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Actually, CC rises to the top. The smaller (and heavier) sand particles will fall between the CC particles filling gaps, eventually pushing the CC up. This is whats happening in my tank. I have CC/LS mix. The CC always finds its way up top.

Why would you encourage the sandstorm, bang? Just wanna know since I'm replacing my CC/LS 'strate this weekend.

That is one amazing looking fish.

Check here. https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/127659/id-6-point-star Could be an Asterina Starfish.

My xenia attached in a couple days. A week should be plenty.

I thought of doing that for mine but I dont have enough area around the coral to put the "feeding hat" on it. Also, what I feed it is kinda messy so I would just rather take it out. Keeps my water cleaner this way. Still a good idea, though.

I try to feed mine every other day. If you stick to a schedule on feeding times, you can "train" it to come out at around that time of day. I actually remove mine from the tank and place it in a small tupperware bowl with tank water when feeding. It doesnt bother it any. This way I can get more...

That thing looks great!

I think I agree with the light theory. Have they always looked that stretched out? Light definately loses portions of its spectrum after passing through so much water. But since its been moved around so much, I would leave it alone for a bit. Not only will it be less stressful, but if the light...

I would consider a good skimmer instead of a canister. Could help with the bioload action.

Sun corals (tubestra) dont require light. They are bright orange, too. Only drawback is their feeding demands. You can also look into sponges if you just want color.

I thought about doing this myself but I worry about flooding if there were a power outage. The thing I was thinking of doing is this... Get a small tank, position it above the display tank. Use a pump to drive water up to the small tank. Drill a hole near the middle of the tank and attach a hose...

Just break up the water surface. Aim a powerhead (or the fluval outtake) towards it and make some ripples. An airstone also works. You just basically need the stuff stirred up to get it off the surface. The surface skimmer for the skimmer is to grab the upper 1" of water (protein concentrates on...

You can do just fish, nothin wrong with that. Fish with live rock (FOWLR) is probably best. Live rock (LR) helps with the biological filtration so yeah, it reduces some maintenance action. Fish only is also definately cheaper. Dont have to worry about expensive lighting needs or other craziness...

The previous owner of my urchin said it had lost all its spines once. He didnt know why. It grew all its spines back and now, seems pretty healthy (as far as I can tell). It hasnt lost any spines since I've had it. It will recover if its just stress. Just give it some time.

If you need to resize your images (but dont want to download and/or install any new programs), go here. http://www.resize2mail.com/ Its an online image resizer. Works well. Dont use the "IMG" button on top. That is only for linking images that are already on the web. The area below the reply...

Yeah, I thought it would stress it, too. Especially the changes in temp. But as you can see, there seems to be no issues with it. If you find any good info on the plate, please post it in here... I may be interested in getting one myself. I could use the info if I do. :)

Yeah, I never realized it would get that big, either... I try to feed it every other day. Ive heard of people feeding it every day to once a week. I figure every other day is a good ritual to keep with room to slack in case I miss a day or two. When I feed it, I take it out of the tank and place...

And after a month of having it... Mind you, these pics are when its feeding. It still shrinks back to the 1st pic (or even more) when its not feeding.

A week later...