DChemist

That sucks, sorry to hear that. That was a great looking fish.

I'll start...

My concern would be pH- If I remember correctly, freshwater angels prefer soft, slightly acidic water. The carbonate is likely buffer the tank pH higher than you'd like and also contribute to water hardness. I don't think the salt will be an issue if the rocks are rinsed. The coraline will not stay colored.

Are you running carbon? I thought it helped when my tank went mysteriously cloudy. I'm blaming the halimeda 'going sexual'. I've got some (I'm pretty close) if you want to pick some up. A water change won't hurt either.

Congrats! Noah and I share a birthday- watch out, it sometimes lands on a Friday...

DChemist = first initial + occupation (when I first used it first for AOL a long time ago...)

Chocolate Covered Raisins?

I just have a single 40 gallon reef. I thinking of setting up a 15 gallon at work.

Those are awesome. Thank you.

I'm not ready to set-up a greenhouse... I'm just living vicariously through others.

Has anyone else been following this thread? I find myself regularly checking for updates... Perhaps I'm a farmer at heart. http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic49395-14-1.aspx

Alright, this has gone on long enough. Welcome. Now tell us about your aquarium, post pictures, etc.

Me too (about the bryopsis). I suspect you hadn't sacrificed to the reef gods... It's a great fish- he is eating off of the corals now too.(rock2)

And a before and after shot of the cleaned up purple monti. I believe the hermits did most of the work.

Here's the newest addition...

Impur- That's comforting to hear. In the 36 hours since I've added the hermits and rabbitfish, nearly all of the green algae growing on my purple monti cap is gone. I was out of the house all day yesterday, so I can't say whether it was just the hermits or if the rabbitfish helped. Eitherway, I can report some success.

Progress and Pictures can be found in my tank thread; http://www.pnwmas.org/forums/showthread.php?p=29791#post29791. I haven't taken any of the rabbitfish yet... I will though, soon enough.

He does look happy- but doesn't it know smoking can lead to cancer?

I'd love to say the rabbitfish was eating the algae on the coral- but that would be an exaggeration. I've only seen him picking algae off the live rock today. I don't mind your pessimism... I fully realize that I may have to ultimately frag the corals to save them- I'm just going to do my best to avoid that option.