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Id be in for sure. Been eyeballing the Apex for months.

Mine is Nate213 because my name is Nate and I have always run number 213 on my motocross bikes.

Gradth, What kind of hawkfish? My wife just got a flame hawk, and I was looking to replace our Midas. I dont want any more jumpers.

We had our Midas with a Redlip (or Horseface) blenny. I have heard that the Redlips are similar to the lawnmower in terms of temperment and habits. Our Redlip was aggressive to most of the fish in the tank, but completely ignored the Midas.

A Midas Blenny. Midas Blennys are the best, they are always out and interested in whats going on outside the tank. Jawfish are good too. Ours is like a grumpy old man that is concerned with what his neighbors are doing.

So the mystery continues. I got rid of my pesky clownfish at the feb meeting. They were super aggresive to me and I saw them picking on the jawfish. I was thinking maybe they were responsible for the Kole death, since nothing else really fit. Since then everthing has been good until I lost 2 more fish this week. Im now down to two. The jawfish and a small flame hawk. My fairy wrasse decided to turn into a jumper and become carpet jerky early in the week. Then last night my flasher wrasse kicked the bucket. I was gone on company business for the last 3 days, and I came home yesterday. The wife said the flasher wrasse was eating and swimming around as normal in the morning. I found it near death on the bottom of the tank. It was fat and healthy in appearance without any visable damage. Found it dead this morning. I immediately checked and rechecked all the water params and found nothing unusual. Corals have good PE and look healthy. Im stumped. Is this just a string of bad luck, or is there some disease / parasite that causes sudden death in otherwise healthy looking fish?

Anyone have a filter sock holder that is not in use? Im looking to buy one or I have some corals to trade.

I was thinking of getting a small beta tank for my office at work. That would be perfect. Thanks for the link andy.

I'm trying to convince my wife the same thing. I spilled about 1/3 gallon of water on the carpet last night and told her that when I get the big tank, we could tile around it. She said " You think you're pretty funny, huh?" DOH!

Here are some more photos and a couple of new fish additions. (Please try to ignore the flatworms and calupera - I obviously do.) We are down to just a few fish. Lost the Midas, Zebra goby and Kole tang over the last six months and we traded away the clownfish pair. Im looking for some replacements, but as of now our current stocklist is: Flame hawk Fairy Wrasse Flasher Wrasse Jawfish

Its been a while since I updated this thread, so here are some more 1-year progression shots taken on 3-3-2009 and yesterday 3-6-2010: FTS: Milli progression: Birdsnest: Torch:

Thanks Roy. I had a great time.

I know. You have to force me to come over by having a meeting at your house. Thats pretty sad when I live so close. (laugh)

Does anyone want to trade for a breeding pair of Ocellaris clowns? They are getting aggressive toward some of my smaller fish when they are protecting their eggs (which is nearly all the time now). They are super fat and healthy. I can bring them to the meeting if someone is interested.

X2. I need a McCoskers also and am close to racefan.

Every coral I have added to the tank has been a small start on a frag plug. There is no way that I got a mantis hickhicker on any corals. It must have been there since I got the tank several years ago. How fast do they grow? I havent heard any popping sounds.

First off water params: Everything seems normal. I have been very stable the last few months since I added a calcium reactor. Temp 77F PH 8.1 SG. 1.024 Ammonia undetectable Nitrites undetectable Nitrates < 5 ppm Phospates < 0.2 ppm Alk 8 dkh Calcium 390 ppm Magnesium ? Test kit ran out. No new rock for 3 years and the last coral or fish was added more than 4 month ago. I haven't seen any shrimp. How can I find a mantis if there is one hiding out?

So about a month or so ago, I lost my Midas Blenny. Fat & healthy one day, gone the next. No carpet surfing, just disapeared. Then a few days later my zebra goby was gone. Today something killed my Kole Tang. When I got home from work I messed around and cleaned part of the tank and moved some things around. When I was done with that I played some PS3. After my wife got home at 7, I checked the tank. Our Kole tang was picking some Algae off the clip and swimming around as normal. An hour later at 8pm I fed the tank and realized the Kole tang was missing. I saw a group of snails & hermits at the front of the tank picking on somthing. It was my tang. (flame) And the weird thing was, it was almost entirely gone. The eyes and guts were gone and it was pretty much a skeleton with a little bit of skin. So the question is, what could kill it? The other fish are 2 clowns, one jawfish, a flasher wrasse and a fairy wrasse. The Kole tang was small (about the same size as the other fish). For inverts I have snails and a few small hermits. No starfish, no predatory crabs. Any ideas on what could be the culprit?

Here is a decent site with info on Caulerpa. It contains some funny responses if you have the time to read them all. http://www.wetwebmedia.com/caulerpacomp.htm

Dont do it!!!! I just spent the last 3-hours picking it from some of the rocks in my DT. I got a small piece on a frag about a year ago, and now I spend hours and hours every week and every water change trying to eliminate it. It is extremely difficult to get rid of. The roots will get into all the rock crevices and take hold. Its got me so ticked off, Im just about ready to start over from scratch.

Dave, Im not sure if I should congratulate you or offer my condolences now that you are a working stiff. Best wishes on your new job.

The Ninkasi and Stone beers are probably the best beers that are sold in my area. I need to get down closer to Portland, so I can have a better selection.

Have you ever tried the Whiskey Barrel Stout brew that BJ's has? They take their Tatonka stout (which is also excellent) and finish it off in whiskey barrels. It has a nice whisky-oaky flavor to it.