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Agree - seems like a simple solution would be to add a light-blocking back layer to the screen (similar to room darkening curtains). That way your livestock doesn't suffer from variable lighting schedules.

Have fun.... I'll be working.

I guess I'll need a bigger tank if I ever decide to try captive breeding of these! http://1funny.com/pufferfish-courtship/

Saw this video on the the Weather Channel app. A school of Banggais getting way too close to a frogfish. Amazing how fast they strike! https://youtu.be/9ZDY5qrgDjY

Working

looking forward to the fun!!

I have been procrastinating about doing that for a few years! I also have a couple of banggai in my sump I need to catch & move to the display (escaped from a growout tank back when I was reading them, and I never went after them). My sump is a 75 gallon, and probably has 20 gallons of sludge in the bottom!

Beautiful!

Your father indeed has some serious woodworking skills! Love this setup you are creating. I've been looking for a good place to set up a nano for some time now.

Everyone should stock up before the frag swap!

That looks decent. I may have try one next time I need to replace a power head.

It's the same age as my old clowns. Has gotten lazy (or smart) and waits for me to clean the glass and hangs out right by the scraper grabbing the easy treats.

I hadn't cleaned the front of my tank for several days and a fine haze of algae was building up (you can see in the video how much algae had built up - I've been derelict in my duties!). While scraping it off, my tang was in heaven chowing on the little clumps being scraped off. I had to stop & video a bit of it just for fun. The coral beauties were getting into it as well.

Anyone know of a local source for Uniseals around here? I'm in need of a variety of sizes for some projects.

It was Amanda's protocol. Here's the link. http://indmas.org/main/index.php/topic/15092-new-fish-quarantine-process-tipshelp/?hl=treatment#entry108884

I think Dustin posted his QT treatment protocol in the not too distant past. I'll see if I can find that thread.

Those packs should give a decent hatch percentage. I have kept brine shrimp cysts in my frig for over 5 years and probably get 80+% hatch. That said, my opinion is that newly hatched bbs are really only useful as a larval feed, or as a treat or enticement to get new finicky fish to eat. I kept a continuous culture going in a 5 gallon bucket for about 2 years, mostly by neglect. It was where I disposed of my unused phyto cultures. The spec grav would vary from 1.010 to over 1.040 depending whether I decided to randomly dump some rodi water in. I never made an effort to maximize the culture, but I never really got enough to feed. And generally brine shrimp aren't very nutritious unless enriched just prior to feeding. The culture bucket also tended to smell like a swamp(which it really was). I find it much easier to buy live adults from the Reef and enrich them when I have the need. They are cheap and stay alive quite a while with essentially no care. As for feeding nhbbs to a reef for the corals, I doubt the colonies would actually get to consume very many. Any fish would immediately devour them, any the filters would likely get the rest. As for a special treat for the fish, though, its like giving M&M's to my grandkids! Just my 2 cents worth. My bottom line is that I will only use them as an intermediate food stage for larval fish (clowns, banggais's). Very quick & easy to hatch individual bottles when needed (only 18-24 hours if you decapsulate the cysts) without the hassle of trying to keep a long term culture hoping to get enough to harvest.

Working..... ☹️️

Does he ever have lats?

I used to raise them, but haven't for some time now. Here is a short vid of a batch from a few years ago. Looking at this makes me want to raise them again! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxM43bU5Th0

When I was feeding my fish last night, I got to wondering how long I have had my percula pair. Looked back at my records and found that they were purchased in spring of 2006 (they were approx 1" in size then). Now over 10 years old, still faithfully spawning. And my yellow tang was purchased a couple of months after them, also still healthy & looking good. Hope I haven't jinxed them!

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Got to watch it at a beachside bar in St. Pete. What a wild ride!!! 'Bout damn time! Go cubs!

I didn't realize they were that much of a problem. About 5 years ago I added 5, still have 3.

Awesome!