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Hi Bro, You can try Seachem's cuprisorb. It worked fine for me in absorbing residual copper.

I believe a tank photograph will speak a thousand words. It's hard to guess what the problem is without looking at the pipework.

Nope. Have'nt seen them for a long time. CF has many Trimma gobies though.

I never took the triggers back. I gave them away. Turned out that I was over-stretching my biological filtration. Have since buffed up my filtration media. I don't get this anymore after reducing my bioload, improving filtration and decomming my sulphur denitrator.

What test kit can show 2-3? No need to be 0, unless you are keeping very delicate corals like SPS or delicate crustacean larvae. Anything less than 10 should be fine for most reef tanks.

I don't know why Lipogramma trilineatum looks so familiar. I may have seen it somewhere before but I can't remember where.

Back siphon. Your water input into the tank must have been more than 3/4 down from the top of your tank?!. Your water return pipe needs to have a small hole drilled. Drill the hole just below your water surface. It will stop the back siphon. I am stumped on why the tank maker did not advise you on this.

Sodium bicarbonate is also known as bicarbonate of soda. Can be bought as 1kg bottles from baking shops. Works fine for FOWLR. Try to keep pH above 8.1, not more than 8.3. Just test your kH each time you add sodium bicarbonate. Keep the kH around 8-10 and your pH should more or less be around that range.

Agree with Morpheous. There are some strains of white spot which can be resistant to hyposalinity. You should take a close look at the spots. If the spots seem to be on thin threads and move with the current, it is most probably a pH / hydrogen sulphide issue.

I am thinking of getting a device that will drop me an sms in the event of a power cut to my tanks. Does anyone have any recommendation? It does not need to measure any tank parameters. It just needs to monitor the current to my tanks. Thanks.

Shut down the denitrator first. Then slowly bring the pH back up using sodium bicarbonate. Once pH is in normal range then you work on your salinity level. Once your parameters are back to normal then you can consider to run your denitrator again. Best to get a pH monitor to see if the denitrator is causing any pH swings.

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Check your pH and sulphur denitrator (if you are using one). My bluethroat triggers looked exactly like this when I had low pH issues due to hydrogen sulphide poisoning from the sulphur denitrator. If I'm not wrong the spots sway with the current?

Lipogramma klayi & Lipogramma evides. http://glassbox-design.com/2008/rare-fish-...ramma-basslets/

Juvenile clownfish in the clarkii complex look so much the same. Wait till the tricinctus juvenile gets to around 3". When you see it with a darker shade it is beautiful. Too bad the only one I've seen was a dying one.

http://www.frogfish.ch/frogfish-reproduction.html Do enjoy.. gives a whole new meaning to nano fish.

People into warty frogfishes take note. Ahbeng has 3 pcs at the moment. One 3" orange, one 1" yellow and one 1" white & maroon.

I bought one piece to try out. Very colourful. I suspect this species might not need light. It is hiding from the bright lights in my tank. Will be a good addition to shaded areas. Sting wise not so potent, doubt it would eat fishes. I have not figured out what species this is although I suspect the genus Actinia.

Think there are about 4-5 pcs. They won't move so fast, I would'nt worry. Chrysopterus are a little more pricey than the usual clownfish.

You guys should see the juvenile chrysopterus at CF. They look just like small tomato clowns with 3 white stripes.

Huh I thought 2400L/hr is 1260?

Yes. They have 1" juveniles that are still in juvenile colouration. Bright red with 3 white bars. As they grow larger their colour changes. Be prepared to lose many if you decide to try this fish. I think I killed not less than 10 of them before I got one piece that lives. If you are willing to wait for them to grow, getting the 1" juveniles will be a safer bet. Larger fish tend to be more touchy.

I believe digiman meant allardi clowns at $48. Chrysopterus clowns are only found in Coralfarm.

I would'nt have been able to tell the difference if I have not seen these fish in real life. Once you see a chrysogaster, you will never mistake it for anything else. They are just so unique. Even for chrysopterus, allardi and tricinctus. You have to see these fishes in person before you can be certain. I have been lucky, to be able to see all these fishes in Singapore. I've only seen the tricinctus once, and that experience cannot be described.

I was there too. The platinums have been spoken for already. Just got to wait till next time when I have more finances. CF still has 2 adorable Sebastapistes cyanostigma, the pink & yellow scorpionfish. A good article on them is at: http://www.reefhobbyistmagazine.com/downlo...df/version3.pdf