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  1. adjustment issues w/mystery wrasse

    Soooo. I bought a fairly juvenile mystery wrasse a couple wks ago whose been continuously tormented by my four line wrasse. The similar appearance of the wrasses is one thing that I had overlooked when purchasing my animated newcomer. I also have an exquisite wrasse who seems to pay no attention to his new acquantence. I'm hoping that my four line wrasse's territorial behavior is only temporary and that the mystery wrasse will condition this unwelcoming behavior enough to survive. Any suggestions?
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    Updated 10-21-2010 at 01:55 PM by melev

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  2. Too much light?

    Ever since I upgraded my tank from 2x55W PC lights, to 4x54W T5's my finger leathers, toadstool and various mushrooms and even my Zoanthids have been slowly dwindling! The finger leathers almost never extend polyps anymore and have shriveled up to half their original size, the Toadstool only opens it's polyps at night, and slow retracts them after the lights come on. And my mushrooms are slowly dissappearing! My Zoanthids have great colors, but are not spreading, in fact the colony has been shrinking. ...

    Updated 10-15-2010 at 11:43 PM by melev

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  3. Elos coral placement plan, ideas welcome

    I originally wanted to take a purist approach and only house Clowns and BTAs, however, the more I looked at my rockscape the more I envisioned a SMALL variety of corals. I would hate to waste PAR and flow on an anemone that can adapt to low/low conditions, so here is a coral dream team.

    Assorted BTAs on left side of tank
    Zoas on the foreground "arm" of rocks
    Table Acros right in the focal point, high flow, directly under lights.
    Monti Caps all down ...

    Updated 10-09-2010 at 05:45 PM by bleachandvomit

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  4. HOB Super Reef Octopus Protein Skimmers?

    Does Anyone Have Any Videos of the New HOB Super Reef Octopus Protein Skimmers? I'm interested in purchasing one for my aquarium yet I haven't seen any videos to prove their performance. It's either these or I'm going to go HOB Deltec but I would like to compare the two.

    Updated 10-08-2010 at 03:44 PM by melev

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  5. Seagrass Filefish

    I just recently aquired a seagrass filefish. He is pretty cool. But I did get him for one reason. I have a plague of aptasia in my tank that just has to go.. cant take it anymore. Was going to get maybe a burgia nudibranch, but went with the Monacanthidae instead. He seems to be doing pretty good but doesnt seem to be going after the aptasia. I'm sure that it's probly normal that you will get one that doesnt eat aptasia, just like you'll get some that are not reef safe... But perhaps its because ...