Sharkey18

i'll take 2-5 io if you have it.

Wow, i love this tank, the sea horses and the slugs alike.

This is going to be awesome.

Wow, what did they do for you? How are you feeling?

Looks good! Another vote for no sand. I have all sorts of stuff growing on my bare bottom including chalices, monti caps, zoas, favia, pagoda and acans. NO limit on flow, no detritus and more surface area for corals. no sand = no brainer

The trigger ate mice? Yikes! That is crazy. As far as the original point, the tanks seems to be thriving on the mix of food that Rob is feeding, except for the Euphylliads, and it seems that the use of biopellets is the corresponding factor. The tanks are being fed a lot so increasing the amount of food is unlikely to help. It would be interesting to see if frozen makes a difference but that doesn't seem like its possible to do on the maintenance tanks. Maybe you can try that on your home tank, just to see what happened. I would LOVE to know if frozen increases N and P more than dry. What about reducing the flow through the reactors so that it doesn't strip the water of all of the nutrients. Would that help increase the N and P a little?

Yes, they can and will pair up immediately. Pluck out those two and put them in your display. You can confirm they are a pair by their behavior. Watch them a bit, especially a little later int he day. Pairs will swim side by side with one usually a little bit behind and to the side of the other. They will switch position often. When "courting" you will see some shivering behaviors.

That is amazing. It's like a moving mouth.

Your algae blenny is a bully? That's kind of funny. Your Vlamingii is like 10".

awesome.... need a few things.

File fish but +1 to rob. Mine got sucked into the intake of a pump.... looking for a new one.

They are totally adorable.

Great responses. Might trade in my 2 large tangs for a rabbit fish or fox face.

I have 2 large tangs and 3 smaller tangs in my display tank. The yellow and blue are each about 5 inches across. The larger they get the more aggressive they are to the other fish and I am thinking about selling the large tangs and moving in a new direction. My concern is that the big tangs do a really great job of algae control. Suggestions on more peaceful fish that do an equally good job of keeping algae under control?

Texted you about the 2" copperband! see you at the meeting.

you need a new thread for this build.

omg

I have a lot of plays and zoas and one of the things I do is NEVER work with them OUT of the water. I even frag them in a low dish of tank water, always completely covered with several inches of water. This does not eliminate the risk of exposure but it means that the chance of aerolsolization, or squirting into my eye is much more limited. Gloves and a face mask is also a great idea. I want to make sure any toxin they release stays in the water and has little to no chance to enter the air.

The balls are red bubble algae. Will multiply and take over really fast. If possible, pull out that piece with the adorable baby plates and scrape off the bubble algae. People freak out about "breaking open" bubble algae bubbles but I don't think it's a big deal. The only way to get rid of it is by manual removal and breaking them open never led to a bigger problem for me. Some say emerald crabs eat it but if there are more palatable food sources like excess food I don't think they eat it much. I was infested with the red bubble stuff that you have and it just took a few months of weekly scarping. It got less and less after each time. Good luck.

Sounds really cool. Would love to see a pic. I HATE micro bubbles.

How is Josh doing? Thinking of the whole family.

Looks awesome!

That is awesome! Congrats.

Yay! thats exactly what it is. Hopefully its still alive when i get home. Ive had it quarantined until ID.

yep.....