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Suddenly, my Atlantic/Caribbean Blue Tang came down with a bunch of brown marks. They are not round, but irregular shapes. The skin is a little inflamed around each of the marks. They are on both sides of the fish, but more on the side shown below. So far, his appetite and general demeanor are unchanged.


A friend provided me this link to common fish diseases: http://www.chucksaddiction.com/disease.html To me, it would appear to be the first "ailment" ...

I've been planning my SPS Aquaculture Rack System for several months now. I have all of the equipment now and I'm beginning to put pieces together. Here's the list.

Tanks - All tanks have drilled returns and are placed on metal rack systems.
8' tall rack system with three 48"x12"x12" 33g tanks.
5' tall rack system with two 48" long x 20" wide x 16" tall 56g tanks (the bottom tank will be used as the sump)

Lighting - Each 33g tank ...

Yesterday, Fedex showed up with four big boxes from LiveAquaria. I couldn't believe my eyes.





I mean, this can't be all my order. When I'd placed my order, there was some discussion of quantity, and I replied with "Surprise me." I'm not picky - I love my fishies and I wasn't sure what they had in stock ready to ship. ...

It is always a challenge to add new fish to an established reef, primarily because of territorial issues. Each fish in the tank has already picked out their favorite haunt, and they are not prepared to share space with a newcomer. As hobbyists, we always try to come up with ways that might work: dump them in and pray, add them after lights out, introduce many at once (shock and awe), or put them in a section divided off from the rest of the reef.

Several years ago, a friend of mine ...

Here are some recent pics of some of my corals. My tank is mostly LPS with a couple of SPS, leathers, shrooms and zoo's

here's a lobo


here's the fungia, which has really gotten fat




some pink/green hammers




the orange monti cap, which measures about a foot across.


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