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Thanks so much, this is incredibly helpful! I totally agree, making my own food was always the game plan. I think variety is important to help keep nutrition complete, plus the ingredients in some premade fish foods make my eyebrows go up. Corn? Soy? I'm not sure that is stuff fish ought to be...

Thank you, Chain! I definitely want an ORA dragonet in part to support aquaculturing and in part because I couldn't imagine a wild-caught having a chance in a biocube. How old are your oldest captive bred mandarins to date? I worry that although they can eat frozen food, that to maintain health...

I am thinking of starting up a 14g biocube with some soft coral and one fish: an ORA tank-raised spotted dragonet. I'd convert part of the filter system into a refugium, but even so, I'm guessing I'll need to be growing copepods in a separate tank and adding them to the biocube regularly for the...

Originally Posted by Handbanana I dont get what you mean by this.Please explain In case the ATO malfunctions or, for some reason, the sump doesn't get topped off for a day or two, your return section won't evaporate so low that your pump is damaged.

I have a Macintosh computer that runs Mac OS X 10.6.3 (Snow Leopard) and I use Firefox as my main browser. For some reasons, lately when I try to open the Saltwater.com forum in Firefox, I get an error page, instead. It says: Bad Request Your browser sent a request that this server could not...

Thanks, everyone, for the comments! The middle divider in the bubble trap is 1.5 inches above the bottom (that's why it's taller than the other two). The baffle for the refugium may be too tall. I'll find out when I leak test. The plumbing will have an return pump pipe with an offshoot pipe with...

Well, it's not pretty, but I think it'll do the job. It's a 30 gallon long. Based on one of melev's designs, the left side's for the skimmer, the right side's the refugium and the center is the return chamber. Leak testing will be tomorrow or Friday.

That stock list looks good to me!

I have actually been told that basslets like the royal gramma will bully firefish. You might need to pick one or the other of them. :/

Originally Posted by florida joe in those days, if you were not royalty and eat one the kole had the last laugh ...from the tummy of his poacher...

Originally Posted by mony97 Okay so here is my logical thought on this.. As Cran stated fish are excited to us because we provide them with food it is a pattern that is easy for them to discern and "remember". However, there memory is short lived so at some point or another they will forget the...

According to Bob Fenner and the West Hawaii Fisheries Council, it's 'coal-eh'.

I believe it's pronounced coal-ay, (rhymes with olé).

Originally Posted by Stanlalee I think they are happy everyday they get up something is not trying to EAT them and life is alot less stressful in that regard. For some reason people think fish are swimming around happy go lucky in the ocean. its a kill or be killed struggle for survival. its...

Originally Posted by Noah's Nemo Holy cow,talk about complex answers,geez people,they're fish.Do you enjoy looking into your tank?Theres your answer.......................... Actually, I think that's the answer to whether my fish make me happy.

Originally Posted by AquaKnight No. If we didn't feel sadness or anger, we would not feel 'happy' all the time, we wouldn't feel anything, really. A common state of being, robot-like. My point with that post was to illustrate the extremes. Yes I'd rather be happy then sad, but as a species on...

Originally Posted by AquaKnight What necessarily states that happiness has to be an advantage? Couldn't maybe happiness, actually hurt humans in the long run? Because when times are really good/happy, that just makes the bad times, that much worse. I guess I consider happiness to be an...

Originally Posted by Cranberry To me, that all sounds nice.... but I don't believe it to be true and is an example of anthropomorphism, IMO. They are not driven by the will to be happy but the will to survive and thrive. What advantage does happiness give them. Fear, hunger, aggression give...

This is why you really need to QT even liverock before you put it in the DT. Luckily, Homers aren't too bright. You can usually catch them by setting up a jar overnight filled with donut pieces. Flanders are tougher, but besides the occasional attempt to convert your fish to Protestantism...

Originally Posted by Cranberry That is a reaction to a stimuli, not an emotion. Even a spider will run away from me if I tap his web. Fight or flight. I don't think it requires emotions to avoid being eaten alive. They're not avoiding the emotional aspect but the stimuli of pain. Our fish are...