Recent content by Gizmo

If your lfs has an account with ora, they can order you a tank bred mandarin. I think they cost a little more, but are very hardy, & will eat frozen, as well as other foods.

& welcome to the site, by the way.

Yeah, I kept some for five years. Even the feathers dusters, & sponges on the rock are still alive.

Oops! don't know what happened didn't mean to paste all that other crap.

This really caught my eye, never seen anything like it. It does look like something from Dr. seuss. What a deal I wDr Seuss Soapfish (Belonoperca pylei) a:focus, a:hover, a:active{outline :none;} /* adjust art font headers */ .art_names a{text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold...

A vortech powerhead is two pieces the propeller side goes inside the tank, & the motor side goes on the outside. They connect by magnet. I think they would only work on a flat surface. Your tank being a cylinder, with no flat surfaces other than the top & bottom, I don't think a vortech would...

Hello, & welcome, that sounds like a cool tank. I think your light's would be enough for the dimensions of your tank. I would put the metal halide right in the center of the canopy. If i'm wrong someone else will likely chime in. For the powerheads I would say if you got the loot get the...

Depends what type of dryrock it is. If it's the quarried type from florida there's nothing dead on it to cause a cycle. If it came from the ocean, & was then dried, like fiji or pukani rock for example it could cause a cycle.

Has it been in salt water the whole time? & is there powerheads in the buckets creeating movement, & have you done water changes while storing it? If so it probably had little die off. As far as curing it, get a clean plastic garbage can or container of some sort, & a ammonia test kit. Place a...

Hello, welcome to the site.

90 gal is still way to small for a hippo tang.

Hello & welcome!

Neat, I kinda want one now.

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When I moved I put all my rock in rubbermaid garbage cans in water and strapped them in the truck, and transported some of the water in a buch of buckets. I also put the live stock in buckets, and some corals in a rubber tote. However that's a long trip for your live stock I would definately...