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Doesn't sound like it's worth it...

2 clowns, scooter blennie, blue spot jawfish (new one), BTA, some zoanthids and polyps. I have a super filtration system, way overkill. Added a hot magnum canister to the aquapod's sponge filtration. Frequent water changes.

I'm musing about putting one in my 24. Is there anything I should know about the pros and cons? I'm just starting my research at this point and would love to hear stories from successful or unsuccessful attempts at keeping these cool critters.

I'm musing about putting one in my 24. Is there anything I should know about the pros and cons? I'm just starting my research at this point and would love to hear stories from successful or unsuccessful attempts at keeping these cool critters.

OUCH! I love those. Would love to have one, but hubby won't let me have any more tanks (for now...*evil grin*)

After losing my blue spot jawfish, today I was at work when my husband told me that somehow the top was not put on the tank, and my gorgeous diamond gobi jumped out and died. Very unlucky, and very depressing. RIP Mr. Diamond Gobi.

Despite valiant attempts, he died overnight. I'm very sad.

I have to find the time to show up at one again. It's been a long time :-)

I'm good for now, but thanks very much. Our power is back. I'm hoping it doesn't go out again, but am recharging the UPSs while waiting for the generator repair person to fix the silly thing. Meantime I ordered a battery pump that will hopefully arrive this week.

2 false perculas, 1 diamond goby, scotter blennie, blue spot jawfish. It's the jawfish that isn't eating, although he hides enough that he may be sneaking some when I'm not looking. The goby is making such a mess of burrowing that I had to get a lot more sand.

Thanks very much. I will look for one of these immediately.

Silly me, I went to Petland and they were closed. However, Superpets was open and I got brine shrimp, gut loaded them and put them in the tank. I think I may be doing many water changes tomorrow.

I haven't been to petland yet, I really ought to go. My plan was to gut load the brine and mix it with a bit of frozen just like you suggested. I just want to stimulate this guy's digestive system enough to maybe get him to want food. He's a blue spot jawfish I stupidly got mail order for convenience.

Ah, super pets is open today (yay) so I'll go there for now but would still be interested in other outlets.

Does anyone know of anywhere in the area besides Superpets with live brine shrimp? I have a fish who doesn't seem to recognize non live food, despite garlic, different frozen types, etc. I don't want him to die of course, and figure I should try some that. Of course, any other ideas would be very welcome.

We lost power last night along with several thousand of our friends, but I wasn't worried about that until the 40 KW generator wouldn't turn on. We went out there and tried to manually start it (in the rain and storm and yuck) and it would run for a time, then die. Now I was worried. Granted, I'm not using that much power for an aquapod 24, but I would have felt much better if I had a dedicated backup to the backup rather than scrambling to find a UPS that I could pull off a computer and put the pump on. So what do you guys think? Given the unreliability of UPS units (several of mine that had given no indication of being useless WERE), what would you do for a small tank that doesn't need an elaborate system? As usual, all assistance is much appreciated.

Thanks, Sean. There's actually quite good circulation in the tank since we replaced the pump and made a few other modifications. I should likely put in some more pods. You guys having normal hours tomorrow?

HAHAHA! Love it and name it George. Nice to see someone who likes Looney Tunes classics :-)

So is it a BTA or something not so good?

Hi guys. I bought an ORA goniopora this week and it seems to have having some issues. It is my first goniopora, so I am in need of adult supervision. Part of the dome he is on seems to be dying out. There are small white worm like critters (that I think just may be worms, go figure) and not all of the polyps are coming out. I have pictures, but I'm having a rough time trying to attach more than one file (I keep getting errors in the gallery section). I don't have any dip (don't know what kind to get or use) and am open to any and all suggestions.

You may be right about the anemonie. Here's what it looks like:

I've never seen green feather dusters in the wild, but I think I have some. I also seem to have a baby rose BTA hitchhiker. It's about the size of a dime at the moment.

Thanks guys! Yes, he looks just like that only a little bit lighter. He's very pretty.

Ok, I'll admit I was silly and forgot the name Johnny told me when I bought this cute little guy. We went to his new facility for the first time today and say many beautiful creatures, corals, etc. I got a scooter blennie and this cute little guy, some shrimp, xenias and a few polyps.