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My first inclination is that the damsels may be bothering the fish when you are not around. How are the water levels? Butterflies want absolutely pristine conditions.

Beautiful tank. All of the colors look so healthy and vibrant.

Great pictures! They all look very nice!

I love Coralife's metal halide fixture, which has either a single or double halide for a 48" tank. It also has actinics and moonlights and puts out a ton of light. Current also makes a good fixture that has built halides with T-5 actinics. Both are excellent lights but you are looking at about...

It's interesting, Saltwaterfish.com is actually in the top 27% of message boards ranked on the internet according to http://rankings.big-boards.com!

I have actually heard of this. A good friend of mine actually traded his hippo into his LFS because it was wiping out his clean-up crew. Another friend of mine got rid of his sailfin and foxface because he saw both of them rip at his corals multiple times. Strange things do happen...

Ah, sorry about that. I did not see that someone else said they were $750.

Originally Posted by renogaw i think i lost half a colony of zoas to aptaisa x, and still have the aptasia... it may be reef safe, but i can't believe that something else ingesting it wouldn't have an issue. I have had the same problems with Apstasia X and Joe's Juice. Gotta be really careful...

They are extremely cool fish, but they murdered you on the price. There is no way that they should have cost you this much. They are $300 in my area...

Other than AC or a chiller, a fan positioned to be blowing on the tank during the daytime is your best bet.

Yep, some sort of pod. A good critter to find.

Originally Posted by Shrimpy Brains Not sure if this helps, but I always start mine on/in the sand bed on bottom of tank. Then move them to a more perm. spot a few days later. This is exactly what I do as well. Makes everything a lot easier and helps with the coral's acclimation as well.

As stated, stay on top of the issue and get rid of things that are causing the red slime to grow in your aquarium. The more water changes you do, and the more you remove it, the faster you will get rid of it.

Plumbing store will definitely have them. I can't believe your LFS does not carry them.

Originally Posted by bigarn I don't get it ... what do trolls have to do with this thread? God bless all our brothers and sisters who gave their lives for us! Someone came on and posted negative things in order to try and cause a stir.

If you don't feed the trolls, they go somewhere else for food. With that said, I am with you Joe. Not enough praise and thanks is given to them.

Standard water changes will only help if the OP is using a "reef salt"; one that already has buffered calcium and alkalinity (like Tropic Marin, Oceanic, Reef Crystals, etc.) Both of those levels need to come up quite a bit to begin coralline algae growth.

Originally Posted by Veni Vidi Vici Do away with the rules and regs.Kids dont buy stuff parents and adults do.I couldnt disagree more when i hear about this being a family friendly board,at least with the posts that are allowed on this forum. Also just because this is a business you are aware...

Very nice red mushrooms. Red and blue mushrooms are the most expensive, so the price seems about right to me.

That sounds like a water quality issue. What are your nitrates and phosphates reading at?