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That's always a possibility... The Kole looked fine to me... It was eating like a pig and had no visible signs of sickness. It really sux... That was one of my favorite fish... Now it's just an expensive meal.

The kole tang was about 2 1/2 inches. I do have moon lights ... The AI Vegas do have a moon cycle. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Today I noticed my Kole Tang was missing for the morning feeding. I checked all the usual suspects... Overflow box, sump chamber, floor behind the tank.... Nothing. Then I noticed my Ritteri Anemone's mouth looked swollen, like he had just been fed, and was digesting. I have been watching the anemone all morning and now it is apparent what happened to my poor little fish.... My anemone has an eye in its mouth!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The best diving i've done in Hawaii is off the East coast of Oahu (between Hanama Bay and Sandys beach) . It's pretty dangerous and should only be done on a calm day by an experienced diver... but the white water attracts all sorts of cool things to look at.

I lived in Hawaii for 11 years. Most places where the dive crews take you see 100's of divers a week. Coral in Hawaii has never been plentiful, and anything worth looking at is not on a dive crews itinerary. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - now Free

exactly what I get. I'm on well water in Manassas VA.

It's no longer hanging from the fish. Could they be eggs?

What the heck is hanging out of my cardinal fish?

What should my KH be? I am currently dosing 70ml a day (24hour cycle) of part A... And still my PH is dropping over time. Should I increase my dosage?

Ok. Finished a round of tests. DKH- 10.9 Ca- 480 ppm Mg- 1320 ppm PO4- 0.08 ppm NO3- 4ppm

Hmm... I'll try it again when I get home today. But I may take you up on the visit tomorrow epleeds.

Would anyone in the manassas/woodbridge area have time tonight to come by my place and show me how to run these tests? I'll compensate you for your gas/time.

Yesterday I bought the algae control and the reef foundation test kits from Red Sea. This. morning I ran a nitrate, KH and Mg test on my tank. The KH and Mag tests ended with questionable results (and I'm not 100% certain on the nitrate either). On the KH card it shows two colors... Start color and end color. I was never able to produce either. My colors were blue to red not green to orange like shown on the card. So I tested assuming these were the correct colors and the card must be off a little... Results were somewhere in the 11dkh range... Using the API test, my tank tests 8-9 dkh. I have never tested Mag before in my tank, so I have no frame of reference... But it tests somewhere between 600-1200ppm.... Ahhhh.... That's a pretty big gap. Again the colors on the card were not achieved... So I wasn't sure when to stop dropping solution. I feel like the color change for these tests should be obvious. What am I doing wrong?

This is interesting. I have never dosed vinegar or vodka.... Is this common now in the hobby?

Yesterday I bought a huge Sebae from a shop in MD. I don't want to jinx myself... But the plan is working flawlessly so far. I redid some of my rock work to kind of shield the sebaes location from the Picasso pair. I placed the skunk clowns in the tank and directed them to where I placed the new anemone... They took to it quickly. I am happy to get the poor little guys out of the sump. They seem pretty happy, fingers crossed they stay that way.

Cool, Thanks.

I did not see a social listed in the meeting news section... when is this Woodbridge area social? I am also in the Manassas/Woodbridge area, and would certainly like to attend.

I think I will give it a try. I'll be on the look out for a nice Sebae. If anyone sees one in their LFS, let me know.

LOL... It was an expensive method... but worked very quickly. My Picassos haven't left the Ritteri yet.

And I have already cleaned the cup twice sense getting it. I couldn't be happier. SRO's are awesome.

I thought so too. Looks like I will resale the skunks. Or should I try to find another anemone that they will host, and put it on the complete opposite side? The separation didn't work before because the skunks didn't have an anemone they liked on the separation side. No one likes my RBTA.

This was today when I got home from work.

I pulled the skunks out. I tried to separate them but the tenacious little fellas kept finding their way back to the Ritteri with the Picassos.

I was able to catch the two small skunk clowns and move them over to the RBTA. Neither took to it. One skunk went bact to the Ritteri and the other is hiding somewhere in the rock work benieth the RBTA. I think I am going to put the skunks in the sump... I don't want them to die from being bullied.