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Originally posted by Pontius if you get a tang, you'll want to get a grounding probe Pontius - I'm curious why you posted this. I know what a grounding probe is, by why use one specifically with tangs?

Anyone who has egg crate instead of an open top tank, what is the best way to cut it? I looked at a sheet at Home Depot, but it looks like that thin plastic would snap pretty easily.

Yeah, that could put you into a different situation than me.

The only fish I've ever lost (hope I'm not jinxing myself) was due to a powerhead with an unscreened intake. I thought if I had the powerhead mounted sort of diagonally, so that the intake was up against the back glass, I'd be ok. The next morning I couldnt' find one of my 2 clowns until I...

Originally posted by JacknJill first off, you can never put a tang in a 55 Never say never. What if on a rare occasion you purchase a small tang (realizing it will get larger) so that your wife will fall in love with the fish. Once the tang grows a bit, you explain to your wife that the...

Originally posted by ophiura THINGS WRITTEN ENTIRELY IN UPPER CASE: ditto Posts without any punctuation - a pet peeve. i especially hate posts that have no capital letters anywhere in them and they dont have punctuation either and it seems like they keep going on and one like a run on...

I had a Hawaiian spotted puffer for a while that LOVED krill. He showed no interest in cockle (which I feed my cc star). I'm in north Phoenix too! You know where Tramonto is? Shoot me an email and we can discuss the LFS in the area, etc. -Mike (mbrands@cox.net)

I noticed you are from AZ . . . the Phoenix area? Did you buy your porky locally? If so, where? I haven't kept one, but I'd suggest a meaty diet. He might not eat for a day or two as he adjusts to his new home. In the future, I'd suggest researching before buying to make sure that the new...

Originally posted by hopkins6 The filter box is for when you go out of town and you can't empty the skimmer, if it overflow it will overflow into the box and not your carpet or floor Wrong! The box arkey has goes INSIDE the tank. The box has 2 seperate compartments. One houses the powerhead...

I could be wrong, so hopefully someone with a QT will respond, but I don't think you want the bio wheel on a QT. I think it would absorb any medication you are adding. As for the protein skimmer . . . since you shouldn't have fish in there very often and will be running just salt water most of...

I wouldn't use any LR or LS if you are using it as a QT. I think most people go bare bottom and add some pvc pipes for fish to hide in.

SonofKrono - Have you considered that a thread title such as "newbie question" is kind of vague. The thread has to be viewed to even know what it is about. Would you rather have everyone answer with, "Hey, great thread, but I have no idea how to help you"?

Originally posted by jackywu after the 3rd week i put in some starter fish for more day then i bought the naso tang You can't add fish this quickly to a saltwater tank, especially one that is so new. Even if your tank did cycle, this is too much bio load for a new tank. Fish should be added...

Glad to hear your family is doing well despite the terrible event. I can't imagine going though something like that. Since the fire inspector claims it was the power strip, can you post the brand of strip you had? I doubt it would be considered slander anymore.

This is as close as my camera will let me get and still have it in focus.

another shot

I just noticed this white "thing" in my torch coral. I had noticed a small white ring before, but now it looks like a feather duster. It moves in and out and sort of looks like it is collecting food from the water as it flows. Its tough to get a picture becuase (lucky me) the torch is so open...

It does seem like quite a few cleaners to me. I've got around 15 snails and 10 hermits in my 55. I'll probably add a few more later, but the current crew seems to be doing ok for now. I have a sally lightfoot and have never seen her be aggressive towards other tankmates. I'd say she is a bit...