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Oh...I really thought anything above 100g was standard 6". That being said, making an island solves that problem, since it's an unending loop to swim. I had a nice Hippo in my 4" 90g, and he was happy as could be...I lost him when we had the power off for 4 days, I don't think I ever cried so...

Amen to that...I forgot about how hard it is to post pictures on this site now...I stopped trying months ago and forgot all about it. To get a picture to post I have to go to PAINT, and resize it until it will post. LOL... I wish the folks in charge would get it through to their heads...If it...

I had one that ate very well, anything I fed in the tank. Food had fallen onto the sand so he learned frozen Mysis was food (a happy mistake)... but I also had one that only ate from the sand...it died of starvation. I love sand sifters, they are all personality.

LOL...I guess that's makes sense. If I made my living as an artist, I would feel the same way. Keep in mind, the rest of us mere mortals are awed by the talent of folks like yourself, and we really love to see the projects unfold.

Hi, You have a pretty good budget to work with. Since you want fish and no corals, T5HO lighting is not expensive, and will really make the colors of the fish pop. If you want corals later, you can get the expensive lighting then, and be able to keep whatever you want. As for the tangs, you...

Hi, Anthtias are a hard critter to keep, I really don't know why, but they just don't seem to last. I had 5, and after a few months, only one was left, and he lasted about 1 year. They are extremely sensitive to any change at all. What killed the Foxface? They are a pretty hardy fish....

Hi, The smaller the tank, the harder it is to keep. If you have the space and money, maybe try getting a larger tank. 20g or smaller, are much harder than 30g to 55g, size really makes a difference.

You work so hard, but if you don't take "as you go" pictures, you will regret it later. The finished work completed shows how awesome your work looks when finished, but says nothing about the hard work and transformation as you did it. As an artist, I have done many projects...seeing the...

Happy news, and you didn't have to be the bad guy! Now, where are those pictures?

Hi, I don't have an answer to your question...I just wanted to say welcome to the site.

I totally understand about the "bum" part. My comment was simply that he was not showing up uninvited at your door step...your wife knows he is coming, and so do you. You can say no, you can always say no. You complained the guy didn't give you a "thank you". If he thanked his sister, he did say...

Hi, Concerning the brother in law... if he said thanks to his sister, he said a proper thank you. If he was coming without an invite, you wouldn't know he was on his way. Be nice, none of us have perfect family, but the family we have is the only one we have. Keeping the peace when it comes to...

I have done that, it's a sweet deal as long as he keeps YOUR fish separate from all of his...otherwise you still have to quarantine.

Hi, T5HO lighting looks much better than the regular FW lights. SW fish have dazzling colors, and you want to use lighting that really makes them pop. Live rock gets coralline algae (pretty colors growing on the rock). It looks better under T5s too. Neither NEEDS the extra light, but it just...

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yep...ONLY ONE PER TANK.

Hi, The ONLY thing freshwater tanks and SW have in common...is that they both are fish tanks that hold water. SW is a whole new world. You CAN cycle a tank with fish, but you shouldn't, first because it's painful for the fish, and second because what you add to your tank dictates what you can...

Hello, welcome to the site... Exactly how did you cycle the tank? Just letting the tank run for 4 weeks won't do a thing, you have to introduce ammonia to get things rolling along. Ghost feed the invisible fish for a few weeks, or add a chunk of raw shrimp...never a live fish. Time means...

I think dwarf and pigmy are the same...30g and lots of rock work, they like to swim in and out of it, and they are perfectly happy. They don't require a tank the size of a 55g, but bigger is always better. However, 20g is too small. Remember the 30g is the minimum size tank they can be happy...

LOL...I thought it was some kind of SW critter, until I looked it up. When I was about 8 years old, grandmother got one (I didn't know what the name of it was, but I remember the monkey...same as the one you want), another one came to the window, and then she had two. They were awesome little...