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What type of Trigger is it? There are several that have weird lateral lines near the tail fin. As far as the errattic swimming goes, maybe it is just freaked out by the new surroundings(no QT acclimation, bright lights)

Also known as the Ocellated Lionfish and the Twinspot Lionfish...and technically known as Dendrochirus biocellatus. Looks like a runaway!

Glad you liked it... That is the same picture twice. I'm still kind of new to this site. If that is what you want to see here are a few more of some inverts stuffing their "faces" :P

One man's trash is another's treasure... these pics are more than likely "creepy" to you guys but fairly commonplace around here. There are other beautiful invertebrates besides corals.

I also have the remora with a the MJ1200 and it is working great. I have had it set up for about two weeks and I have to dump the cup out almost every other day. I'm not to pleased with how the PH looks just hanging there though. Does it look any better(or work) with the Rio 800? I geuss I...

Out of all the weekly maint. tasks that need to be performed cleaning the hood glass didn't make it on my list for a while there. Now I have some calc deposits or something that will NOT come off with aquarium safe cleaner. Any homemade concoctions or other products that you guys use for stuff...

If you don't need lighting or typical hood, what type of covering do you use? I'd like it to be pretty tight for an eel but need to be able to attach HOB filter.

In my opinion they work fine but I don't like the attachment parts. My LFS recommended it as the best for my 55 gal at 295 GPH...now I have that and a Maxi-jet 900. The Maxi-jets have the best parts for hanging or sticking to the glass. I wish I would've known before. Penguin also looks a...

ites and amm have been consistently reading 0.00 (Rock was partially cured in store tank). ates are still hovering at about 5 -10 ppm. LFS guy said it was safe to add to my established tank......wondering what you guys think. Thanks in Advance, Derek

No answer again, huh? Maybe if I bump it up. p.s. Has anyone ever tried mixing different types of sea salts to get more of a balance with different elements?

I'm assuming no one here has ever seen this. The LFS gal told me to drop one in my tank and if it started dissolving right away then I needed it bad. She said she puts one per tank every month or so. Anyway, let me know if you guys know anything about this.

I'm assuming no one here has ever seen this. The LFS gal told me to drop one in my tank and if it started dissolving right away then I needed it bad. She said she puts one per tank every month or so. Anyway, let me know if you guys know anything about this.

is a mixture of naturally occurring buffer compounds that maintains natural ocean concentrations of calcium, strontium, and all 15 essentail trace elements..." This is a big white block(kinda like weekly feeders) that will supposedly balance the elements in your tank. I have only seen it at...

I started with "The New Marine Aquarium" and also got "The Conscientious Marine Aquarist" and pretty much go back and forth between the two. There is good set up info in both. If there are any better books (primarily for FOWLR) I'd also like to know what they are.

Well so much for that. Took a trip to the LFS this morning and found the Undulate near dead in the display. Poor li'l bugga. If I come across another "perfect" fish I guess I'll go ahead and use the QT! Thanks for the info