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No refugium that I am aware of, and no plants. The original set up was all about flash, for TV. It was packed full of fish and brightly colored rubber corals and fake plants. For the sake of maintenance, we toned it down considerably both fish-wise and decoration-wise afterwards. The irony...

It will be on Monday Nov. 17th, at 8PM and 11PM, on Discovery, Monster House. The yellow tangs to chase each other around a bit, but they also school together. The fish guy added the chromis first, and two days later added all the rest, plus several more biggies. A couple days later, I asked...

I haven't figured out how to post pics yet, but my two favorites are Pongo, my panther grouper, and Goober, my clown trigger.

My tank was started under unusual circumstances, so I'm not sure where in the process we are. The whole 250 gallon FOWLR shebang was set up in less than a week by a professional fish guy as part of a TV Home Remodeling show. It has been full of fish since day 3. We are now in week 7. But...

I dropped in about 8 thawed krill at once. These were immediately pounced on and devoured by the panther grouper, the long-nose butterfly, the clown trigger, 5 yellow tangs, and the purple tang. Our little hawkfish came down to watch from cover of rocks nearby, and at one point dashed in and...

Thank you! I have some frozen krill in the freezer. I'll try to get some over his way.

That's my boy! Sitting there, waiting to sprout legs or something. What is he?

He's about 2 inches long, red on the bottom half, with a black stripe over the top third of him. He doesn't really swim (I was told he lacks a swim bladder) but he scoots over the rocks and sits on his fins. When he sees something he'd like to eat, he leaps up and swims as hard as he can...

My tank was started with NSW from the Catalina Water Company. A huge tanker truck pulled up, a hose went in the house, and they filled it up. I can't say if this is good or bad because I'm a newby and it was the fish guy's decision. But FYI the Catalina Water Company says on its website that...

I currently have no cleanup crew at all in my 250Gal FO tank. Is there anything I can add--snails, stars, crabs, whatever--that my clown trigger won't eat? In the tank are: 1 hungry baby clown trigger (about 3.5-4") 1 panther grouper (5") 1 long-nose butterfly (or angel?) 8 damsels 2 clowns 5...

Originally posted by killafins I'm sorry it just bothers me that people still use their fish as merchandise rather than family and friends. But you don't even have to see them as family and freinds but just as living and breathing creatures. IMO, it's a horrible thing to do. Now said, i...

I bought a big bag of frozen Gamma cockles in the shell today, specifically for the eating pleasure of my fat clown trigger and my long-nose butterfly. Neither of them had much luck getting the cockles open in the two hours I left the cockles in the tank--although the trigger got very bossy...

Bang Guy, I don't thaw the food first. Should I? I am using those blister packs. For the blood worms, the fish nibble at it and pull them off as the ball thaws in the water. For the brine shrimp, the balls start to thaw and the shrimp fall off, then everyone dives in. I don't have any fish...

You can see them build it, including shoring up the floor under the house to support the thing (along with its 60 gal sump), on the Nov 17 episode of Monster House on the Discovery Channel. I have tons more to say but I think I'm supposed to wait until after it airs! We are the "Under the Sea"...

Hi! I have a new 250 Gallon fish only tank that was installed in my house as part of a TV show 6 weeks ago, and it is mine to keep now. I have a fish service visiting weekly, keeping watch over it right now because I am totally new to marine aquariums, but the feeding, in the meantime, is up...