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I could possibly find live plants, but most of my pond is over 3ft deep in the ground to keep the water cool (78°) for the shrimp (not bad for our 100° days here in Texas), and extra long live plants are hard to find. Someone suggested that I silicon rocks to my plants instead. That might be the...

Great idea. I appreciate it. Steve

Hi Beth, I have a 300 gal saltwater pond in my backyard, with a clear roof to keep out rainwater. Actually it is high brackish - 1.014. I keep clams, oysters, mollies & shrimp in it. This is the fresh food source of some very spoiled fish in my house. The circulation in the pond is pretty strong...

Has anyone done any research into this? I can't seem to find anything on the net negative about lead weights in saltwater. I did find a comment about acidic water & lead, but even that was only an assumption. Steve

Nobody addressed Dave's question about lead weights. I really want to know also. Steve

Hi Kojack, My pearlscale butterfly is out for what appears to be 24 hrs a day. He has never been aggressive, but I wonder if he could be picking on these fish when the are lying down at night. These 3 fish are letting someone strip scales & skin from around their eyes & mouth, not to mention...

Ha, ha. Everyone's a comedian. steve

The blenny & wrasse are 3 mo residents, the tank has been set up for years. Sorry. Steve

My blenny and a dragon wrasse are the latest additions to my tank (3 mo). My blenny now eats anything I put in the tank, and maybe even the fins and scales of some of my fish. The victims are a yellow tang, coral beauty, and a foxface. the coral beauty and tang have lost scales and skin around...

Thanks Beth. Everything I have read about these fish says they are hardy. I think I'll research a little more before I try another coral beauty. I am glad that they are fairly inexpensive. slt

Thank you both for the advise. My fish died shortly after my post. Even the crab wasn't interested in finishing the coral beauty off. I don't know what the disease was but it doesn't seem to affect the other fish. Again, thanks. slt

he continues to eat well, but he has the identical wound like spot on both sides of his abdomen. the spots are about the size of a pencil eraser and the scales in this area are lifted up and there is a white fungus like film over these spots. Also, behind these spots the flesh appears to be...