Questions - Need some input

I found this little guy about 2 months ago, withering away on the bottom of a piece of live rock I bought. Its skeletal structure was firmly attached to LR, so it was a hitch hiker.

It and LPS, and has a small mouth located in the center of its polyp. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Anyone in the Middle Tennessee area? Looking for some clubs / social networking in the area. MTRC (http://www.mtrc.org) seems to be dead.

I'm getting more and more involved with my aquatics hobby. I used to have a 55g FOLR tank, but now am working on 250g reef. The more people in the area, the better. Plus, it would be nice to do some frag swapping.

Really, the closest thing I have to a club is Aquatic Critters (http://www.aquaticcritter.com), which is just my LFS. ...

Looking at building a wood stand for a design I have. It's 8'L x 2'W x 3'T. My question.... can my tank stand design handle 3000 lbs? water + canopy There will be 3/4" plywood on both the top and bottom that the design doesn't show.

The corners and side legs are doubled-up 2/4's. I thought it would be easier than notching 4x4's.

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I have been holding off on getting corals because I want an anemone to find a spot so it doesn't kill any coral. I have two clarkii clown fish and the female is probably 4-5 inches long. That means that I am going to need a big anemone, the only problem is I don't have money for a big one. I don't mind much on what kind of anemone I get as long as it is not brown and has a bright color. I was thinking about buying a small anemone and growing it out in my refugium. My refugium only has sand, rock, ...

My boss brought me back 2 water bottles full of sand and water from Daytona to start my tank with there's lots of life in them (lots of critters in shells)
my question is .. IS this a good idea and what are the dangers?

thanks g