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davelin315: Let me guess.. YOU'VE never actually gone LFS garbage surfing, you're just trusting what your friend has told you to be true. First of all: <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote That little gem is utter BS.. I hate generalizations, and that was...

I ordered from them a few months ago. I placed the order on the internet. You should give them a call to see if your order was placed correctly or not. They emailed me a day or two after I placed my order. I recall their ordering system being kind of odd... I got a lot of errors when I...

If he wants to host with it, he'll find it himself. I'd keep an eye on the clowns though. The maroon will soon outgrow the Perculas and probably start harassing them. When he gets 3"+ he'll probably kill them. Maroons are very very aggressive when they're large. (They get to be 5 to 6")...

Cleaning powerheads for me involves: A) Removal of all powerheads from aquarium every 3 months. B) Removal of impeller cover for impeller and impeller well cleaning. C) If Powerhead is 9 months or more old and has an impeller shaft (ceramic or metal), it is replaced. Metal impeller shafts...

I'd have to agree with Terry B. That definately doesn't look like ich. It looks more like an injury that has gotten fungus as a result. -Ayres

Very... insightful, John (read: useless information) I believe the correct line is: "Cuz I eats me spinach" -Ayres [ July 08, 2001: Message edited by: Ayres ]

You never said what type of clown it was - certain clowns are prone to popeye. Most commonly I see sebae / clarkii and saddlebacks get it. I rarely see Perculas or Maroons get it. According to Wilkerson the abovementioned (commonly getting it) guys are prone to getting it. I would have to...

Box fees are the norm in the wholesale -> LFS world. Personally I don't always agree on the box charge, but it really depends on the quality of the packaging. To quote a correspondence with a wholesaler that I know, "The boxes and trays cost us about 6$ each, bags are 5 cents each and each...

Looks like: A) Either a colt or maybe a Kenya Tree coral (Capnella sp.) B) One of the many species of Mushroom (Discosoma sp.) C) Looks like a Rhodactis sp. mushroom. -Ayres