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Phyto farm? You mean a tank that cultures exclusively phyto plankton? Like a refugium for micro algae? Hmmm. Sounds like a challenge. If i understand it you need to have cold water? Among other things. Try farming brine. Much easier....

I don't think so. I've seen people keep 5 shrimp in certain "small" tanks. In the least get another peppermint shrimp. They are much more communal than the cleaners.

Well like i said. I doubt it will happen any time soon. Im sure you know of the states budget crunch. Unless someone privatly funds it. Which may be possible....

They were talking about doing a show aquarium in downtown raleigh. Where do you live? I live next to the post office and starbucks on hillsborough street. Where they will get the millions i have no idea. I've just been hearing about it on talk radio all day.

No. It's strictly fish. You just can't treat that tank with anything because it will most likely kill anything invert/coral in your tank..... If there were external parasites then the cleaner shrimp will clean the fish off to some extent. Most likely it was something internal going around there.

I would take it off of the tank. I should talk though. I have a 200 watt tower next to my 20. I haven't noticed any adverse effects from it and the tank has been there for well over a year running either fresh or salt. If he wants a speaker next to his tanks then the least he can do is make...

Try Mexican Turbos as well. They will eat themselves to death by leaving nothing... They do eat hair algae. I put one in my tank and now have no hair algae left. Give them some time. Y on earth are you nitrates so high? Are you using tap or RO? If tap then try switching to RO. Just make...

Its fine to use tap to cycle. You have to cycle the tank anyways. If you get algae problems then the key to getting it under control is yes the cleanup crew and ro water. Also control the lights, no more than 10 hours a day, and make sure not to over do the feeding. If you go beaslbobs...

All your water params seem fine. It could be that a parasite is in your tank. Do you notice anything wrong with the outer bodies of the fish when they die? Any kind of spots or anything abnormal looking. Parasites can stay alive in a tank for 3 or 4 weeks without a fish host and as soon as...

Ha thats funny :) They could be mating but that doesn't sound like mating to me. It could just be harmelss chasing. If you see torn fins and missing scales then they are truly fighting....

Looks like a macro algae. Which kind i dunno. Somebody does.

Probably waring over something. Hermits do that when they meet up or fight over food sometimes...

I don't know where you guys get porites for the first pic but i think we need a better picture, as well as some contrast for size..... Im of the mind that its a very young favia colony but favia "mouths" are bigger and i've never seen a small colony before. There are alot of stony corals out...

No it won't interfere with the cycle unless there are noticeable amounts of ammonia and nitrites in the tap. What you will run into is an algae war in the first couple months of your tank due to phosphates and other impurities in the water. I can almost garauntee that.... It will take off...

Those sound fine except for the purple lobster and horeshoe crab. Don't bother with a horseshoe crab, and the purple lobster loves to hide all the time. How much wattage do you have on your tank? Anemones need very intense light. If you couldn't keep 2 before you won't be able to keep one...

Just thought i'd let everyone know there are initial plans for a new aquarium here in Raleigh. No idea how on earth we can afford it since our states budget is in the red. I see more taxes on the horizon. Either way i guess it would be nice.... It would certainly bring noteriety to the...

Thats odd kip. The RO water i get here is around 5ish.... How in earth is yours neutral?

Mouth after the kid in goonies...

Certain more rowdy triggers will tend to pull the poison spines off of the lionfish until the lion has no more left. Leaving him defenseless and open to attack by anyone, like the trigger....

Hmmm. Interesting. Sounds like you do have some serious water chemistry problems. First the anemones. How much lighting do you have? If anemones don't have enough wattage of light then they will die. They are very light intensive and require all but metal halides in most tanks to live. If...