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>>ok so im at this website about saltwater cycling and its telling me i can cycle with a damselfish which is related to the clownfish. damsels are typically recommended for two reasons...relative hardyness and relative cheapness. a clown is related, and has a better chance of making it thru than...

potentially. you'd want to make sure the rock stayed submerged and within a sane temp range thruout the move from one place to another (assuming we aren't talking moving from one room to another here, or else a bucket would be fine), or else the die-off/psuedo-curing would only compound the...

>>ok, so my clown can make it right?? could. not something i'd do, tho. >>whats the difference between normal rock and live rock? live rock is from an ocean environment, or from an established reef (be it natural or artificial) that has all sorts of little microbial/visible goodies on it to help...

>What is this "cycle"?? quick and dirty answer...ammonia levels will increase because there isn't enough bacteria to process the ammonia....until there is enough ammonia to sustain the bacteria in sufficient quantity. thus the spike that will definetly, absolutely, no question 'bout it kill...

not a spider, but a decorator w/ his own ideas on feng shui all the same crappy picture, but...he's under there somewhere.

> p.s. is a 150 gallon to big for a newbie like me? in matters of costs to fill the sucker w/ goodies...potentially. that said, generally the larger the tank, you are less susceptible to killing your livestock w/ mistakes.

i too, am rather new to this stuff, so i'm probably the last person that should be giving advice... but....a friend let me borrow his seaclone 150 while i went shopping for a skimmer... it was essentially worthless. in a curing tank, i got nearly no gunk in the collection cup. occasionally...

thanks, Tizzo if anyone wants to use any of those shots (either for the hitchhiker ID thread, or anything else) go right ahead

very cool....thanks for all the info

recently picked up some uncured live rock, and...of late staring at the rock and repeating 'what the heck is that?' has been a hobby all on its own. most of the things i've seen so far i've been able to identify, but i've also got a pile of questions...and this seemed like the place to ask 'em...