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A pix to ID would be best to answer your question. Lots of anemones have including glass/aiptasias fit that description.

Errr... Top up with freshwater once you note your sg levels getting higher?

The purple queen anthias happened to fall under the 'Impossible to keep' species... even by public aquariums. I thought by going through all the effort to grow BBS for them, they will survive... sadly... inspite of eating them with gusto, they became noticeably thinner and began to kaput, one by one. I kept my group of purple queens alive for slightly more than a month... You can try keeping them, but they will become money wasted...

The pinpoint PH monitor is around $200 plus without warranty. I guess it's time for me to do a review on the set... look out for a product review!

*wink* If told you.... I would have to kill you!

My friend shared this with me and I am sharing it with you.. Dear friends, interesting tot i heard while watching the new very exciting Discovery Travel & Adventure (Channel 16): it was a dive exploration by amateurs & one of them panicked aft visiting a shark infested underwater cave off the coast of Myanmar, in a relatively unspoilt dive spot. While he was still nervous after swimming with the sharks, he noticed his gauge was "0" and grew fearful of the danger he was in. Fortunately his dive buddy was calm enough to assist him. As he laid in his bed that nite, he recollected his experience & didnt regret it, thinking to himself as well: No man has ever lain on his deathbed and said "I wish I had spent more time in the office"... Dare to live, dare to love, dare to dream...

Subject: FW: Joke - Genie World Peace > > > > > >A woman was walking along the beach when she stumbled > >upon a bottle. She picked it up and rubbed it, and > >lo-and-behold a Genie appeared. > > > >The amazed woman asked if she got three wishes. The > >Genie said "Nope, sorry three-wish genies are a > >story-tale myth. I'm a one-wish genie." > > > >The woman didn't hesitate. She said "I want peace in > >the Middle East. See this map? I want these countries > >to stop fighting with each other and I want all the > >Arabs to love Jews and Americans and vice-versa. It > >will bring about world peace and harmony." > > > >The Genie looked at the map and exclaimed "Lady, be > >reasonable. These countries have been at war for > >thousands of years. I'm out of shape after being in a > >bottle for five hundred years. I'm good but not THAT > >good! Don't think it can be done. Make another wish > >and please make it a bit more reasonable." > > > >The woman thought for a minute and said "Well, I've > >never been able to find the right man. You know, one > >that's considerate and fun, likes to cook and helps > >with the housecleaning, is great in bed and gets along > >with my family, doesn't watch sports all the time, and > >is faithful. That's what I wish for, a good mate." > > > > > > >The Genie let out a long sigh, shook his head and said > >"Let me see that fuckin' map again..." > > > > >

> > Subject: Fw: Ducks > > > > Three women die together in an accident and go to heaven. When they get > > there, St. Peter says, "We only have one rule here in heaven...don't > step > on > > the ducks." So they entered heaven, and sure enough, there are ducks all > > over the place. It is almost impossible not to step on a duck, and > although > > they try their best to avoid them, the first woman accidentally steps on > > one. > > > > > > Along comes St. Peter with the ugliest man she ever saw. St.Peter chains > > them together and says, "Your punishment for stepping on a duck is to > spend eternity chained to this ugly man!" > > > > > > The next day, the second woman steps accidentally on a duck, and along > comes St. Peter, who doesn't miss a thing, and with him is another > extremely > ugly man. He chains them together with the same admonishment as for the > first > > woman. > > > > > > The third woman has observed all this and not wanting to be chained for > all eternity to an ugly man, is very, VERY careful where she steps. She > manages > > to go months without stepping on any ducks, but one day St. Peter comes > up > > to her with the most handsome man she has ever laid eyes on very tall, > > tanned and muscular. St. Peter chains them together and leaves without > > saying a word. > > > > > > The woman remarks, "I wonder what I did to deserve being chained to you > for > > all of eternity?" The guy says, "I don't know about you, but I stepped > on > a > > duck."

Damn! I came home today and my lionfish had a torn up tail fin (almost half gone!) and his spine fins are torn off too! The only occupant with him is a hermit crab!!! He must have whacked him while he was sleeping! Grrrrrrr!!!!!!

Very interesting... I like the DIY sea swirl...

No way your calcium level is 800!!! Calcium precipates out above 550 mg/l! You would have a snow storm at that level already! Your KH should be kept around 10 to 11. Whatever you do, don't induce drastic measures to correct the above imbalance.... Good luck! AT

Chevrons look fantastic when they are juveniles... when they get bigger... well.. they get dull and drab.... just so you know!

Sorry to say this... but they have become stumps already... on the verge of disappearing. Did you buy them this small already? When they are happy and not dying... they will be 10 times that size. All plumped and all their polyps extended.

Couldn't help but was wondering about the algae paste that pacificbetta claims he used for algae culturing. Live plankton cells usually come in agar disks or in liquid cultures. If it's frozen... I doubt if it's in suspended animation, but considered dead. BTW guys, I have golden pearls in different micron sizes and even decapsulated BB cysts. It won't be finished for the longest time... and I would rather have it finished asap... so I am thinking of selling them in small packs, if anyone is interested... let me know. Hon, as for some plankton you want to borrow... you have to do something first that you should have done a long long time ago... after all it was your idea... HINT!!! After that, then I'll give you a cup! AT

Oh I forgot another good source of culturing info to recommend... this book called Clownfishes, a guide to their captive care, breeding and natural history by Joyce D. Wilkerson. She also has a different method of culturing but I think it's more doeable than the rest. Warning.... you will be using a HUGE amount of saltmix... for plankton culturing... And you'll need to buy stuff like airpumps, metal airline control valves, airline hoses, stiff tubes that fit airline hoses (hard to find... I must have swiped it all off the market! heh heh!), a reliable salinity meter as you have to ensure your culture liquid is at the exact recommend sg level, lights, timers, separate funnels for salt, culture water, plankton water, rotifer water etc. Use the wrong one for the wrong purpose... and BOOOOOM!!!! All your effort down the drain... heh! But I guess the payoff would be worth it... the ability to keep and prosper hard to keep corals like SPS, Dendros, Gonios, etc and sponges, sea fans, gorgonians!

Refractometer I ordered from overseas. Pinpoint monitor I got from Sealife...

Seachem has combination test kits... but I still think its better to have individual test kits as the chemicals used to ascertain different parameters may be very different and sometimes, you may overdose/underdose the powder/liquid parts and do everything all over again because that affects accuracy. Oh... and test kits have expiry dates... so don't get an old kit.

Here's my friend's site here.: Susan has a section on phytoplankton and rotifer culturing, which I roughly base my culturing on. You can also follow the Plankton Culture Manual (which can be quite cheem) which you can purchase from FAF (link given above)... but I still recommend Flame Angel's site for simple laymen explanations. She has a different way of starting a culture though... which utilizing 1 agar disk for 2 two-litre batches but that makes the lag phase longer, which provides contaminants a chance to establish itself.... I had 1 bottle of initial culture crash for no reason. The Plankton Culture Manual recommends using 1 agar disk for 1 one-litre batch... of course, that means that if your this batch crashes... and you have no more algae agar disks to innoculate... then... maybe you can try straining plankton from the sea off East Coast Park! Culturing is a very tricky process and every single step and procedures must be done carefully... sterilizing, prevent of cross-contamination etc... or you'll find yourself culturing bacteria instead... heh! Pix? Take a look at Flame Angel's site and what you see there is what you'll see at my place! Berham, all the info can be found at the FAF site... freight costs I forgot... I'll have to see if I kept the invoice.

Highly doubtful if they will prosper. But keep us updated on your liquid food diet and how they react. Pix? Before and after?

Imported. I am not using the live algae cells in liquid culture, I am using the agar disks and make my own culture media, basically saltwater and fertilizer. It can be purchased from Florida Aqua Farms.

Amazing! How do they find enough plankton to feed that whale shark??! They eat like a ton every day! Got this photo of this whale shark from somewhere.

Agree with Tanzy... I am using a Pinpoint PH monitor and a salinity refractometer like him... I trust no test kits or swing arm tester for PH and SG.

George went on a vacation to the Middle East with most of his family including his mother-in-law. During their vacation and while they were visiting Jerusalem, George's mother-in-law died. With the death certificate in hand, George went to the American Consulate Office to make arrangements to send the body back to the States for proper burial. The Consul, after hearing of the death of the mother-in-law told George that the sending of a body back to the States for burial is very, very expensive. It could cost as much as $5,000.00. The Consul continues, in most cases the person responsible for the remains normally decides to bury the body here. This would only cost $150.00. George thinks for some time and answers, "I don't care how much it will cost to send the body back; that's what I want to do." The Consul, after hearing this, says "You must have loved your mother-in-law very much considering the difference in price." "No, it's not that," says George. "You see, I know the story of a person buried here in Jerusalem many years ago. On the third day he arose from the dead! I just can't take that chance...

This is gonna be one very very long post full of eye candy! I guess.... I should only showcase some of my fav cars there... and one of two pix of race queens models... So gentlemen, start your engines... and DROOL!!!!! The Lamborghini Murcielago! The new BMW Z4, I bet James Bond must be kicking himself for going back to his Aston Martin! My fav BMW.... the M3! Now, this is my favourite BIG SUV!!!! You have to see the size of these tires! Ah... maybe some of you are bikers and wouldn't want your machines to be left out! The very interesting safety concept car by Volvo! An interesting car that reminds me of the batmobile... except this doesn't seem to have a jet engine intake infront! Of course, there are the lovely gals... Sorry, this pix a little blurred... the camera decided that the car should be in focus and not the gals.. hee. IMO, the highlight of the show is the sweet smiling gal on the left!

They won't be happy until they achieve a golf-ball sized stomach, remember? *WINK!*