[fishnu]

Well worked late into the night on my sump. I had to make changes with the sump in place because I can't move the tank.

I managed to reposition the drain lines...Instead of having one ell pointing toward the baffles I now have it pointing away, and pushing the other pipes bubbles away as well. If "L" is a pipe with a ell and "|" is a straight pipe I now have |Baffles >|l|_____L|. Thus the ell is actually pushing the bubbles clockwise around the skimmer. It helped, but not completely. I will still need a exhaust trap or socks.

Also, I played with the skimmer and managed to get it arranged better. The mod was all slip fit without purple stuff, and I really needed to play with the depth of the pvc in the slip fittings. I now have the checkvalve handle as high as the top of the skimmer, the water is dropping 3 inches to the water line and thing seem to be working better.

I have been asked to adopt a clown (don't know whether true / false), a pajama, a hermit and a striped shrimp from a friend of my sister who is unable to keep them, so this weekend I will have two fish, a shrimp, multiple hermits, and if the Frag Swap in Rockford turns out well a variety of starter coral.

Question:

I agreed to take the fish, but am a little apprehensive because 1) unknown condition and 2) I still want to buy two (120 day) young onyx percs from a guy at the swap. I need advice on how to place all of these fish in the tank to maximize acclimation and compatibility.

I have a lot of hiding places. Do you feel that with this tank volume and adding them all at the same time I will be OK or in trouble?

John