'Ric

So, 200/40 is 5, so multiply my order by five and you get a sense of it for your 200 gallon tank. 'Ric

I assume you are all with the over-simplified way of determining stocking limits by adding up fish-inches and limiting to one inch per every four gallons for the first year, and up to once inch every two gallons after that. I am starting to stock my new tank and placed a larger order than I would have had it not been for combined shipping from an internet site. I am only adding about 6-8 fish-inches to my 40g tank (really more like 35-37g), but I also bought a lot of crabs, snails, and stars to clean house. Specifically: Fish: 2 Yellow Headed Jawfish 2 Blue Neon Cleaner Gobies Parasite Eaters: 2 Gold Banded Coral Shrimp Scum Eaters: 5 Astrea Snails 2 Turbo Snails 5 Nerite virginea 2 Blue Leg Hermit Crabs 1 White Claw Hermit Crab 2 Sally Lightfoot Crabs 1 Serpent Star 1 Red Brittle Star 10 Micro Stars (Brittle) 3 Emerald Mithrix Crab 2 Ruby Mithrix Crabs 5 Stocky Cerith Snails Most of these guys are tiny, but all together they might add up. How do I count them against my total fish-inches? All but two turbos and two blug-legged hermits that are already in the tank arrive on Wednesday. 'Ric

Are you using a "low VOC" paint? 'Ric

Yes, 'Ric is correct. It's an apostrophe that stands for a missling letter in my name - it's a long story. Thanks, Dave! 'Ric

I joined WAMAS (via PayPal) and registered on the website, but I don't have access to the member areas. How long does that ususally take? 'Ric