Trautman

i have some green stripes. i would be happy to give you some

my cleaner shrimp didnt molt, but it certainly was shy for a couple weeks. i hear that the can molt when stressed, and moving them stresses them... the first time i had a shrimp molt i also thought it died

i have a phosban reactor i would trade

if i only self informed, and knew that i was taking 100% risk with every fish, then i see no reason to go a lfs. a wholesaler is a wholesaler because they sell the fish. that's it. a lfs gives extra info and liability with the purchase (well worth the price increase). i trust lfs owners to pick stocking lists that are reasonable. i trust lfs owners not to sell me diseased fish...and i trust store owners to provide me with adequate and realistic information with my purchase. i am not about to buy a fish with disease then get told that "i should have know what it was when i bought the fish", no i expect a fish store to QUARANTINE the fish, and give fair warning and of it is my sole "responsibility to educate [myself]", and rule out the opinion of the lfs, then i have no reason to pay that extra price hike. that being said, i really do trust the advice the stores give out. garret, tim, jeff, nick, and you reefit, because this is a service i expect as a customer

and no insult meant. it more out of me being annoyed that a fish that has a very low survival rate is promoted by some fish stores. (no fingers are being pointed)

where did you pick it up? i have been interested in getting some sponges. maybe a nudibranch? i bet these would be okay for a fuge

now that i think about it...didnt kevin say something about a ban on hawaiian cleaner wrasse collection? now i am confused

not to be a negative nancy. but think about this. if this fish's NATURAL diet consists of eating external parasites off of fish, it will have a high dietary requirement. why? think about a parasite, what does it eat? it eats the vitamin rich, fatty tissue of a fish A LOT. every bite that cleaner wrasse would take in the wild would be calorie packed! now think of a brine shrimp, it eats much less nutrients, less often. on top of that, it can also burn the food that it took in, meaning not all brine shrimp are created equal! think of it this way, if you have Michael phelps over as a house guest, is he going to do very well if you feed him only three meals a day? his metabolism is used to seven. and ich is a sub dermal disease, meaning there isnt a huge deal of nutrients for a CW even when he is constantly picking on a ich infested tang. in the wild a cleaner wrasse has access to the JUICY parasites. as i have heard from quite a few retailers who refuse to sell them because they are an almost guaranteed death, even of it isnt immediate. that and the fish is an essential part of a reef ecosystem, they are very beneficial and it doesnt help to take out of the breeding pool, even of it survives.... go cleaner shrimp!

i really like my pfo retrofit setup. but i have had bad experience with ice cap. they are too delicate. i hear workhorse is the bomb

seahorse had one last year

acro instead of whale?

i agree. he is overloaded. but he is a great guy for doing stuff like he loaned me a hole saw for a month with out being pushy. also he gets anything you ask him to for a good price, and you can wheel and deal with him and share ideas. i love chatting with him. i plan on volunteering a few hours for him when he gets started up in his new shop

it is how you take thinks that would gum up your water quality out of your system

that dude is all over the place. he is a nice guy though

that is what the coraline looks like before it turns pink. are you adding strontium?

YES!! he is now on my side of the river i have been trying forever and a half to get over there but the bridge has been my big deterrent.

i am going to state the obvious: you can make one out of a bottle that is highly functional, right?

What about niger triggers? i hear they are nice to inverts

just stopped by and picked up a flame angel. great deal, great fish!

i had good luck with both peppermint shrimp and aptasia x as well as lemon juice.

kent has to sit overnight correct? i heard that the ph is off for a while

fresh water! or vinager that should do the trick. The PH and salinity should make them die real quick