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Y on earth did you move it to the refugium? Corals need to have a day and night period to be healthy in my opinion.... I dunno did you move it around alot before? Elegance are finiky corals and i've heard never do well. Im sure others have opinions and experience. My guess is you are moving...

He's about 6 inches from the light. And i wish i could show you before and after pics of what he looks like. Basically he was about as white as you can get and "skinless". He now opens up roughly 10x5.... if not bigger daily. I'm worried now about him getting to big for the 12.... Regular...

You can keep a brain under 30 watts of flourescents :)

and finally my brother gives me some luv.... If you guys want i have even more embarassing pics....

Me an my mom as i take a pic in front of my birthday cake :) back in july....

Alrighty ill embarass myself. First is a pic of me that i took for my mom.

They could be mating. They usually do that. It's kind of like flirting and it could just be a dominance thing. Its something nice to watch..... Keep trying. Mine spit out his food sometimes in the beginning but as long as they take in something.... They will be voracious eventually. Could...

Nicely said coming from the "shark man" himself :)

swaqaruim you got lucky. I've heard plenty of yellow terror stories of them in small for tang tanks..... Especially when they get bigger and established. :) But fish are like people and they all have different tempraments and personalities....

Yeah SPSFreak knows his stuff. Nobody listens to me :( hehehe :) j/k..... Since you have corals you need to start the halides on a short on cycle and work your way up over a couple weeks till you want them on as long as possible. When adding corals to your tank you need to remember the light...

Beyond what you are doing thats about all you can do. I think they lied a bit by saying they couldn't take him back. Any reputable store would acclimate a fish like that over time. I know I always did taking fish in when i worked at a lfs......

To add on also when you implement those changes do stir up the cyano as much as possible and get it out with nets and by cleaning your filter pads a couple times a day after stiring things up.

Wow..... You got me there. In this case a skimmer may help. You do have a fairly large tank. Do you have any corals in it? Skimmers do pull out organics that are in the water and will help draw out nutrients that the cyano may feed on. Thats my guess. Your water flow is kind of low...

How long has it been there. The reason i ask is because i see my fish with similar spots on their body every now and again and it always turns out to be some sort of sand or waste or something that got caught on them temporarily..... If not then its some sort of parasite/bacteria that has...

Definitly not with corals. All butterflies eat corals of some form or desireable invertebrets. If you do get the Racoon and he won't eat the book i have says to buy a small one and put it in your tank. They "can't resist nibbling" it.

Acclimate the same way as a fish just slower. They are more sensitive to salinity changes.

I stand corrected they turn the blue as they age :) Ill agree from what i've seen of them they are not as hardy as the Pacific yellows. Possibly a colder water species?

Probably not. What causes cyano blooms like you have can be grouped into 3 problems well 4..... 1)Water quality. Are you using ro water or tap? 2)Lights. How old are your bulbs, how long are they one? 3)Feeding. If you over feed you just provide nutrients for the blooms. Overfeeding is...

In a 75 yes. A yellow tang will very likely exhibit some aggressive behavior to fish added after him. I've seen and heard it plenty of times before. I'd say your odds are 50/50 not to mention wasting your money if you are wrong. Stick to one tang in there if possible as well. The yellow is...

Depth really only matters with the aquascaping of the tank. Fish need swimming room from side to side. So i would go with a 125 if you can. But a 120 may be a little cheaper. Where you need 3 halides for each section of a 125 you may be able to get away with 2 halides over a 120. If you...