 1”- 1½“ $15.99 and potentially one other I'm PM'ing you about.

Aw Hey Man! We should plan on a TacoDeli meetup so we can grab lunch. Good to see you are on the order! Yep, weather is nice and it's been too long.

Beautiful nem and palys!

Good question, I'll be in for at least $50

MH doesn't necessitate running a chiller. I started off with t5s over both of my tanks and I don't think you'll be happy with them. I have a clone of the Odyssea fixture you linked to. Mine is th 48" version that has (2)250w mh in it which should be fine for your 125g tank (mine is a 90). If you want a 72" fixture that should be graet. The hanging kit at the bottom of that link is great, it let's you move the lights close or farther away from the tank to control the light, acclimate corals, or adjust when you get new bulbs. I did add a small fan to the end of my tank and I don't have any heat issues. Oh, BTW, Icecap has gone out of business. I've had their ballats and did some DIY work for my old canopy with them. I liked the ballast and product but would be a bit worried about buying them now since Icecap isn't around for warranty or servicing them.

As others have said, BTAs will move to where they are happy so don't try to move them yourself. I wouldn't remove bulbs, I would leave them all in and cut back the time. Start with a about 3 hours and add back an hour every 4 or 5 days until you're back to 8. Also monitor the temperature, with that your change in tank and lighting the temp could be higher. BTAs will lose their color when they get consistently too hot or too much light.

Awesome, can't wait to see it set up!