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Sorry to hear that. I've been there, it was a long time ago, however mine was caused by a cracked front glass. I still have trouble with the thought of setting up in a big way again and it happened to me years ago. It certainly is a big set back no mater what the cause.

Thats all very well but you are not taking into consideration the physical changes that the water goes through when the impeller chews the hell out of it. It expands.

Thats an interesting point, I wonder what the split rate is like in a reef in spring when the algae goes nuts and softens the water.

I never thought of doing that to anenomes and I use to cut up everything else.

The motion of the water is the cause of the pressure. I had this problem when I was designing my single chamber reactors. Turn the pump off and you should notice a slight drop in the drip rate. I now use a two chamber as I found the drip rate could be controlled more easilly because the second chamber was only on the drip cycle on the way out. This also help to use up any left over Co2.

Go Debbie

Sorry Chris but your wrong on both counts.

This thread sucks I've never seen such a load of ignorant abuse towards a LHS before. However considering the forum that it's in I'm not supprised. I've been a customer of Bobs since I was a kid, I find the personal attacks in this thread towards him and the way he does business out of line and highly offensive. If you don't like the way your fish behave towards each other then that’s your problem. It's common knowledge that different types of wrasses can fight, it is not Bobs responsibility to lecture every idiot that walks into his store about there purchase and even if he was to, there are never any guaranties in this hobby regarding animal behaviour. If you don't know ask. That is the customer’s responsibility. Bob is there to make a living for himself and his staff. Taking fish back is a stupid and risky thing to do for any shop and no customer has the right to expect any difference in treatment because they may think of themselves as a better customer than another. I have always found that Bob treats everyone the same as each other with no bias and very fairly regarding problems. I think a lot of you owe him an apology for the ignorant crap that has been said in this thread. All it hs done is make Bob look bad for no justifiable reason and that is not on. Aaron

Feelers There was something on the rock, maybe buttons, I can't remember. A few years ago I got some rock from a dealer and the rule was that it had to stay dry for three weeks, to my knowledge they were new rules at the time. To go further than this would just show how ignorant the people that maf get there info from really are. Most of what they do in regards to us is based on what might happen, not what will and here is the proof.

Of coarse you do.

I missed the last bit of your post, It came on rocks that had something on them, not plain rock. It would have been about 11 years ago now, I remember it was just before we moved into the house we're in now,That was when we lost most of our stock.

You do not need a skimmer with what you have stated in your first post, however I would myself and I've done more nanos and pico's than I can remember (not that I have a good memory anymore). There are alot of DIY plans in here www.nano-reef.com Most small hang-on skimmers don't acheive much more than a weekly 10-15% water change would, and the stuff your talking about keeping wouldn't need much more than a good filter system. Pay more attension to your water changing ability, keep a supply on hand so you can change more often. even if you use a skimmer with that size tank. If you want a skimmer I would avoid a hang-on. Can you set up a sump of some kind?

No it was a mantis I went on a hunt and found it. Mantis also make a clicking noise. That best died years ago, the tank is sitting in my lounge empty now.

Acclimatising mollies is not a problem, your big problem will be having more aggressive fish with them as they are not. Here's an idea Black mollies and Blue Chromas in decent numbers now that would look great. Although Red & Black would be better.

I was going to ask the same question in a week or so. I thought a mantis would be good in the pico that I've been designing to sit on a coffee table that I bought for it. I sort of had a mantis a long time ago. It was in a tank that I set up for my parents. For along time we couldn't work out what the clicking noise was because it was a freeloader in one of the rocks that we never saw. If I could I'd rather have a Harliquin Shrimp though.