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it was a titanium heater I bought second hand. I dont think it was the heaters fault, it was because it wasn't submerged totally. thanks guys! I am definately putting a smoke detector under the stand.

what lighting are you running?

At 730am I walked out of the bedroom and found the entire house full of smoke (a/c system was off so it didn't circulate into the bedroom). I ran into the kitchen to find smoke pouring out from underneath the tank. I opened the glass doors to find my heater halfway submerged and the top of it red hot melting the wires and plastic cap. It may have even been on fire, I dont remember now. I unplugged the unit and removed the heater. I dont know how long it was like burning or why it randomly happened between 6am and 715am this morning. I just did a water change and adjusted the water in the sump down. I failed to make sure the heater was still submerged to the top! I guess the heater hasn't been needed up until this morning because of the temperature change yesterday. This is scary! First time for me! Check your heaters.

I would reconsider a bow front tank. They are harder to clean and distort what you are looking at, among other things. Starphire or low iron glass is popular. There is a good local Acrylic builder who makes nice custom tanks for reasonable prices. (NAGA) +1 on Fins and Feathers....

SFS reminds me of those goats that pass out when you scare them... hilarious! Awesome pictures Laura!

VERY cool!

is the black tang for sale? please pm me a price. thanks

I would put a cleaner shrimp and a cleaner wrasse in your tank. Then I would feed garlic flake. This may cure your white spots.

Angelfish are great until they randomly decide to taste your coral. After that, they continue to nip your coral forever. I have had potters, flame, elibi, etc. All nipped corals after some time and were a HUGE pain to remove. I emphaisze HUGE because they are not good fish to trap so you normally have to remove EVERYTHING in your tank. Just my opinion...

Hi Jan! I would do a few water changes. Red bugs wont kill sps IME. I have had red bugs many times, sometimes for many months with no coral loss from it. Run carbon if you arent already.

WoW!!! How much for the gem tangs? lol Good luck with the sale!!

excellent idea. I refuse to buy corals online because of the color/lighting issue. Now maybe I will.

borrow a 100 gallon stock tank and another tank to hold corals. It will take you 2-3 hours probably to take everything out, rid your take of the fish, and put it all back. The 220 took a whole day.

BRK (and bro) saves the day again!

It is your flame angel. The red bugs are not as serious a threat as that angel, IMHO. All your corals are being stressed out constantly with the picking which means they aren't as healthy as they can be. The good news is you only have a 120... I had to take EVERYTHING out of my 220 to catch a dwarf angel. It was awful.

its a digitata but not sure which exactly.. what color is the base? Nice piece1

any thank you for the compliment, I am flattered!

Whenever i had a problem with PE it was a dwarf angelfish. Do you have any small angels? I notice more PE after I run carbon and after a water change. Redbugs only affect some corals. I have had redbugs and amazing PE at the same time, so if you have red bugs, that isn't your problem unless they are in plague proportions. Hope you figure it out!

my huge blue tort colony is dead in the middle/base from lack of flow and detritus. It is VERY healthy. the base of my green slimer died (when it was in borets tank and he was out of the country). It is thriving. I think certain SPS get so big that detritus and low flow in the center of the colony cause this problem. Also, branching corals block the light to the base which may also contribute. Is it spreading still or has it stopped once the recession it hit tissue in good flow?

first picture is an aussie echinata (wild from mr coral) third picture is a solitarinesis (sp) I got from Chris Tran... its huge!

I had the heater in my chiller and the heater hooked up to my ACIII crap out the same week. I now run three, yes three, heaters. I also have a reservoir for my top off that eliminates the possibility of a kalk overdose. Mine refills itself daily by pump on a timer. I can visually inspect the top off tank for malfuntions.

february 10 or 09!!

a reliable top off set up is key! Maybe I can make it out your way some day and help you figure it out!

I like the first one!

I am running a giesemann spectra light with mogul bulbs. it is awesome but I wouldn't buy new b/c of hte price. Look into the ice cap unit that just came out, i think it is around $1000.00 and Sean at FF can get it for you.