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Lately my tank has been evolving by attrition to more sponges and gorgonians. I just like them better and it is one thing I have not done yet. The tank went from fish only to fish and crustaceans to anemones to leathers to LPS then LPS and seaweeds to SPS and LPS to now. I have been finding...

The manatees are very cool and all over the keys. I think it is one inch of manatee to 20 gallons of water for a clean up crew. They are also reef safe but it is very hard to get rid of the plastic bag they come in.

Just got back from key Largo, it was a little to cold to swim but we did go boating in our friends boat. 2 of my old girlfriends came by to meet us. I wanted to hire one for my clean up crew.

I made that.

I rely on a Supermodel who comes over to feed pre proportioned frozen foods. The brine shrimp babies are just for the pipefish, mandarins and a few others that eat nothing else.

This is my vacation hatchery/feeder, it is a new design I am testing out. Basically it adds shrimp eggs every day to the thing and they hatch out throughout the day and feed the fish. it can work for a week, maybe two before it would need to be cleaned. I have used this when I went to Hawaii...

Another feeding frenzy

Another feeding frenzy

Just feeding from a feeder like every day

You have to look at those gill filiments with a magnifier. You can't see parasites lie that.

Of course we can't see your tank from here but I notice a few things. First of all, nitrates did not kill your fish, nor did ammonia. Fish can tolerate nitrates well over 150. My fish now, which are almost all spawning are in my tank with nitrates about 80 and have been for years. If they...

I was just looking at my tank and Wow, I have way to many fish. A couple jumped out in the last few months but the rest of them just keep growing. They are all exuding health which is what they are supposed to do but the amount of food they need is really messing up my water. I don't know...

Also a white worm feeder for mandarins that keep other fish out. Worms are injected into tube at surface

I have been using a baby brine shrimp feeder for many years. Notice the blue stripe pipefish and the mandarin are pregnant as they always are. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROQgxQG_AFg&feature=youtu.be

Mark, it sounds like you agree with me and that is unusual. It boggles my mind at how many disease threads there are and there is no need for it. A fish should almost never get sick, if mine don't, then no one's should as I am just a Lug Nut fish tank guy and not a professor of theoretical...

(I posted this elsewhere and also decided to put it here.) When I wrote this (and quite a few other articles/posts) on this subject I knew there were going to be doubters and just plain un-believers so I was hesitant to post it. On some forums, I can't even mention immunity. As you know I got...

NyeGTI, it is hard because even after one day people on other forums are doubting and questioning everything, but they also can't explain why I don't have to quarantine and have not in 38 or so years.

I don't know if you noticed but there are an awefully lot of people posting on disease forums. Why is that? Fish in the sea are almost always healthy until someone puts them in a tank. I have been diving since the early 70s and don't remember ever seeing a sick fish on a reef. How many fish...

Fantastic. I also have one of those. :congratulatory:

I love these guys