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What type of water are you using?

I found some interesting articles on the subject of yellow tangs... I can't believe more than 200,000 yellow tangs were taken from hawaii in 1999 http://www.smithsonianmag.com/scienc.../10005926.html http://www.pacfish.org/wpapers/aquarium.html I find it suprising that a yellow tang can live...

rubber under the pump works well. Make sure it's not touching the glass at all. You may also want to place an old piece of carpet pad under the sump to dampen the noise even more. For the water, I can only suggest bending the hose to the point where it splashes as little as possible.

is it slow moving or a fast swimmer? Almost looks like a decorator crab that's been living in live rock.

Yeah that looks like a stone crab. Collecting stuff from the ocean is perfectly safe and legal. Most of the critters there are healthier than the average tank... Just by the sheer fact that's their natural habitat. So I wouldn't worry too much about disease unless it's obvious. Natural...

I see it anywhere from $.30 to $.50 a gallon.

It's a budget tank. :) Just about everything has been donated to me or I have collected, hence I can't afford a sitter. Everyone I know is going to be out of town for that time so I really don't have anyone to take care of my angel, shrimp, damsel, and puffer. My only option is an automatic...

I have a 5 inch Queen angel that my brother caught for me. Right now I am feeding it algae sheets, frozen brine and the occasional tunicate and sponge I get from the ocean. I have a problem however, I am leaving in 2 weeks for about 2 weeks and I need to switch him over to something I can put...

It's very illegal to bring them on board for the purpose of photography. Straight from the FWC "The taking of photographs after removal of hooks and posing for pictures with goliaths is not considered an immediate release of the fish."