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I must be part firefish. Just saying... lol!!!!!

I've gone through 5 firefish... three initial firefish, suddenly down to 1. Bought 2 more, suddenly down to 1. Looks like 1 is the magic number for firefish in my tank. Firefish, like most all dartfish, are jumpers... and they manage to find the tiniest openings to get through. On the brighter...

I suppose different people have different experiences. Here's mine: I bought a 36"-48" Marineland "Reef Capable" LED lamp with timer to go on my 40B tank (36" wide). I kept it on the tank for a few months, and I never got the first bit of coralline algae to grow on my reef saver rocks. The live...

You'll be better of to get a pair of magnetically attached power heads that use a wavemaker to alternate the flow in the tank. I have a pair of Jebao RW-8 power heads in my 40 gallon breeder, and they work great. You can adjust the flow rate so they will work in many different sized tanks. If...

10K and Actinic doesn't provide enough of the proper light spectrum for an anemone. You need "full-spectrum" lighting to grow a healthy nem. I'd try the lights for a couple of months to see if they'll even grow coralline algae on the rocks before sinking any money in any corals. If it doesn't...

Good to hear. Since I dialed in my dosing pump, it's been spot-on, and my power heads still work great, too! Jebao for the win... lol!!!

Cool! Like a cross between a plate coral and a monti cap... lol!!!

The tank looks bluer in the first picture, but it may be due to the back lighting from the window in the second picture. If the T5 lighting is too blue for your taste, try one actinic and one daylight bulb. Daylight bulbs tend to give off a yellowish color, but the actinic will balance the...

Wow... it's really small compared to the margarita snail shell. May have to give it time to adjust to your tank and perhaps grow a little more to make a positive ID. Sorry... I know you want to get it placed where it will do it's best, but I can't tell what it is.

Thanks for the tip, because I didn't know that. Never had Banggai, so I never got to witness it. I had a pair of PJ's that never got anywhere close to my nem...

In reference to the acros in post 278, #2 and #4 look like Aculeus acros. The acro in post 279 has growth patterns that look similar to a Horrida, but if it's green, it may be a Green Slimer... but those are just wild guesses. It may be easier to make a more accurate id after they've been in the...

It appears to me that the tang is imitating the clown's actions. I don't think a tang would suddenly want to bond with an anemone on it's own. AFIK, clownfish and domino damsels are the only fish that will host with a nem...

Well... at least I turn my porn down when I'm doing a live podcast. :cool: LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow... $300 is a sweet deal for a 92 gallon tank with stand, sand, rocks, skimmer, and lights. Why can't I find deals like that? Oh yeah... I live in the sticks. If you have a truck, or access to one, you can do what I did and rent a U-Haul enclosed trailer for a day. Of course, if you have a...

Favorite line of the night? "Google the damned thing". I cracked up when you said that! Great job, Jay. Now tell all your wacko buddies to stop with the prank calls... :p

Make sure they will eat before making your purchase. Ask the clerk to drop a little food in the tank to see if they'll go after it. Not much more sad than to watch one wither away because it won't eat prepared food(s)...

You'll want to skip on the puffer, unless you want to see your inverts turn into a buffet. If you're planning on having a red stripe angel, you may want to pass on the birdnest coral as well. Most angels won't pass up a meal of SPS polyps. The coral beauty is the least likely of the dwarf angels...

And so it begins... lol!!!

I'd set the tank up and throw in a few peppermint shrimp. Don't feed them anything, and they will learn to eat the aiptasia. This worked great when I had an outbreak in my refugium and tank. I started with them in my refugium, where they had no other food source. After they cleaned up the...

I think those bulbs are standard issue with T5 HO lamps. I bought my lamps on ebay, and had the replacement ATI bulbs on hand before the fixtures arrived. Those cheap (Chinese) stock bulbs may not even be within the spectrum advertised. I never had much luck with 10K and actinic combos, and I've...