Questions - Need some input

I noticed that my black and white brittle star hasn't been as active as usual recently, and last night I noticed that one of his legs seemed like it had about a half inch piece missing when he was close to the glass. I was a bit worried, but today it got much, much worse. I saw what appear to be 1-2 inch long pieces of brittle star leg all over the tank, some still moving a bit. The main disc had one leg attached but it looked like the top had come open too. It was as if the whole star just fell ...

The QT tank should finally be cycled this week hopefully... and I'm trying to decide what I'm doing as far as fish this time around.

The tank will not be screened, but I do have a canopy going around it with fans shielded from the inside/out and mesh across the back, so I'm thinking I should be ok with some jump happy type critters like my old mandarin that decided to go hardwood floor surfing from the 29g. There's about a 3/4" gap from the top of the canopy to the light fixture, ...

My 120 gallon tank is 60 Inches in length, 18 inches deep. Can I manage it with a 48 inch Fixture? Or do I need the full 60 inches on top covered with light? Am leaning towards the http://www.fosterandsmithaquatics.co...0&pcatid=21460 This fixture will give me dawn, daylight and night time lights/control.

Thoughts??? Ideas???


Thanks Everyone,

Aaron

Ok so here is where i am literally.
So about a week ago i tested for electricity in my tank. I had and auto clamp tester with leads and a cheep analog tester. I was getting strange results and consulted RC and then Marc who reminded me of his article he did some time ago. http://www.reefaddicts.com/content.p...ay-Electricity Using his article as my guide i set out to test again and decided to get a tester similar to the one he used to help eliminate human ...

I just got a blue hippo tang last thursday. He still is not eating anything i have givin to him. I have tried rods food flakes nori going to try some brine shrimp tonight. But i need help to get him to eat i don't want to lose him. Thx.