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That is GREAT news. Let's hope they leave it alone now :-)

There's no way i could ignore a sale right up the road from me. So after double checking my water parameters and finding them happy, it was off to Aquaco to get me a wrasse and some corals that were relatively easy care. I don't have a picture of the wrasse yet, as he's a bit elusive still, but here's my new frogspawn and zoa rock.

Thank you for the specific and concrete (and quick) answers. Right now I use only RO/DI filtering for top off, I have a skimmer that kicks serious butt :-), macro algae in the fuge, but it's not 24/7. I can change that. I don't know a kalk reactor from a nuclear one, and I haven't worried about calcium since I don't have anything but spaghetti finger leathers, and a few star corals and a shroom or two in there. I'll be happy to change that idea if I should do that despite not having the hard corals in there. I'm going to put some more sand in the refugium because it sure can't hurt. I really appreciate you guys and the I'm sure tedious nature of repeating this stuff over and over again. Thanks!

Think it would help if I put it in the fuge? Or would I lose some of the benefits of the fuge?

Oh duh...thank you. I have 2 inches in there now. I suppose I could add more and re-aquascape.....

If only :-) Seriously, I've got a refugium, I've got macro algae everywhere, I cut way back on feeding already, and I do as many water changes as I can. It's a 180 so it's a big tough to manage but I'm doing my best. What is a DSB? I would love to get the nitrates down.... Then I could grow "real" corals :-). I do think you're spot on, however, as my 40 has 2 of the boogers and that's it. No more. Its nitrates are under 10. Thanks!

About 30. I'm having troubles with that.

I'd rather not just rip them out and kill them, but these guys are everywhere. My tank is covered with em. Not sure how to get them off the rocks even, but if you know how and would like to have some, just let me know, although I have the feeling they might be in the "pest" category.

Nicely done. Impressive for a non SLR camera.

Plus dwarfs need live food. So you basically have to set up a system just for mysis or other shrimp (not brine unless you're going to gut feed them).

One might have thought that a 40 gallon tank would be big enough for two yashia gobis, but it was not the case. One was brought up playing video games and watching those horribly violent cartoons :-). He ripped most of the tail off the other poor guy and beat him up and stressed him out so much that I had to rescue him and put him in another tank. I had to set up my 24 Aquapod for one little fishie. Perhaps this will spur me on to reset up the tank for seahorses.... or maybe something else. Maybe even CORALS! W00t :-)

The doors aren't open...the second shot was from behind. I'd like to set something up to keep the doors open, however, in case of overheating or to make it easier when cleaning. I don't think I'll bother him with that yet though :-). He's too busy preening :-)

Hubby has created a magnificent matching canopy for my Oceanic 180 and I am ever so proud :-).

I may do that. They're just so pretty. *sigh*

Thanks. They haven't spread yet. I'm hoping they don't. They're kinda big for peppermint shrimp to eat, so I don't think that's an option.

Oh well, at least they're stuck in the overflow....