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It works - there's a truck just finishing our street, exactly as this shows (although you've got to do a lot of panning and zooming to find your location, the address feature doesn't seem to work, at least for me).

The question is, can we get one or the other to come in and zap the snow off the streets?

Not a disaster per se, but three trips out on Thursday/Friday to get everything for my little generator that I kept forgetting on the previous trip -- new spark plug, additional gas cans (which I had to fill with Premium since the corner gas station was out of everything else Thursday night), more two-cycle oil, bolts to attach the handle to replace the ones I lost, 10-gauge wire and 18" spike to properly ground the thing ... and then a wife extremely irritated with me for wasting so much time not taking care of everything in one shot. Not that the last isn't a valid point. Ultimately not even a blip with the power, which is still after all a good thing - especially since with the snow drifting I'd probably need to go out a ground floor window with a shovel to remove the probably three feet of snow from the spot I had selected to put the darn thing! And then spending most of the day today shoveling walks and driveway and getting snow off of cars, not that they'll be moving anytime soon.

I had a pair of Yellowtail Blue damsels (Chrysiptera parasema) in my first, 25 gallon tank 30+ years ago, as well as in my 75 gallon DT for several years. These fish all lived up to their reputation as attractive, hardy, and relatively less aggressive. They'd get a little territorial at times but not out-and-out belligerent. I had a Neon damsel (Neoglyphidodon oxyodon) in my 55 FOWLR, he got along reasonably well with the other fish but started out as the smallest fish in the tank and the other inhabitants were well equipped to take care of themselves. He's gone through a growth spurt since I upgraded that tank to a 90. The only folks he seems to pick on at all is the pair of Black damsels (Neoglyphidodon meles) I added when I upgraded. These were originally in my 30 cube -- and purchased as Lemon Chromis -- but turned a solid blue-black when they reached maturity. The only other fish in the cube at the time was a Pink-Spotted Watchman goby, and they generally left him alone. They were smaller than the Neon when I added them to the 90 FOWLR and there was some initial aggression as the Neon established who was boss, but they get along with him (and everyone else) now, which is good because they've both grown considerably since they went into the 90 and the larger of the pair is now roughly equal in size to the Neon. That having been said, I don't think the Neon or the Black damsel would be something you would want in a tank when adding anything that wasn't at least semi-aggressive on its own, and would want them small -- preferably smaller than anything else -- if adding them to an existing tank. I hope this helps -- good luck!

Lovely brine shrimp, but are you sure it's really newborn? I think it's already depleted its yolk sac.

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I think if you want triggers a FOWLR is going to be the way to go. If you can swing it, I'd go 180; a lot of the larger tangs (and other fish) need the extra swimming length. On that note, you might want to check out this thread: 6x2x2-glass-tank-and-stand.

I know that some of our LFSs will quarantine new purchases for you, although how much that costs will vary.

: I've got a pair of Banggai and a pair of regular false percs in my 75 DT, along with several other fish. The Banggai occasionally get a bit ornery with my leopard wrasse, but are generally well-behaved. I've got a number of LPS in my tank and have never had any issue with them. Beyond that, with what you're describing the most likely aggression scenario I see could be between the Azure Damsels and the Reef Chromis, but IMO there should be plenty of room in a 125 for them to sort things out. I have heard that as a rule of thumb your schools should start with an odd number of fish (in your case, then, either five or seven Reef Chromis), and it makes intuitive sense, but I can't point to an "authoritative" source for that. Just FYI, for years I'd wondered why a "Kole" ("coal") tang was spelled with a K. Turns out that it's the Hawaiian name for that particular fish ("KOE-lay"). When I was there a few years ago I saw several of them picking the algae off of a green sea turtle.

I love Kole tangs, and would personally take one over a Yellow any day. With the Banggais or Blue Reef Chromis, are you looking at a small school or just an individual? If you have a sandbed, you might want to include one of the reef-safe wrasses like a melanarus, leopard, etc and maybe a shrimp goby such as a Randall's or (pick your color/pattern) Watchman. Another candidate might be an individual (or small school of) striped fang blenny and/or a single individual Midas blenny or a less-aggressive dottyback (orchid, springeri, ORA hybrid). Ultimately it's what kind of "look" you want and who gets along with whom.

But where are the supermodels (aside from your daughter, obviously)?

I guess I'll find out. My main target is a pair of aiptasia that seem to be able to pull back far enough the Aiptasia X falls off or something, because I've already hit them with it multiple times and they keep coming back. Of course, it is called a "majano wand," apparently because they can't "run away" as well as aiptasia can.

Got it - thanks to all who responded.

My wife bought me the book for Christmas, I started reading last night; enjoyed your daughter's forward. Have fun at the book party!

You can probably find the information you're looking for at http://pe.usps.gov/text/pub52/pub52c5_003.htm. If the answers you need aren't right there I think you can probably navigate the dropdown menus on the left side to find your answer. Good luck!