JamesL

I don't see the tank in the new shed

Great pictures!

Oh why, oh why did I click this link??? Nice colors, but still gives me the creeps! In the years I worked at a pet store, I could never pick up the spiders. When people bough them I either had them pick them up or corralled them into a box.

Interesting idea. I understand why they went the initial route of just a bunch of pictures, as that is the most compatible with all devices. But I wonder if they are working on something more polished, like a real iPhone application... with the right features (search, additional information) it could be a really useful program.

Eeeewww

Buddy (top of the chair) is part dachshund, part terrier (we think Jack Russel). Got him from local shelter. Bella is part German Shepard, part terrier. She was found on brother-in-laws ranch near Corpus.

You can also add some PVC pipe buried in the sand, and release the fish into it. There is a good chance it will take up residence. I have a yellow head jawfish who would not settle down in the tank and burrow out a hole. And my talbot damsels were picking on him. So I put some PVC pipe in the sand, with the opening in towards the front of the tank, and push him to it. Once inside the tube, he start defending it, and the damsels have left him alone. He has now put shells and rocks in the tube to his liking, and sometimes covers the whole at night with a shell.

Heh. Those are probably the same people that think whales and such just vaporize when they die (of natural causes). I personally think these are a great idea.

Fantastic pictures. And the picture of the closed basket starfish is very unique. I have heard they are kinda hard to keep, so it is interesting seeing one in an aquarium.

I have these in my tank too (the orange ball morph), and I am torn on them being good or bad. At first, they seemed neutral, and didn't really bother much of anything as they normally stayed closed during the day. But recently, they have gotten out of hand in a zoa patch, and I think they are keeping the zoas from opening. So I am thinking about trying some target elimination with lemon juice.

Love the anthias. And the chalice's are neat also. I will have to look into getting some for my tank down the road.

I think this is the funniest part of the story.

Good start to the picture taking. Just keep playing around with the camera and you will get some amazing pictures. When I saw the picture of the hermit, I thought you snuck into my house! I have one with a shell that looks exactly like that.

I would refer to blinside and Cool Breeze for info, as they have kept rock anemones. My info was just general based. But most anemones will re-attach to a rock in a short period if there is no flow pushing them off. You might try push it up near the rock work.

Well, it is very hard to tell from the picture, but it does kinda look like a rock anemone. Anemones will detach/move when stressed, or the the flow/lighting has changed. Most rock anemones I have seen in tanks are normally near the sand bed.

I had a sapphire skimmer for my Aquapod. Had some microbubble issues in the beginning, but after running it a while, and fiddling with the water level I got it running smoothly. Joshman now has it, so maybe he can chime in with his thoughts.

Yeah, I tried Marine Snow before and did not like it. I have had better luck with Cyclopeeze (frozen or freeze dried).

You (or someone else) hasn't done a dose of Red Slime Remover in the tank recently? This turns the tank yellow. I am assuming not, since you are going to great lengths to find the cause. I am kinda of at a loss also, with the only thought being a suspended algae bloom.

Looking real nice! I love that large open brain. I will have to get one of those some day.

+1 to this. The cause is most likely excess nutrients and light. The article sounds a bit scary. If you are raising a tank parameter high enough to "melt" a living plant in the tank, I would imagine it could do significant damage to corals (which have "plants" inside them). Or at least cause significant stress to the non-hair algae in the tank. My solution when I had a hair algae attack, was: 1) Treat the cause (in my case, water quality .. switched to my own RO/DI water, and added a skimmer). 2) Added more turbo snails. They ignored the hair algae for a few weeks, then BAM!, it tasted like candy to them. Cleaned up the 24g in a matter of days.

The only thing directly on my way home is the Salt Lick. (Ok, sorry for hi-jacking your thread ... back to helping the tank setup). Is there a reason you are looking at both the sump and the in-line filters? The inline filters seem a bit overkill, you could put the heater and chemical medial in bags in the sump.

We need a RCA down south. I truly don't have much time to get out and about these days, thus delivery to the door is about the only way I can get stuff for the tank.

Hey, those are really cool! Might have to look are supplementing my current lighting with some of these.

Wow... just wow. I love the "fullness" of the tank. I bet you could just spend a whole day staring at it and always see something new.

Wow... that rock bonsai is way cool! You could be starting a new trend here Will love to see it populated with corals down the road.