Ali

Calling the LFS re: holding the fish for awhile is a great suggestion. The liverock and coral would be much less of a load, and easier to maintain in 55 gallon tubs. But the fish, though few, would be a concern. Thanks!

Hi all, I'd appreciate any suggestions or lessons learned folks have from moving cross country with a tank. I have a 90 gallon with a hippo tang; a couple of clown fish; and a orchid dottyback. And I have numerous pieces of coral and 50-60 pounds of liverock. My problem is that I'm moving across country in 10 days -- I'll be driving to the midwest, and wanted to get thoughts about how to do it. My actual tank won't be going with me; it'd be too heavy, and will have to wait for the movers. My current plan is to have 2 or 3 large plastic tubs in the SUV with me -- one for livestock, and 1-2 more for the coral/liverock. I'm hoping to run heaters and powerheads off an inverter during the trip. I expect it'll take 2 days, with an overnight stop at the midpoint. Any suggestions as to how to do this without, well, killing everything, would be much appreciated. Also, once I arrive, everything will have to reside in whatever temporary housing I use to transport them. I won't be able to move them into a tank until we get into our final home, which may take 2-3 weeks. Thanks for all of your thoughts and advice!

I'd appreciate any tips or advice anyone has to catch an Orchid Dottyback. He's been in there about a year, and as I'm replacing some livestock, he seems to be aggressive towards them at night, including most recently, a sailfin tang. He was fine with everyone who was there when he got there -- but doesn't take well to newcomers. The sailfin's been in the tank for a month now, and things still haven't calmed down. Every few days, his fins look slightly worse for wear. I have a 90 gallon with a large regal tang and two clowns. Everything seems fine when the lights are on. But when they're off, someone is nipping at the fins of my newcomer, a beautiful sailfin tang. Some months ago, one of them ruthlessly attacked a blue dwarf angel, who didn't make it. Talking to some folks, I now suspect it's the Orchid dottyback - it turns out calling something the "most peaceful" dottyback isn't saying that much. I'd at least like to capture him to segregate him for awhile to see if the nipping stops. Any ideas? I've already tried turning a 20 ounce pop bottle into a fish trap -- but no luck. Thanks, Ali.

Hi all, I'd appreciate some advice about lighting. I'm running a 90 gallon FOWLR (well, I have some zoas and a scrubby kenya tree, but nothing really light dependent), with 2 2X64 PC units; two actinic bulbs, two daylight. I've been running the tank for about two years, and this lighting have never been great. The bulbs are expensive, it can't support any real coral, and I suspect my long running battle with nuisance algae has something to do with these lights. (I know parameters are important, of course, but the lights have not been helping). I'd like to upgrade, and would love to be able to keep some soft corals and, hopefully, curb this algae issue. However, I can't spend as much as I would like. Does anyone have any thoughts on the following: Evo Quad 48-51; $239, 8640 Lumens (really? can that be right?) Super energy efficient 3 watt high output LEDs 48x 10,000K LED; 16x Actinic 460nm LED http://www.aquatrade...ght-p/56237.htm Or, a couple of these taotronics units --- they run $158/each on Ebay: 2200 Lumens per unit (so 4400 total) 25 3 w blue LED; 30 3 watt white leds. http://www.ebay.com/...#ht_5130wt_1271 Any help the group could offer about these or other options would be great. Thanks! Ali.