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Thanks for advice. I'm trying to follow it, but can't catch the picasso. Little bast....

Ok, caught the niger. Went inside a dead barnacle, and I just grabbed the whole thing and pulled him out with it. The picasso is too smart, though. Need suggestions quick. Thanks.

Trying to catch my niger and picasso triggers to take back to the store. The things are too darn fast, and they're on to me. This is in a 55 gal tank with 60 lbs live rock and lots of hiding places. Been trying for an hour, and they keep hiding or darting away. Is there a trick to this? Aren't...

Using water resistant drywall around the tank?

If you take everything from an established tank and put it all in a new larger tank, including sand, rock, fish, and same water and filtration (but with more water, obviously), will there be problems with cycling or are there no issues? Thanks.

Originally Posted by edwar050 I like your idea of finding adoptive parents, that or you could take them back to the LFS for credit. IMO good average aquarist skimmers include aqua C ev, ASM, Euroreef, and precision marine. I would ditch the 55 aquascaping nightmare and look into a used 75 or...

Can anyone help with a fish list? The advice I get here is very different than from the fish stores, where I'm told that the aggression issue is defined as "they will eat what will fit in their mouths" test. Well, I know my clown did not fit in my trigger's mouth (in one piece), but I've...

running mechanical filters, charcoal, biochem stars, and nitrazorb. That's in the XP2, and could run more in the XP3.

55 gal with 60 pounds live rock, but probably too many fish for the tank (let's assume that reducing number of fish is obvious, but if I can make it work with additional filtration, I'd like to try). Have a BakPak2 skimmer, but I only run it 15 hours a day, as this is at my office and I don't...

Originally Posted by Rev Well....I witnessed a niger trigger eat the face off of a maroon clown.It was very ugly. These seem so well behaved when I'm watching. Maybe I need some surveillance video? Sounds like I have to make a choice. Nice guys or mean guys?

Originally Posted by Rev from my experience you should find it.It will decompose and make water quality unstable.However by the list of fish you have,if it did die,I am sure one of the Triggers took care of the remains.(if not doing all the damage as well) Are triggers and clowns totally...

Tag along question -- what do you all think of inline heaters?

A clown has mysteriously disappeared. Need to rip out all 60 pounds of live rock to find, what I assume, is a corpse, or will nature sort of take care of itself? 55 gal. w/ blue tang, 2 true perculas, one other oscellaris clown (partner of the ??), picasso, niger trigger, sailfin blenny...

Thanks. All the fish are small now, so I know I may need to find some adoptive parents at some point. Know of a good under tank/in cabinet skimmer (the one you mentioned is under tank?)? Would this need it's own plumbing lines, or could it run in series with the canister filter? Also, could an...

Have a 55 gallon with fish and live rock, about 60 pounds of rock, live sand, with a BakPak 2 skimmer and an XP2 canister filter. Had it up and running over a month now, and everything seems good. Started with lots of bacteria and it cycled very quickly. Have it stocked with a small picasso...

Thanks, all. I found some local, so I won't have to take the chance. Sounds like it wouldn't be worth the risk.

How long in transit does it take so that re-curing would be required? Less than 24 hours? Are you saying that you would never mail order and then directly drop into your established tank?

Is it possible to buy true "fully cured" live rock mail order? By "fully cured," I assume that means that when you get it, you can immediately drop it into a fish occupied tank, right? Anyone have experience with this -- good or bad?

Originally Posted by olsenjb Bought a 900 last night and installed it. When I left this morning, the temp was looking great. Found this thread through a search because I have the same issue. I have a 55 gallon with Maxijet 400 and 600, plus running a 1200 on my BakPak 12 hours a day, plus an...

Oh, that makes sense. In other words, essentially just add a little solution at a time and keep testing? Thanks. ps: I really appreciate all the advice here.