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a bit too risky for LPS corals. they seem to be very tasty. acropora should be alright if the grow rate is there to sustain nipping, but hey you might be lucky!

i have a clown trigger in my reef, sofar so good. bites sometimes the growth tips of my acropora off, also have a cleaner shrimp in the same tank. will see how it goes when my trigger gets a bit bigger!!

hi brianemone, seems like you have got enough light, how the heck do you keep your tank cool with that much power over such a small tank?

i had a little yellow box fish in a mainly soft coral tank with some peaceful tank mates ( mandarin, small wrasse). my little boxfish was quite cute! he only ate all the tube worms. not a big worry.but!! one day i did a mayor cleanout (used to have tons of caulerpa growing in that tank) when i got a phone call that my little son was sick in daycare and if i could come and pick him up. so rushed everything a bit and i must have stressed the boxfish?? after getting back home (doctor visit) i found the mandarin dead with his gills wide open. the boxfish was on his last leg and so was the wrasse. i removed them and placed them in new water from my other tank in separate containers. this didn't help either. all fish perished in a very short time. no ill effects were visible on the cleaner shrimp or any of the corals. i still have the boxfishes body (they dry out nicely) i wouldn't put an other one into any tank unless on its own. mine never touched any corals, but he was only approx. 6cm before drying. great fish lots of caracter but a time bomb.

if it works well why fix it? just to look good? intereting design looks like an old diving cylinder or similar.

see you sunday. what time?

i think the impact collection has for the hobby is really minimal! ive seen tons of artifical fertilizer being unloaded in the islands, just the runoff from that stuff devestates parts of the reef, i have lived in the maldives shortly after approx. 90% sps died due to bleaching and seen within 6 months the amount of new grow poping up everywhere, the problem really starts when methods like cyanide are being used to catch ornamental fish or dynamite for fishing for food. now funny enough we all want the cheapest clam, coral and fish! true? local fisherman don't make a killing in catching live stock. many would rather eat the clam then sell it for a buck!! a lot less work involved. :-?

hi, i used to live and work in vava'u (the northern island group) for a year in 1996. very similar reports from up there. vava'u has patches with massive amounts of leather corals and little else, the next island with a little different currents may ony have stone coral (huge table tops etc ) then you'll find places with lots of sea fans (yellow gorgonians) the islands of vava' has quite a lot fish a specially the outer islands. as for clams most islanders regard them as yummy food. i nearly attacked a guy who tired to sell me the most beautiful coloured clam meat one can imagine (flourecent green and blue). tonga still seemed a lot more untouched compared to aitutaki in the cooks, i spent 9 month there a year ago. we went quite often on lagoon trips, didi't cost us anything and was always a rleaed day away. but!!! the boat crew which il knew very well could not understand why tourists get so upset when the crew comes back with 10 - 15 beautiful coloured clams for them to eat for lunch it just seems normal to them cookie

i'll try it again.

what a $#@*^&%$ hassle no wonder not many people post pictures. hope it works this time , sorry about the quality, got to work with that &^$^&%$ camera more often. cookie

second picture is an alvepora not goniopora, but equally as hard to keep! great pics pies.

very true.

just got back from howick and seen one of the best looking goniopora in a while. lives in a AR-360/380 not sure exactly which one with one percula clown. this coral not just looks great it also has produced 2 offspring which i purchased. all the owner does is weekly water changes and adding iodine?(which has been questioned recently if its neccessary to add to reefs). the system runs on a single 15 watt!!! fluro and some morning sun. very small powerhead and no skimmer. all purchased from a LFS in mt. roskill. its her first ever marine tank!!

iwaki are great what a mother of a pump.

:roll: maybe i should grow my hair and get some dreadlocks (don't know if the wife would agree) thanks for showing some interest in a new member to this forum chimera. will post some pics soon.