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Not a problem. Hope having a degree in it was enough to help. L8tr :cool:

Congratulations to both of you. I wish you two the best in your new life together. :)

In the wild most butterflies are notorious for nipping at coral in their natural diet. I checked in my book "Marine Fishes" by Scott W. Micheal and it says the dot-dash butterfly is not reef safe. However, in some cases in captivity you can get lucky and get the fish to aquire a new diet...

Well, I do have a Biology Degree w/ a Marine Emphasis but I am not using it right now. I'll answer what I can. My Previous Job was a Wildlife Technician so I'll use that one since my job now has nothing to do w/ my degree. I am going to try to answer what questions I can w/ Marine Science. I...

thx hub, By what you said I'm definately at the lower end toward the minimal circulation. I'm going to try what you said and order another power head. Water quality is good except Phosphates where a little high and alklinity was a little low. I bought a Phosphate reduction filter pad so...

FshHub, About the Red Slime Algae, Right now I'm using an Amiracle Wet/Dry 550 gallons/hour Aqua C protein skimmer 1 rotational powerhead and 1 penguine 170g/h power head The tank is a 92 gallon corner and seems to have plenty of circulation, but I can always be wrong ;) thx for any info

thx log, that would make me think its phosphates. They were a little high last week and i just bought phosphate reducing filter pads. Hopefully that algae will start to decrease. I did use RO to fill the tank.

Same as logan and Krunk. How can you get rid of a small patch of the red slime algae? Is it caused by excessive nitrates? Lighting I've put on timers now so it can't be that.

If you had 3 damsels in a 10 gallon tank it could have been a terratorial issue. Damsels are very terratorial and can kill each other. I've seen it happen.

actually I think I read a post on here a while back that you can buy or make a fish trap. That would probably be easier than having to move your live rock. I figured that you moved some water or something by the way you phrased that "cycle". Only time will tell if you have another spike...

I agree with Logan on the Damsels. If you want them out; it's a challenge. I still have two from my cycling and have decided they are in there forever. The cycle can take from two weeks to a month; it all depends on the tank. You'll see your NH3 go way up and then it will drop and your...

Hey Bonkuba, Welcome to the board. Be patient, read all you can and you'll find this hobby has ultra-rewards. As far as books go I recommend Marine Fishes and Reef Fishes by Scott W. Michael. They will give you quite a bit of information about most captive and aquarium species. i.e...

Hey Kev, Shoot me an email. I may have an extra can. There also is a Musicians friend clearance center here too and I'll check out what they have next time I'm down there. benwalla@hotmail.com

Hey Kev, I don't blame you for staying away from that thread, if you go through that again, you may need surgery. What kind of lighting you looking for? I'm always finding things for sale. Those -- planes at the top of this thread look really cool. I've built a -- Hydroplane a few years...

Good point about the cost/benefit. I thought it would be quite unique when the lights are out, but it also says they do better with other nocternal fish. I'm going to need to research what other fish are nocternal. My other fish on my want list is a Chevron Tang I think. This hobby has...

Here's one of some of the lighting I have:

I've got too many but music seems to be the main one. Writing, performing, djing and lighting.

I used to be the sameway, but then I realized livestock has to be shipped to the LFS somehow. When you buy at a LFS the livestock has to be aclimated to yet another tank w/ different conditions before it hits yours. That's my 2 cents on it anyhow :cool:

My 92 gallon is almost done cycling and I'm planning way ahead in the future. I saw this cool fish on a website and was wondering if anyone has heard of it. The flashlight fish. It is bioluminescent so it glows and is mainly nocternal. Here are the stats. It's rather expensive, but I think...

Hey Huck, If you arn't planning to have coral or anything photosynthetic such as anemonies you won't need the same high output lighting. You can use a standard lighting system. A sump is basically a device under the tank that your water drains into from your tank (most likely through an...