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Please help id the following: 1) 2 and 3 (Left to Right) 4) 5) Also dont know what to call these 2 chalices, 6) 7) I would appreciate some wisdom!

Iv been treating my pacific blue and Powder blue tang with cupramine for 10 days. Now i see some kind of white stuff above the Pacific blue tang's eye. The ick has been gone for 7 days. It has been hard to keep ammonia down in the tank while treating with cupramine so i have been doing 25% water...

i figured em out, 1st one is an ORA red table acro, 2nd is montipora spongodes, 3rd is a chalice i cant find common name for.

I dunno what kind of acro this is. Its green with red polyps. Just moved it into main so polyps lost some color but they were really red. What is this? Monti? What kind? Is there a name for this type of chalice? What to call it?

150w halides w/ actinic pcs sufficient to keep high light demanding sps with smaller polyps? My lighting is 5" above the water I have ORA birdsnest growing very well 16" from the light. Would a higher light demandin sps such as an acro turaki do good 12" from light? an lfs told me that the verys...

ya i got zoas and plating monti. I just got 4 frags today and found 2 of those while acclimating. I dipped the frags in iodine for 5 min then put them in another bucket with new water to make sure there is nothing on them. Then put them in my tank. I didnt think much of those nudis. Now should i...

Should i toss it or is it safe? What is it?

Im currently stocking: Leopard Wrasse, 2 Fire Fish, 1 Powder Blue Tang, 1 Pacific Blue Tang, and a Mandarin Goby. Im interested in getting a goby that will move my sand around without getting it all over my corals. What sand sifter gobie would you recommend for my reef?

I just bought a mandarin today. I planned to add one in the future but saw him at the lfs and felt so sorry for them. I skipped qt and put him straight into my fuge to fatten him up a little. How long should i keep him in the fuge? I dont want to hurt the pod population too much. Its a 30 gallon...

ill give an update in a week or two, but they seem to be fine so far. Only thing bugging me is the powder wont eat mysis

just an update, i think he might be ok, i read on a site that they like to hide in rockwork when first introduced, and not to be alarmed. When i first added him he was swimming left and right like crazy and breathing heavy. Then he started hiding. I tried feeding some mysis, and the pacific blue...

yea he is now hiding in rockwork, leaning against a rock in a very tight space. The powder is completely fine swimming around eating algae.

yea i drip acclimated for over 2 hours. I turned the halides off and left the actinics on.

I ended up skipping QT, I figure 10 is just too small and will do more harm then good. I just added them both to Main. The blue tang is going crazy swimming left to right and breathing heavy. Is that normal? How long usually before they relax? The powder is calm swimming around looking for algae.