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8dKH 420PPM Ca Brian

looks good - I like what you did with the rockwork. Alot of starfish though. What are you feeding them all ? I would think that its going to be hard to get anykind of critter population going with 3 in a 37. Good job so far- Brian

He does look a little skinny. What are you feeding? Is he bullied by the other one? He looks "old" like a human would look old - sullen, sunken "cheeks" - but I dont think fish would show aging like a human. Id look into what you are feeding him first and see if you cant fatten him up with some...

also- my clownfish darkened once they started hosting in my xenia. I think they sometimes get darker when they host Brian

The new one probably became the female, thats why its bigger. If you have a mated pair, one should be larger than the other. Congrats. BTW, got a little xenia goin on there. Good luck Brian

An update! Sorry for the off-site, I dont have the pics loaded to a personal website yet. Brian http://www.reefcentral.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=60e4dceca092fd4760afc6a5b7c15a2f&threadid=30322

Uuum yeah, also, none of the hijackers were Israeli.

I wonder about your top-off water. Are you using an RO/DI or Tap or bottled. If you were using tap the new water at the new place could be different in mineral/metal content etc. Just a thought, good luck. I move my 40 gal 2 hours this weekend. Brian

yup - from checking out the other pics thats exactly what he is doing. A pretty neat trick.

This is actually pretty common now (maybe still stupid, but its done). Alot of the whites in S. Africa are pretty tame do to all the feeding while researching, and are just looking for an easy free meal. Theyve also discovered (who was the first to try, I dont know - but they sure were...

Sounds like some stray power in your ground -Usually the house is the path of least resistance but you took that job over - could be a big problem if something fails, sends a lot of power to ground and you touch that bare wire. Get the 3 prong cable off and replace it with a 2 prong extension...

If its calcium buildup run it in diluted distilled vinegar in a bucket for a day or so - cleans up real nice... Good luck- Brian

I have both Quickrete Play sand (The Brown "silica" stuff) and Southdown in my tank. I had only the Quickrete in there for about 3 months and I had no problem. I put in the southdown on top because it looks better. I thought that the play sand that everyone refers to as "Silica" was actually...

Ive had briopsys - I pulled it out (It does come out in clumps). It came back. I pulled it out again - it came back. I did this about 3 or 4 times and then it never came back. There is also a nudibranch (lettuce) which supposedly eats it - mine all go sucked into powerheads before they got a...

But why do we believe the newspapers? The whole thing didn't sound right to me in the beginning. Ive had a hard time getting a 40" striper on shore, on a line, how did he get one of the fastest and most powerfull fish in like that, just by hand? Brian