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I might be able to make it... I'm only 3 hours away in northern NJ. The ticket cost isn't important to me. It's more about getting the time off of work (I disappear randomly too much as it is!). I'd say I'm a 50/50 right now. I'll know better closer to September. :)

I only but captive bred, fragged, or propagated livestock. There's a LOT more out there than you think. Also, captives tend to have a better survival rate.

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Re: new frag tank I'll set it up for you... for the mere cost of a round trip ticket to Florida and a place to stay while I enjoy the weather. :smack: Uhhh, I meant while I set up the tank. :tongue:

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Looks just like a Black Damsel. Have one myself, can't get rid of it, won't die on it's own. It's this pearly white when it's young, gets a little color in it's lower fins and almost starts to look cool , then turns this ugly gray/black and is mean as heck.

Re: new frag tank I know i's a little different than you are setting up, but I just did a frag tank myself a few weeks ago. The same as you I have a TON of Capnella frags that I needed to make it for. The main differences are that I went with a bed of red sea pellets to stabilize the frags in...

Coralife Aqua Gloves (Shoulder Length Protective Gloves) if I'm doing anything more than a quick in/out to replace a fallen coral or something.

Sounds like an upset Capnella to me. When you messed with the tank you probably irritated it quite a bit with touching/moving and all the particulates you stirred up. It's likely sliming a little to clear itself of debris and detrius that got attached to it. Pics would be helpful to be sure...

Ya, I'm going to have to agree with the relativity of "really fast". Most stonies growing "really fast" is 2 inches a year. Softies can grow several inches in a year depending on species (I have a Sarco that grew to about 5x it's size in 3-4 months then slowerd down). Octocorals without a stony...

I keep missing the 9pm chat!!! Y'all need to stay later. :poke:

Re: HR 669 - READ me!!! I thought I mentioned my thought on addressing it, by stating my dislike in the proposal. Instead of a blanket policy "nothing gets in unless it's on the approved list, and require great effort to get on the list", flip it around and make it a "banned list" that...

If it detached, it did that for a reason. Either it was totally unhappy with the location (light/current/neighbors) or there was a direct irritant to the base where it was attached. I wouldn't try to return it to the same place, it might not stay there no matter how you try to secure it.

I had to resurrect this thread for this one... - If your LFS comps you with a $50+ coral... several times in a month... you might be a reef addict!

You won't see any polyps on the white area, only on the top where it will likely get a little darker. I have a nice pic of my sarco somewhere here... You can't see the "stem", but it looks like a toadstool or forest mushroom. White stem, tan top disc, polyps only on the disc.

Those little guys are harmless, but also a sign that you're doing something right if they are multiplying. I have one that's almost a 1/2" long! They tend to stay in the lower light areas of the tank, so even if you don't like them, you usually won't see them.

Ya, it's either a clove or a pipe organ. Are the lower sections actually calcerous and hard (like you think they might be)? You'll need to determine that. If so it's more likely an odd pipe organ (usually they are darker in color and the pipe-shape skeletons grow straighter than that)... but I...

Curious, what makes you think it's bleached? It looks like a sarco of some kind, which ~can~ be almost white. The polyps seem fairly well extended for being new to the tank. I don't think you have anything to worry about. GIve it a week and see how it looks. If the color doesn't come up, don't...

Re: HR 669 - READ me!!! I think the biggest problem is the backwards format being proposed. "Approved lists" do not work, especially when the criteria for being on the approved list is so rigorous and the subject is so immensely broad. In theory, any species that is non-native to the US will be...

A little thought I didn't mention earlier... Duncans do "form" their tentacles related to current, at least in my experience. Lower current tends to cause shorter, fatter tentacles, higher makes them longer and thinner. I've moved mine around my tank a few times and the look of them always was...