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unfortunately, flames have a relatively short lifespan.. but they def like to move around until they found a spot in the rock work where they will no tbe bothered by the other inhabitants.

thought about something similiar to that for my tank.. just make sure the shelf can support close to 100 lbs.. believe it's roughly 8 lbs per gallon of water..

flipping? like from one side to the other? mine just shakes around other fish or sometimes around the other clown or near the glass around the other clown...

i usually drop pieces of dried shrimp before the lights go out at night in hopes my sand sifter gets some.. mine never goes on teh glass.. or at least not that i've seen.. everytime it does, it falls off..

mine is kinda shy too... usually hides when i get clsoe to the tank.. but its gotten better and will perch on rock when i'm around.but still close to holes so it can duck into when needed.. been dropping in pleco algae tabs that it seems to like and been coming out more..

not sure if it's the same thing, but mine may do that too.. but i believe it may be catching food and putting it in it's mouth.. also it may do that if a fish swims by...

wow, i need some of that around here.

looks fine.. nice corals.. only thing i saw is the zo's.. not a big deal but just watch as they grow/spread and get close to each other.. if they start stinging each other, you'll be able to tell as the polyps always retracts or turn a lil whitish.. but def nothing to worry about at the moment...

i use kent's right now but will be switching to that afterwards, herard some good reasons to switch

no doubt about that.. flames are just semi-aggressive in nature.. and probably taking advantage of it's size over the other tank mates.. i added mine last to my tank so that at least the other fish are better acclimated to the environment. not sure if it could nip it to death, but you never...

i have one.. had it for a little over half year now.. it hasn't eaten any fish.. but also because the other fish are bigger or faster.. it's true that it hides most of the time, during the day at least.. you may want to get some moonlights if you want to see it at night. mine's is about 2.5-3...

are you selling your 90 gallon tank?

pretty small tang.. i'd move it to a separate tank if possible. but that's just my opinion.. the flames can be quite aggressive in terms of nipping stuff as i've experienced..

i agree with pocillopora... i would also suggest a frag of a captive raised seriatopora hystrix (bird's nest)... i just started with sps also and my first sps is the bird's nest.. so far so good.. all goes well and i'm going to get the pocillopora.. but will probably stop there as i don't have...

i've also thought about the RBTA for my tank but decided not to when someone on a different forum said that he had one for a year without any problems.. but one day, the RBTA did sting most of his other corals and killed them. i think most if not all anemones can sting... should caution should...

Originally posted by lion_crazz Many stores put a date on the tank of when they got the rock. This date will help you determine how long you have to cure it yourself, really? that's pretty cool..

... so my point is..:D if you tank temp fluctuates a lot during the day, say like 74 to 78 (with lights on), def use a heater to make the temp more stable thruoghout the day

that is strange.. some stars can be tricky. don't know too much about the marbled. but a good number of stars are intolerable of high nitrates, drastic changes in ph, temp, etc.... sensitive fellas

good detail.. and one other comment regarding the astrea turbo snails.. if they fall on their backs, they can have a hard time righting themselves.. in which case, a hermit may make an easy meal out of it... they don't usually fall off rocks or glass but may do so if touched by a fish or...

ahhh... :) yeah, i have a plastic "shield" cover on my lights.. didn't think of that.. so my bulbs are protected from direct salt creep...