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Thanks for the replies!!! Yearofthenick that's a great thread..and very detailed which is good. I'll use that thread to prepare the rock and fish for the move.

I'm moving to a new location about 2 1/2 hours from where I live now. I was thinking about moving the 2 fish I have in a 5 gallon bucket I use for water. So if I put them in a 5 gln bucket with a couple live rock do you guys think they will be okay for at least 4 hours? One trigger I wont be...

Man if I only had a better camera! I used my iphone! Those are nice pics though! The Picasso is an awesome fish! I would highly recommend not letting him bite you! Mine got me when I was cleaning and my finger stung for hours! One hell of a bite from a little guy! Originally Posted by Kraylen...

Were U fishing in your own tank? Here's a nice shot of a Picasso!

But where did they come from? I had the rock for a couple months before I noticed hundreds of them running around. I just figured my 2 crabs that I had in the tank had mated. And then the female ate the male kinda deal. Cause after the one crab ate the other not to long after that is when...

Yeah this lil porcupine is just a little baby really. I figure it will only take time till he figures out that he can eat it. It is kind of funny to watch him rest on top of the shell though. The crab is very aggressive towards him of course. I figure 1 day I'll come in and find him chowin...

So now I know what those things are. There is a ton of life on this rock. I have never seen so much on one rock. I've got another pic that's pretty cool. My puffer seems to be best friends with my crab. So far he has not even tried to eat him but he will lay on top of the crabs shell. Pretty...

I've got some LR with all kinds of creatures crawling on it. These caterpillar looking things along with hundreds of baby crabs. The baby crabs I am assuming came from 1 of the 2 I have in the tank. Except one crab ate the other now I'm down to 1 crab. But I have NO idea what these caterpillar...

Originally Posted by RCreations Make sure the LR is cured before you put it in the tank. yeah, all the LR I buy is cured. I did find a website that sold LR for $2 a lb. But wether I trust them to send quality rock I dunno. It's $7 a lb here and $2 lb sounds pretty dam good.

Originally Posted by KingSmith You can start by testing your source water, or maybe while doing the change you stirred the sand up too much and caused a minicycle, though I think you can certainly use more live rock Source water test is okay! Made some last night and let it sit overnight to...

Originally Posted by RCreations You need more live rock but it does sound like you stirred up the sand and started a mini cycle. With more live rock, this wouldn't have happened. In other words, you need more surface for the denitrifying bacteria. A mini cycle is quite possible. More LR is...

Originally Posted by srfisher17 If you're careful, you can change all the water you want without disturbing your bacteria cultures. A lot of folks think the bacteria is in the water, except for a tiny amount, it ain't! Aerobic bacteria, to convert ammonia/nitrite to nitrate is very easy to...

Originally Posted by Desertdawg Well I dug my two clams up again yesterday, and within the hour they were under the sand again, at least it's not hard to find them, they never move... Shouldn't they stay above ground longer? I don't know! Mine bury themselves pretty quick also. SovietTaco's...

Levels in 6+ mo. old tank. Ammonia .25ppm, Nitrate .25, PH down to 7.8, Nitrite .25. 80 gallon tank, 3 fish w/about 30+lbs of LR. Tank cycled months and months ago. All levels before water change were fine except Nitrate level which was about ..20 & .40. All this has happened after doing...

Originally Posted by srfisher17 Puffers need to chew, to keep their teeth from overgrowing. Get a piece of cuttlebone,( the kind for birds, no vitamins) and wedge it in the tank somewhere. Most puffers and lots of triggers will love it and its a natural marine product. I'll have to go to the...

It seems much brighter in the tank actually. Took the lights out and all it says on it is; Eclipse Natural Daylight, Contains Mercury, Made in Germany. No wattage information on the light at all. It may just be possible it's creating a mirror effect because my trigger has now started biting...

Does any one know if lighting could disorient a fish? I inherited this light and I am not sure what kind it is. Could lighting cause problems with fish attacking my glass the way they have been? Im thinking about replacing it tomorrow, Does any one have any suggestions? Tank 80G w/Porcupine...

Originally Posted by sean48183 At least he's eating that's a good sign but something has him stressed out. FOr a puffer to not eat something is wrong. I didn't see this mentioned but you may have covered it. What's your ph? My Ph is in between 8.2 & 8.4 so not to bad, Nitrates is .10ppm...

Originally Posted by Jayson417 What is his diet like? I change it up between Krill"Dried" Mysis and Brine. and a snack of Squid and Mussel Bites. Does he have any skin discoloration or spots? How's his breathing? Well, so far I've been able to get him to eat the fresh alaskan snow crab and a...

Originally Posted by TonySi You can feed him frozen corn kernals as well.Puffers also will eat mussels.Don't forget to feed your puffer shrimp with the shell on to keep his beak down.My puffers eat squid, clams,corn, peas,prawn, shrimp,mussels,oysters. Frozen corn kernals huh! They will pretty...