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Usually harmless. Acropora prefer to grow over coralline. If you snip away the coralline and hair algae grows there then it's worse for the SPS.

If shrimps take that amount of time to die, low salinity is the culprit 80% of the time. Do not trust the cheap normal refractometers 100%, most people overlook this.

Salinity if it's too low just observe your coralline, if no coralline growth or coralline starts dying means your salinity is not high enough. SG of 1.023 is about 20% lower in salinity compared to full strength seawater. For SPS I prefer a specific gravity of 1.026 to 1.028 (measured using an accurate digital refractometer or at the very least a calibrated manual refractometer).

You can pair 2 females, one will become alpha very fast.

Shipment 6-7pm at Iwarna. Multibar angels, colini angels (mostly pre-ordered), splendid dottybacks, pseudochromis tonozukai pairs, Amblyeleotris aurora, red haddoni anemones, princess anthias, bicolor anthias, naoko wrasse, polleni groupers, gracila albomarginata juveniles, red haddoni anemones. Pseudanthias leucozonus http://reefbuilders.com/2010/07/28/pseudanthias-leucozonus/ Ecsenius pictus (ucommon blenny usually found >30ft deep) Bodianus izuensis juveniles, uncommon and peaceful hogfish. http://reefbuilders.com/2011/06/23/bodianus-izuensis/

Keep them at low temperature they will live longer and they do not have to be fed as much as they do not burn up their energy too fast. A good temperature would be 23-25 degrees celcius for tropical species.

Skimmer does not help with detritus. Detritus build up is due to poor water circulation and lack of mechanical removal like filter socks or filter wool.

Walt Smith at Iwarna.

A school of 50 trimma tevegae.

Tomorrow evening 7-8pm at Iwarna: Carribean shipment. Stocks: Serranus annularis 3cm, Liopropoma mowbrayi, Chainlink Moray (Echidna catenata), Blue Angel medium, French Angel small, Queen Angel medium, Cherub angel, Rock beauty, Royal grammas, Sailfin blennies, scorpion blenny, Blue Reef chromis small sizes, chromis enchrysurus, blue neon gobies, sharknose gobies, tiger gobies (Elacatinus macrodon), Cuban hogfish, yellow head jawfish (more yellow variant), Atlantic blue tangs, Bluehead wrasse (Thalassoma bifasciatum).

Captive bred humphead parrotfish anyone?

Ultra maximas prefer full strength seawater at 1.028 specific gravity, salinity 36ppt.

Ultra maximas arrived at Iwarna. Also uncommon fishes like white tail bristletooth tangs, black tangs, xanthus and nisus hawkfishes. For video footage do search for Iwarna Aquafarm on Facebook.

Shipmemt delayed till further notice. Pls wait for update.

This Saturday morning at Iwarna: Red Haddoni anemones Princess anthias Bicolor anthias Black tangs 3-4" Flame hawks Xanthus golden hawk Nisus flame tail hawk White tail bristletooth tang (uncommon) Atavai wrasse pair Super grade tuamotu maxima clams (very attractive price)

Here is picture of the last 2pcs. Very yellow heads. Japanese toadstools are harvested from the wild, polyps will slowly become greener in captivity under more blue or actinic lighting. Price is $200 and above, with larger pieces costing more. Seems expensive but price has dropped, I used to get them for $500 from Hongkong for 2.5inch specimen.

Maybe flukes

Interruptus angelfish at Iwarna photographed by Lemon. Going for around 45 flame angels. Navigobius going for around 21 flame angels. Thumb length, eating pellets upon arrival and pecking around in photography tank.

A link for those interested in the uber rare true Japanese deepwater toadstool. Value is always high for them, as they are extremely slow growers compared to other leather corals. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1921505&page=3

This Saturday at Iwarna: Interruptus angelfish (9-11cm), Bella sandshifting gobies, navigobius dewa 3pcs, green halcurias anemones (does ok in reef temperatures so far based on feedback), Japanese green toadstool leather corals (collector's item, estimated price around 2xx).

Only be bringing in if there is confirmation, it's hard to sell a venustus at that price.

Got baby venustus from Koji Wada caught in Japan waters, but expensive at around price of 15 Philippines venustus. But good condition for sure.

So many at Iwarna now..

Unfortunate indeed, people always want rare deepwater fish but always comment the price is high. Who is willing to risk their lives to collect these fishes for the hobby? If they are captured using deepwater traps or devices it's possible for these fishes to be cheaper, but when people are risking their lives daily to collect these fish? Imagine how many unreported deaths occur in Indonesia alone.

Coming tomorrow evening only but Mediterranean fish are expensive. Estimated retail around 150% the price of a 4" queen angel.