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That's a really cool idea! that might be something cool to do!

Thank you. I would hate for that to happen. Great idea on the eggcrate. I'd have to redo the whole tank though, disrupting everyone already in there. Perhaps I should rethink the idea.

That's amazing!

A pair of aquacultured false perculas. They seem pretty happy, but they haven't hosted the BTA yet. Not sure if they ever will, which is ok. I'll have to think about covering the tank. It's currently open. The rock work isn't completely secure so I may have to rethink my idea. Hubby wanted a flame angel but I don't want it eating my feather dusters and zoas. I only want to add one or two small fish at most, then concentrate on my zoas and easy corals

Hi guys. I hope you're having a great weekend. I was thinking about a nice blue spot jawfish for my aquapod 24 that currently has zoas, a BTA and 2 clowns. It has about 1.5 inches of sand. Is there anything I need to know about adding a jawfish? Thanks!

Yeah, those might be nice. Pretty fish

There's lots of room in there. I'm feeding the BTA separately, doing water changes early and often, and keeping up with maintenance. I was thinking a couple of more frags in strategic places, and one or two tiny little fish that won't grow too big.

I love them...but that would undo my desire to get aquacultured stuff. But they are very tempting!

I got me a pair of clowns, a BTA, some various zoas, some star polyps, and some clean up crabbies. I'm trying to keep everything "not plucked out of the ocean" and would like to have a few more fishies, and some happy fun corals. What do y'all think?

Definitely not set on Kudas. I love all of them. I would get a small chiller if I was going to be serious about them.

I've used that stand for my Aquapod 24 for several years now and recommend it highly. It is very sturdy, has shelves inside to put my supplies, has a hole for wires, and is stylish to boot.

Hi Sean. Yes, I have the water filters and all, and the salt. I'm going to pick up a tester to make sure the water is ok. I'm using a sponge in the aquapod for base filtration. I'm not sure if I'm going to have need for a skimmer if I don't stock it too much, but will definitely consider it. I may still have an old one floating around. I was planning 1/3 water changes weekly. It's a really small tank so it wouldn't be too hard to swap out that much. Thoughts?

Hiya everyone. Today I put the first inhabitants in the Aquapod 24. It's been happily cycled, with about 15 ls of live rock, 2 false perculas (aquacultured) and 10 crabs. It's running on an aquacontroller jr. (or will be as soon as I get a new temperature sensor). My plan is to stock it with aquacultured fish, some corals that won't be too much trouble for a busy person to deal with, and an anemone once the tank is fully established. If anyone has any special ideas re: the best way to deal with filtration, or any other special tips for dealing with the Aquapod, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

Thanks, guys. I'm hoping it's the probe and have ordered a new one after reseating and restarting didn't solve the problem. The self test was fine. I'll be using manual temp control (oh the horror) until then :-)

Thanks, Chad. I'm trying to find a reliable method now, starting by reprograming my Aquacontroller Jr. And thanks for the info on the Kudas. I learned about the mass brooding tanks only I had my first ones. I won't be doing Kudas again for a long time.

Hi guys. This is probably operator error, but after re-setting up my Aquapod I think I'm having a problem either with the Aquacontroller Jr. itself or the temp probe. The temp reads 119 in the tank, which is nowhere near accurate as the tank is 75. Temp calibration won't fix the problem, as I can only bring it down to 107 before it resets to 135. Any ideas?

As one who failed at seahorses (cudas) I can only be amazed at what you have done. I was very sad at losing my babies, so I don't know if I'm ready to try again but I'll be following your adventures, and when I do decide to get back into the gorgeous critters, I'll be sure to ask you for advice, starting with a heartier species of seahorse than I had.

Yeah, Great Falls, VA. We'd have to get someone who could bring a truck for the propane though cuz it's one of those underground tanks. I'm hopeful.

Our power has been out since this afternoon and our friends at Dominion say it won't be back until perhaps tomorrow night around 6pm. I am hoping that the propane for the generator lasts that long. Please cross your fingers for us.

One thing about yashia gobis...I had two in a 40, and one continually attacked the other. I rescued the poor little guy and put him in my aquapod 24, where he is currently the sole occupant with a couple of pieces of PVC to hide in and feel secure. He's doing really well in there, with his fins grown back and eating well. I missed fragfest today (silly me), and was planning to go and use frags to begin stocking the 24 but it was not to be. I'll be slowly setting up the 24 as time goes on, so I'll be watching this thread to see what others are doing.

FYI re: Deer Park water, and I'm sure many other waters out there, the smaller bottles have ADDED sulfites in them. Of course, that is not listed on the label or anywhere else. How do I know? I'm allergic to them, and was feeling quite poorly and decided to try to flush it out by drinking more water. I got worse and worse, and tried to figure out what the issue was, finally calling Deer Park and finding out that they indeed add sulfites. I still have no idea how they get away without listing it on the label. They do NOT add sulfites to the large bottles they use in coolers, however.

While sometimes I wish that technology would allow us NOT to fidget, seems that current tech means we still have to do both. Although I do much appreciate a system that will sense when stuff is too hot and shut down the lights in the middle of the day when I'm out rather than cooking the tank.

Hopefully not, actually. We ought to leave some of these things alone. Overdiving can be a serious problem as not all divers are as careful as they could be.