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I stopped by a local chain pet store the other day - Petco if it must be said. They had some 20 gallon tanks... one of them had 3 or 4 yellow tangs in it. It made me so sad.

My coralline is also coming in slowly - my tank has been up for about 2 months. I know what the problem is with mine though... my hermits love to eat it as fast as it grows :/

I received an order yesterday from JustCoral.com. I got two zoo colonies, one star polyps and a frogspawn. They arrived wonderfully packaged and I'm very happy with what I received. The zoos are exactly as pictured and the other two are large, healthy corals. They are all fully opened and...

Ahh this is all good news. It freaked me out a bit since my gramma and firefish don't seem to do this at all. Thanks! Laura

I checked Reefpedia, but didn't see anything about this... Do gobies have the ability to change color to match their surroundings? I ask because my black clown goby in quarantine looks grey in the evening, but black during the day. It's quite odd. Thanks, Laura

Well the web site security certificate issues coupled with the lack of resounding endorsements here managed to scare me off from Aquatic Connection. I loved their selection, but found many of the things I wanted at JustCoral.com, in fact they had some interesting stuff that I just couldn't...

Wondering if anyone has any experience with these guys? http://www.aquacon.com/index.html Their web site's security certificate is making my browser warn me about them, and when I call it sounds like one person posing as three departments at a company.

Okay I'll give that a try. Thanks!

A CPR BakPak 2R - I ended up replacing it with a HOB refugium with built-in skimmer from the same company. I really do like them - I get quite a bit of nasty skimmer stuff in the collection cup. Only down side is they are not quiet.

Hey everyone... I took your wonderful advice and checked my Magnesium - it was low. I supplemented daily until I got around 1350 ppm, then went back to trying to get my calcium/ alkalinity in "the zone". I also switched to Tropic Marin Pro Reef formula salt - I did my first 10% water change...

If that doesn't amaze you, this will. Watch an octopus squeeze through a quarter-sized opening. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/octopus/media_players_blue/squeeze_hi.html

I'm not sure I'm up to anymore surprises just now. I think it's time to get out the algae scraper.

I absolutely loved this one, but it really is the stuff of nightmares.

The Seattle aquarium was having a problem with a rogue in their shark tank. They caught it being naughty on film. The very squeamish might find this disturbing. Probably not child-okay (scary). http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7004909622962894202

Okay got my quantities from the calculator. Would I not be in this position if I had used a better salt? I started out with Instant Ocean (didn't know any better), then switched to Oceanic. Should I be using Reef Crystals? Would doing so minimize the amount of supplementation I need to be...

Yes, it came out of the live rock like it was being squirted out of a syringe. The strands are thicker than a hair but thinner than a string of yarn. I can't believe how many surprises my live rock has held in store for me... first mushrooms, then a slug, then a crab, now a syringe of...

Okay I got my Mg test kit, and it is low - like 1120 ppm. I'm using Kent's Mg supplement to raise it up before I worry too much about my Ca/Alkalinity being out of "the zone". Thanks everyone!

Last night, after the MHs were off and I was walking by the tank, I saw a stream of goo coming out of the live rock. It stuck to the glass. Here it is. It's not moving, but... what IS that? Laura

I haven't had much luck finding a pic of him, but I do know he has dark claw tips, which is apparently a bad sign. I've decided he must go. Now I just have to figure out how. I have a feeling LFS won't want him, but I'll ask them! Thanks for all the help.

Yep, eggcrate is da bomb. I think I got the idea from one of your posts actually!