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I'm sorry, I split the topic. We were very off-topic and I really felt that the original intent of the thread was getting lost in what was, IMO, a complete misunderstanding in both parties. If you two want to continue the discussion on dsb, a very controversial subject in which there are many...

Palys and zoas have different growing styles. Some grow more like mats and are very low-lying, others have stalks. If, however, you see one that's supposed to grow close to the ground, suddenly shoot up, means you have a light issue. I have other zoas in there that stay compact, so I'm...

Thanks, Tyler, my nag scaper arrived today and I put it to good use. It gets to those hard to reach places, cause well, the tank's crammed with corals. :fun: I do like the stylo. Hopefully, it'll do as well as my green stylo is doing. I mounted the sps today. Some peeechurs... dottyback...

I lost Armand, the pompom crab, my two porcelain anemone crabs, a hitch hiker gorilla crab that I had for forever, and more than likely Lemmiwinks, though I suspected he died a week or two before. Panda gobies are hard to keep. I know I want my mated pair of pearly jawfish. Other than that, I...

No, no, no and no. Having worked with a blue-spotted jawfish in a smaller system, I really don't advise putting a jawfish in anything smaller than a 20g. They're accomplished jumpers and extremely fast swimmers and while he died when a coral fell on him, part of me thinks that he was the one...

At least yours was trying to host an actual something that sort of resembles an anemone. My ocellaris hosts a wall, that's right, a wall. He's got green star polyps, a carpet of them, stunning and purty, but nooooo, a wall. But even then, it's really not with much enthusiasm. These captive bred...

I'm on vacation this weekend, so no live chat. I'll plan one, however, for Saturday the 11th of August. Same bat time, same bat channel... I just really told everbody my age, right now. *sigh* L

So, what you're trying to say is... Cheatomorpha has a very low occurrence of this. :lol:

Caulerpa prolifera does have issues with going sexual... Ways to prevent this... 1. regular pruning and thinning 2. Some recommend a 24 hour photo period. I, however, do not and there are other bits of information that back me up. The rational behind the 24 hour period is that the plant can...

Sheesh, and the clam, they need light too. Unless he plans an equipment upgrade? He did talk about upgrading lighting at one point... No clams or nems for me. I know my limits. Only rock nems.

Do you have the sand bed for a pearly jawfish? If not, then no. Also, in a tank your size, I would not put a jawfish in with another burrower. You're better off with just a YWG.

Well, it's important to have a tank of adequate size for quarantine. The 4g worked for the small clowns, gobies, and perching fish I was keeping in my picos, but for the 36g, more wiggle room is a good idea. L

Well, what started out as only getting some hermit crabs and cleaner shrimp thing turned into a coral saving operation when... I forgot to turn the power heads on in my nps tank after target feeding. I came back about 2 days later and found a lot of dead livestock. So I rush to save things like...

Well, this tank had a bit of an accident. When I was target feeding last week, I forgot to turn the power heads back on. As a result, I lost some livestock. I'm pretty upset about it, but mistakes happen, and I should have been more careful. I lost the pompom crab, the sexies, anemone crabs...

Just some fun gsp pictures. Neon! LOLOL You can see that it's starting to spread along the biocube wall. On a sadder note, I can't find my perchelet anywhere in the quarantine tank, so... Looks like no fish for a while in this. I'm happy with the clown and the firefish for now...

Yeah, I only kept them with chalk bass and neon gobies and my restocking doesn't involve anything particularly large. I like little fishes. If they are first in the tank, they are more comfortable. They need time to establish their burrow network. L

A small colony of pearly jawfish. They don't eat shrimps. I have kept them with shrimps before. You could possibly have between 2 & 4. Must be added all at the same time. I saw a 150g reef with a colony of six. Very cool. A little creepy in some ways, cause they kinda look like aliens, but...

So no CUC, or just algae eaters? You're going for the DSB then? L

Yeah, I love the perchelet too. I can't find him though. Looked everywhere yesterday. I had introduced 3 peppermint shrimp to the tank to eat aiptasia on coral rocks that I have. Remove the rock from the main tank, drop it into the quarantine, let them munch, then RO dip the rock and put it...

Dude, no. Just because the spots go away doesn't mean that ich is done. When I treated my clownfish for ich in my quarantine, he was treated for 2 weeks, then stayed another 3 weeks in quarantine even though he was fine. L

A sun dial perhaps? I stink with scientific names. Heliacus species? L

Another old post. :) L

Agreed, my goby/shrimp pair have numerous places. Right now, he's at the back, but tomorrow, he could be at the side or the front. I don't think I can have a tank that doesn't feature some sort of burrower. Very interesting to observe. L

Last I checked mocha clowns and hawkfish weren't inverts. ;)

Geez, you're having some bad luck right now, GAB. I'm sorry. :( L

I've only successfully raised young ceriths in a tank. And that was totally NOT my doing. LOL The zigzag is very typical. :) L

Very nice shrimpies, and no, I cannot be useful and id them for you. a fts from you is never cheeky. Always pretty. :D The glosso has grown some. L

Nope, you're gonna wait until April to stock the mandarin. :)Tank is certainly big enough, but you haven't an established pod population yet. You need this to sustain a mandarin longterm. And that just takes time. If people want to disagree, that's fine. L

That's right it's a 24" fixture isn't it? More ideally suited to a 20g high or any 2' footprint.

I'm thinking, get Tyler's light first then do this DIY project on the side. Why? A. you'll already have a decent light if you buy Tyler's and it's only $75 B. Doing a DIY side project is always cool, but you got your back covered in case it takes longer than expected C. Once you complete the...

My I suggest that for a pico you avoid Tubastraea species altogether and head towards members of the Dendrophilia genus? Possibly even Balanophilias as well. Having kept an nps pico, I know the various pratfalls that accompany such a system. Dendros are a bit easier to manage and don't...

And a resurrection has occurred. :lol: this thread's over a year old. Good advice, what it basically boiled down to is... Clean the tank... Keeping the tank clean will prevent a lot this stuff from happening. Look how clogged the power heads are. That's gotta cut on efficiency. Look at the...

Oh he's tiny, what a cutie. Mine in the 36g are big boys! L

The flatness of it says sally lightfoot. L

There are actually 4 species in the Cryptocentrus genus that are regularly found in the trade, I think. L

Hi Salam, LEDs are great, the bulbs last a long time, it's cool, it's energy efficient. My biggest detractor right now for you is cost and the electronics associated with hooking up an LED fixture. LEDs are expensive and having worked with an LED fixture for a while, I'll tell you, people are...

Looks really good. Did you use a different camera? The colors are much better. L

Uh... if the fish perches on it too long, the maxi can totally take down a fish. Though the angel is typically not a perching fish, they do rest in the evening. Perhaps it was poorly or driven from its normal resting spot and made the mistake to rest on the maxi? I'm just speculating, could've...

You peel it off the rock, cut it, prune it back, then mount it on rubble. It's a hardy coral, many hobbyists just trim it like a macro. Actually, nerdy fun fact of the day, it exports more nutrients than your average macro. It has been one of those corals my mom absolutely adores but I avoid...

Oh no... Please, pictures of the Leviathan. L