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My best guess would be that it has something to do with lighting, current, or the food they are getting or a combination of the above. They are real nice looking and I would be proud to have either the originals or the new color morphs.

IMO you need to decide what you want to house in the tank and what its requirements are. After deciding what will go in the tank and what its needs are then you can start planning what needs to be done to meet those goals.

Good point Tim, I was mainly thinking of lighting requirements when I added it to my list.

You have peaked my curiousity now. I can't wait to see what you have come up with. I looked at a TruVu tank like yours on a website someplace and liked it alot.

That looks fantastic. I like the hardware but when I pictured a pirates chest in my mind I thought about it having either leather or rope handles. I also think that putting asll of the hardware on it to make it look like a treasure chest will tkae away from the aquarium. Maybe just add...

I agree that maybe a digilab or refractometer may be a little too expensive for a new aquarist, especially if they are starting out from scratch. It seems to me though that maybe we should be encouraging them to go back in time a bit and use a floating thermometer type hydrometer instead of a...

I am a big fan of a background too. A see through tank just looks incomplete to me. I am a cheapskate though and usually use black spraypaint but have used adhesive vinyl on my last 2 projects. Your tank is coming together quite nicely and like you mentioned the aquascaping has left alot of...

I have no hard feelings at all. Neither one of us is out of anything other than the time it took to write a few PMs. If another frag swap was to be organized now I don't think I would want to be added to the list due to other obligations that would interfere by the time things could get off of...

It is up to the clown as to whether it will swim in a plate or not, some will others will not go near them. I would stick to low light corals like zoas and mushrooms, a sun coral would be a colorful addition. The xenia may do okay but I think the frogspawn will need more light and I am not...

WOW! I have been off the board for awhile because of out of state company so this is a very nice suprise to come back and see this update. I can hardly wait to see this thing stocked.

I agree that the lamp will work out fine but you may want to replace the bulb with a 50/50.

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Congratulations. What are you nitrite and nitrate levels reading?

That pretty much has it covered. The media proceesses waste products into nitrates very quickly where using LR is a slower process allowing for a more natural processing of waste which includes your cleaning crew having a chance to get rid of some of the waste before it can be broke down.

No lighting for a day or two won't harm anything in your tank, it is questionable what impact it would have on the cyano-like growth. Reduce the amount you feed and only feed about three times a week. Keep your filter media clean and make sure you do weekly water changes. If there is no...

It sounds like its in the middle of the cycle to me, keep an eye on things and you should start to see the ammonia level begin to drop.

The only advice I can offer then would be to add a fresh bag of carbon, maybe there is something in the water that it doesn't like. Good luck.

A firefish would be a great addition ass long as you have a tank cover of some kind to keep him from jumping out. I lost a purple firefish within the past week due to him going carpet surfing. I thought I could get by withouyt a cover since I have kept them before without a cover but I highly...

Is there anything close enough to it to either sting it or be having a chemical warfare with it? It doesn't look happy thats for sure.

IMO you have to live in the state for at least half of the year to be considered a resident. Just having an address isn't enough otherwise people would be renting PO boxes in states that have tax/insurance laws that better fit their needs. This is one area that I really think would not be a...