peacemaker

Are you very certain it'll last that long? I do have one that I bought from those live bait fishing shops. I was worried it wouldn't last that long, that's why I'm looking for other alternatives.

Haha... price is a great deterrence in this case, otherwise, I would have gotten it.

I'm slowly, but definitely, poisoned into wrasse keeping! This one, however, seems so near, yet so far... (price wise, I'm guessing. Nothing Ching Chai likes comes cheap!).

I have no clue if its rare or not, but IMO, its a very beautiful fish. Came across in GBD. Ching Chai owns 3 of them. Earle's Fairy Wrasses (Cirrhilabrus earlei)

No worries. I'm just curious to see them in Thai costumes. Didn't realize there were so many minority clans in Yunnan.

Oh my... do you have any alternative suggestions, or perhaps point me to a link where I can gather more information?

No worries, bro! With your expertise, your farm will be back to booming!

Thanks Jack! I was thinking of that too when I saw coolguy's IQ3.

Kum sia kum sia... I hope that the GSP can grow as well as yours!

Prepare some NSW, transfer all surviving life stock to a container with NSW, and remedy your tank from there. Stray electricity?

Thanks guys! Do you have a rough cost estimate?

Husbandry is weekly water changes with NSW. Until I exhaust my current supply, I'll be switching to salt mix. Daily manual top offs with bottled distilled water (the pet bottle top off system didn't work out very well, but I'm not giving up just yet. Still have some tinkering to do). Temp is managed between 27.5 to 28oC with a tiny fan. I dose 5-in-1 coral food quarter capful weekly, and feed the livestock with pellets and frozen mysis.

Thanks bro!

Can you spot the sexies?

Top down shots.

My most recent buy, a nice blue yuma. I'm very surprised that it wasn't picked up by others, so when I saw it I immediately grabbed it.

Hi guys! I fell in love with the Dymax IQ3 when I first laid eyes on it, and bought one during Aquarama '09. It was a really small and neat acrylic tank with an IOS (my fav filtration system), plus a simple hang-on LED light. Everything was just slick. I initially wanted it to be filled with zoas, but I struggled with the thought of it being too small, and the lights seem to be insufficient for zoas, so I ended up selling it away. I felt at that time that perhaps this was an impulsive buy. Then, an offer came along that I was able to get a brand new IQ3 at the price I sold it off, so I grabbed the chance, bought it and set it up. The thoughts of "keep it simple" kept ringing in my head, and I just wanted a pico filled with mushrooms. I've swapped the filter sponge with Bio-homme and picked a rock (both from my office tank), so I skipped the cycling period. I've also changed the stock light (all white LEDs) to the marine version (thanks Jacky). I started with some red mushrooms (courtesy of bro iceman) and a common orange yuma. It was opening up nicely and doing very well, so I thought, maybe I should make this a yuma pico instead. The lightings were ideal, since yumas prefer less light. Coincidentally, there were several yuma shipments that came in, and I bought a few and added them to the tank. This isn't a casualty-free tank though... I lost a Yashia as it decided to carpet surf (it was my pair that I transferred from my office tank), so I brought the remaining one back. Spotted some eviota gobies, but they ended up being a tasty meal for my yumas (they died, and ended up in my yuma's mouth). Keeping a pair of yellow clown gobies at present, but will be giving them away soon. I'm up for suggestions on new fishes, but here's what I have in my stocklist: 2x sexy shirmp Red mushrooms 8x yumas 1x baby bi-colour ric 1x frag of GSP (courtesy of bro HW33) Enough of talk, here comes the pics! This isn't much of a scape, and I plan to do something more to it. Open to suggestions.

My office will be having some maintenance done at the end of the month, and I'll need a backup power supply to at least run either my return pump (Ehiem Compact 1000) or my MP10 for approx. 8hrs. Is there anyone who can direct me where I can get a reliable power supply that is easy to use? How much would it cost? Many thanks in advance!

Awesome corals and photos, as usual! Looking forward to visiting you soon! I'm down and out with a ear infection since wed, so traveling will be difficult. Will keep you posted!