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I'll try to facilitate this discussion. Warsteiner (burrp.... ), 1) What kind of corals and fishes do you intend to keep? - That alone is a major determinant of how intense the light / wide a spectrum you need to keep them alive. - Fishes do play a small part, some do not like strong lights. 2) Do you intend to use a chiller? Lastly, have you read Bawater's Guide?

Gutloading yourself with SELCO, DT, GP and some Garlic capsule may be beneficial. Those people who has a tendency to feed heavily would find themselves too tired to carry out any water changes, etc.

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I would close the Gate Valve in minute adjustments till the foam rises faster before the gunk accumulates at the neck. But its fine really, all other things being constant, you have a successful refugium - macroalgae nutrient export. Skimming less does not mean all bad as long as NO3 uptake is constant. It just means your system is establishing well.

If I think I know where you shopped this evening, then they have the best stock of Dispars I've seen. The nicer Alpha males were snapped up by a mad man from Punggol, but looks like yours are pretty good too. One of them does look a little on the thin side.

Weileong, your tank is still relatively new so it'll take a few more months before it breaks through the new tank syndrome phase. But you're right, if resources permit, you can see if you can overdrive the EV. I'm quite keen to hear from AquaC, but I can pretty much guess their reply All it matters is that it works, and the system and its inhabitants are happy, when I have the time and money (as you Roidan ), I'll plore over some literature and try to get more out of the skimmer. Here something to think about: We try to duplicate the reef scene by creating an artificial environment, so technically we should let biological filtration do most of the work. Plugging in technologically advanced bubble fractionisation methods to effectively removes the waste products will remove the source where the biological filtration begins. That being the case meant that the biological system may not / or takes longer to establish itself. Removing a skimmer from a well skimmed heavily stocked tank with less than adequate biological filtration would spell disaster. Case to point: Skimmer should be used as a fail safe and not relied upon to do majority of the work.

My first try ... perhaps tomorrow

do I see a 'Roidana' onboard? That must be the missus Nice Roidan, I see lots of potential, fill up the spaces with some cleverly scaped rockworks and its shopping time again. About the pump for EV, consistency is important, if you have the resources, the Iwaki is the way to go. Even if using a non-pressure rated pump, just up the pull rate (= wet skimmate) IMO, as long as it pulls out the gunk and NO3 are kept low, I personally wouldn't be too concerned with the efficiency of the pump. Mind you that is coming from someone who keeps LPS, so unless you need nutrient free water ... that is another thing.

Shooting it under white light should show its real colour. But it does look a Lettuce Nudi. I'd isolate it and drop in a rock with algae to confirm.

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To his credit, Dispar has matured a little and reduced his 'Crap Ratio' considerably. There are some of course, who consistently maintains some high ratings

I was wondering when is Clarence going to turn up ... ... You're the true Goby freak, next to Edwin. The High Fin is hiding in the Hector's burrow. Food is abundant, and the only competitor is the Hector, we'll see what happens Hector as a hover goby is fun to watch, it even stalks free floating mysis before eating it.

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Perhaps I named it differently, but here's what I got: For the wrasse, you'll have to see if yourself. The Pistols are about an inch in length.

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There is another one, you and Terry can duke it out over it

I wasn't really paying attention to Clowns since I swear off them already. Suggest you give them a call before you drop by.

If its the same one you see in my Gobies thread, there is 1 more in PR. Just to add on to PR's list of stock: - large Anemone shrimp - 02 x Green Tiger Pistol Shrimps - Barbouris and Kuda Seahorses - Small Tail Wrasse (F) - Striated Wrasse - 6-Stripe Wrasse - Orange Spotted Shrimp Goby - Red Banded Antenna Shrimp Goby (<- Terryz, look here) - Golden Head Goby - Raccoon Butterfly - Copperband Butterfly - African Clown (Black, S) - Common Clown (S) - Saddleback Clown (Brown, S) - African Clown (Brown, S) - Longnose Hawk (M) - Bicolor Dottyback - Golden Dottyback

And this is my other Hectori

If you can pick a nice healthy one and provide a stress free environment, I do not see why not. I'm sure you're sensible to know not to experiment on these precocious lives Anyway, here's my latest addition to my Seahorse & Gobies only tank, a High Fin Red Banded Goby (Stonogobiops nematodes)

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Its some kind of Caulerpa snails for sure, typically coming in with the Fern Caulerpa like the ones in the pictures. They have very brittle, even soft shells. No harm really except when disturbed or dying will release some chalky substance. No side effects on the corals and tank inhabitants noted.

IMO They seem relatively hardy as long, it'll be good if you can provide: - Suitably sized food - an environment with sand to burrow or rocks to perch and hide - no predation / agression Preferably in a species only tank, I suppose it should not be too difficult. My Seahorses do not give two hoots about them, except when they come stealing food from their dish, not that they can do anything about it anyway.

The cost of it is fairly negligible considering their colours are fairly unique of you take the time to look. Character they exhibit is also a big draw, tend to draw attention to themselves easily when they should remain conspicious. To date, its doing fine, pecking on the rocks for algae and even clearing the detritus which has accumulated on the rocks. It feeds on minute pieces of mysis and brine. I introduced a smaller Hector, the bigger one will come by to show who is boss. It a pity your A. Rainfordi did not make it, I am looking for one of it. The only other person I know who owns one is Eprouve. Perhaps its not in good shape since it died the next day, if it has started feeding on the algat at least, it may stand a better chance.