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Hey Dennis - looks like it's a dollar per gallon on tanks up to 55 gallons - not including (officially) the Oceanic cube. Take a look at the ARGH!! Tank Leak! thread by dsoz for more details....

Just stopped by Cobalt's to pick up some coral and saw this tank - if you are thinking about one of these you should definitely check it out, he did a really nice job on the stand and it looks great!

Yea! Glad there is some light at the end of your tunnel. I have used both Kent supper buffer and coral builder over the last several years and had pretty good luck with stable PH - weird about the salt mixes though...

Arrrgh! You're too quick for me...

Sorry about the confusion... my fault. I introduced the Scribbled rabbit (Siganus doliatus) even though Reefgeek asked specifically about Tangs. I just haven't had a Tang go after the hair algae and thought I would throw this guy out there as an option as he is at least a similar size/shape. Likewise the Foxface. So... my appologies if this lead anyone astray.

That's really unfortunate - sorry to hear about your run of bad luck with the tank. Hopefully things will turn around soon - hang in there!

Thanks Bob, I will give it a try.

OK... anyone have suggestions for treatment of skin lesions? One of the new wrasses (Potter's) got scuffed up in transport and isn't healing well - in fact the affected area is getting larger and deeper. I can't see anything else obviously wrong and he swims and breaths OK but still buries himself in sand often (which I'm sure doesn't help). Any suggestions welcome. Thanks in advance!

As for the tangs... your best bet would be those with different body types so that they are less likely to view each other as a threat. I was able to keep a Sohal, Kole, and Scopas all together peacefully but I wouldn't recommend a Sohal and Hippo or Yellow and Scopas for instance. I've seen it but chances are higher that they will fight. Hope that helps.

Interesting question... I think it probably depends on what type of algae. I had a Kole and Scopas in my old tank and they did a job on everything but hair algae. When I temporarily added the Sohal and Scribbled rabbit from Bob's tank, everything was stripped clean pretty quickly. I never saw who actually took out the hair algae but I think it was likely the rabbit based on Bob's observations. Regardless, the current combination of Sohal, Scopas and Scribbled rabbit is keeping mine really clean despite heavy feeding and stocking. Hope that helps.

Ok... forgive me for being a little excited but one of my new wrasses just reappeard last night and started snapping up mysis shrimp and spirulina brine along with everyone else in the tank. I hadn't seen him for almost 2 weeks! I finally identified him as an Evans wrasse (Pseudocheilinus evanidus) - AKA secretive, disappearing, chinstrap wrasse - very aptly named I might add! Here is a pic - it's not actually of mine (see AKA above) but looks exactly like him. Cool fish IMO.

Hey Jon, Those look nice - I might be interested in one. I have two right now - one is a celedon green with blue polyps and the other is white with blue centers on the polyps. The white one I got from Bob with the tank and hasn't really come around real well but the other is really happy with great extension, color, etc. What have you found to be the critical factors. Thanks!

Funny - I have had the same question here in Portland. I usually try and remember to look whenever I'm in one of the local stores but have yet to see a Mg test kit. Where are you all getting them? So far, Ph and Calcium are holding pretty well but I really would like to be able to keep an eye on this. Thanks!

Yeah, no reason for cable with that in your place! Who knew that having a fireplace store could be so profitable.... does it get that cold in the Netherlands?

Cool... thanks Jeff. I tried giving my other tangs and rabbit fish some goodies from the fuge and they just ignored them.... they go crazy over a clip of sea veggies though! They all have also adapted to frozen, including SWF gumbo, emerald cuisine, spirulina brine, mysis, and, of course, anything and everything green that has the gumption to try and grow in the main tank.

I have a Sohal in with a Scribbled rabbit and the tang loves to chase the rabbit in circles on a daily basis. I haven't seen it escalate beyond that but I guess the Sohal did scuff him up at one point when Bob had them. Seems like they have established a "working relationship" however as the rabbit is still very healthy and has great color, appetite etc. so I wouldn't worry too much. In fact, the one who is typically scuffed up these days is the Tang - he always heals pretty quickly though.

Many of you have probably already seen this since it was a tank of the month on RC back in Feb '06 but I just ran across it. http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-02/totm/index.php Man.... makes me want to go home and pull the plug (after rescuing all the live beasties of course)! Shows what you can do with enough time and money I guess. I do like the incorporation of natural lighting into the system. Pretty spectacular....

Thanks! I would be interested in these as well if Cobalt decides against it. Will send you a PM.

Hey Jason, I have a canopy and stand that would fit that tank perfectly (see my post in classifieds) if someone is interested in the tank but needs a stand I would be happy to help work something out for them... it's just going to waste as it is. Thanks!