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medicate and hope for the best. *cross fingers*

Thanks bro. That is exactly my concern. However, the same can also be said for the entire hawkfish family, and I know of many bros here who are still keeping them in their tank. If nobody replies, I intend to lock him in my betta box for another week to train him to eat pellets and pellets only before letting him out over the weekend. I don't mind him eating my shrimps and snails actually... I just don't want him attacking my fishes. And I do intend to keep gobies in future... sigh... taking a gamble here

lol I saw someone diy-ed a temporary filter with mineral bottle. pump water out into mineral bottle full of filter wool and back in. Think you might want to do that. otherwise your tunze will be clogged with dirt. count me in if you wanna diy a small drip box. I have been wanting to do something like that for my weekly kh dosing.

I purchased a Falco Hawk about a month ago. In that time I lost a Chromis, shrimp, numerous snails and what ever else he killed. Not to mentioned all of the bites my Coral Beauty and my Dragon Wrasse sustained. That last straw was when my Dragon Wrasse (Beast) wouldn't come out to eat. He now resides in the fish store. Please be careful with these guys, they can be crazy! This is one of the advice which totally disturbed me... This guy is about 2.5-3", can definitely bully my fishes if he wants to.

QT your fish out and treat asap sis poomoon. http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/ichparasi...tbrooklynel.htm

uh oh... does it look like this? http://www.greenreefing.com/resources/Brooklynella.jpg Coould be brooklynella. Symptoms: "Most similar symptomatically to Oodinium, this too is a parasite that primarily attacks the gills first. At the onset fish may scrap up against objects, rapid respiration develops, and fish often gasp for air at the surface as the gills become clogged with mucus. Fish become lethargic, refuse to eat, and colors fade, but the most noticeable difference that sets Brooklynella apart from Oodinium is the heavy amount of slime that is produced. As the disease progresses a thick whitish mucus covers the body, usually starting at the head and spreading outward, skin lesions appear, and it is not uncommon for signs of secondary bacterial infections to arise." Follow bro Law's advice in this thread.

LCK still have gem? Didn't notice it yesterday... Still had 4 platinum clowns swimming in their coral display, and a couple of AT left. Quite a few have been taken/reserved already. Most are feeding on pellets.

bro you might want to off all your pumps/skimmer and just let the sand settle first. Otherwise you will be changing filter wool every few hours! lol

ok, so i got another fish I have been eyeing this weekend at Iwarna's. Absolute beauty, and super cheap. It's happily eating pellets in my betta box right now, and displaying quite abit of obnoxious behaviour already. I'm reading horror stories of it decimating shrimp and snail populations in tank, and bullying small fishes. Anyone has any experience to share before I decide whether to let it out or give it back to LFS?

A photo would be good to ID. Are your clowns covered in them or just tiny spots here and there? Any other symptoms? Feeding well? Swimming actively or hiding? Any other fish bullying your clowns? Just some questions to help you and help us Don't worry too much! btw bro... LCK has alot of black clowns

yeah, for hp try not to use zoom. Digital zoom works the same way as cropping. They take away pixels from the photo and stretch the remaining ones. That's why the picture quality deteriorates. haiz, my nokia phone going bonkers on me. Light no longer working, and cannot detect memory card... looks like I need to buy a new one soon... I drop it too many times le.

white spot is white spot sis poomoon Once your tank has it, it doesn't go away by itself. It resurfaces mostly in fish that are stressed/weak. That's why new fishes are prone to it coz they are stressed. Usually, healthy fishes shrug it off within 1-2 days, or maybe 1 week. The best way to build resistance in your fish is to keep them healthy and feed them food with spirulina, garlic to boost their immune system. One v. good example is.... you guessed it! Henry's reef gourmet btw bro Reefzzz, like I mentioned before, even if you QT future fishes, your tank still has the parasite because your yellow tang or other fishes are hosting it. Your eyes might not see it, but the parasite is still in your tank. If you really want your tank to be ich free, you have to run it fishless for at least 3-4 weeks for the life cycle of ich to be complete, and die off. Most fishes I know are able to shrug off white spots. I put new fishes in betta box and once they recognise pellets and are feeding healthily, I let them out. Will have white spots for afew days, but they go away. Key is they are feeding and swimming ard happily. Of course if you are intending to add Tangs aka ich magnets, would be better to qt them n fatten them up before introducing to your tank.

Composition 101 The next series of tips I would like to share will be some composition tips to create more natural looking photos of our mini reefs. (or photos in general) 1. Center is not better One of the most basic rules in photography is the Rule of Thirds. It basically says center is not always better. Many cameras have this function of providing gridlines on the preview screen. This actually helps you practice the rule of thirds. You can either choose your main focal point at the 4 intersection points (such as the eye of your fish), or place points of interest along the grid lines so that the photo becomes more balanced and enable viewers to interact with it more naturally. A v. good example of this by bro w3ish3ng (hope you don't mind me reproducing your photo bro!): Tip: you can try to recreate the rule of thirds in post photography through cropping, but photo quality might deteriorate if you crop too much away. Of course, this rule can be broken. But try mastering this grandfather of photography rules first, and see some improvement in your photos taken!

lol bro time to start a real fragging tank then! $$ to be made in the future!

Totally agree with you bro. If Crockett seems so interested in getting expert advice, then maybe he should just go LFS and ask. Afterall, LFS have been running business for so long, they should be expert right? Pls use some common sense... good advice are already forthcoming. Maybe the mods could take a look at these 'new' members who have so much constructive feedback to give.

woohoo brand new week, any gems coming in?

CF should have. Check with auntie? They prob cost <$2/snail.

wow bro looks like you're bringing in all the high tech equipment! So I assume you are planning to get the Tunze osmolator?

Let's hope this promotes more aqua culturing...

Yeah I also say... tank looks so empty now... really need alot more corals aka more $$... haha Weekend photoshoot anyone?

wow we have a glassboxdesign in the making here! Just that this is Acrylic Box Design! great looking tank you have there Jacky! Love your blue shots, keep it coming!

too busy to read your post jacky, go search function pls... be more independent!

bro waiting for your tank to fire away! LFS CHIONG ah!

heh ure rhomboid enough to wack exquisite anyday la too bad my exquisite still haven't flashed at all...

Keep the scales for me! lol glad to hear yours is doing well law