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I have a purple whip and a purple plume. Both are photosynthetic (brown polyps instead of white or another color) and easy to keep - they just need decent light and good flow. I really like the different textures they add to a tank.

I agree with Travis. Any damage or missing flesh and the coral will just keep on declining. If you get a really healthy one, they're easy to keep. Beautiful coral, I'm waiting to find a really nice one.

This is my new 'miracle' tank. It survived a 1000+ mile move (2 days driving) then a 40 hour power outage in freezing weather only one month later. Who says marine critters are sissys :D

40 gal Oceanic stretch hex with 15 gal fuge. Lps and softies.

I've used matrix carbon for a long time. Seems to work well though I'd be interested in your results if you get a chance to test it, Kurt. Seachem makes high claims for this product, hope they're true. http://www.seachem.com/products/product_pages/MatrixCarbon.html

Love my refugium - made a huge difference to the water quality in my tank when I hooked it up. Also, 10% water changes every 2 weeks, with light syphoning, helps as well.

I would check with the company to see if it makes a difference. I think most fw and sw test kits are different kits.

Glad you solved the puzzle. I remember answering that post as well -- Pretty hard to tell until the stalk grew ;)

I've had my fire shrimp for about 3 1/2 years. I target feed every day. I've seen that shrimp polish off a dead chromis in about an hour- they're big eaters. hth

I think you can probably get the overhaul done in a day if everything is ready to go before you start. Lots of rubbermaid tubs, lots of new water, save what old water you can. Sounds like your 1 1/2 inch sandbed did it's job for you for a long time, if you like it just do it again ;) Just...

Ya gonna read this... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4146756343&category=63851

I got it as a gift but I'm sure Amazon has it. Neat collection though I didn't like the "Polar Seas" one... Those dang polar bears were really nasty with the beluga whales trapped in the ice... :eek: The rest of the set is very good - amazing underwater photography.

I got the DVD collection of 'The blue Planet" for christmas. It has a segment on 'The Deep' with those same critters - nasty. :eek:

Actually, I found that ich can be really weird sometimes. Even if ich is in the tank, it doesn't mean the other fish will get it if they're healthy. When my new gramma fought ich for almost 2 months, none of the other fish got it - not even one speck. I had a hippo tang in my old tank a few...

I tried it in my reef because I couldn't catch the gramma that had ich. Didn't seem to harm anything, but it didn't work either. I didn't find garlic did much except make my tank kinds smelly... :rolleyes: Give the tang a chance to fight it off by itself and soak the food with a supplement...