Are Aiptasia light sensitive? Specifically at night when I shine a flashlight on them do they retract?

Sorry to hear about your shrimp!

What is the update??

If Aiptasia could walk they would have taken over the world by now.

My theory is that since they are such a-holes when you kill them they release a thousand spores.

We would like to keep: Goby/shrimp combo Banggai Card and/or Firefish, basically a small fish with big personality Zoanthids Ricordea Mushroom Branching out to other easy corals that will thrive in a stock Aquapod 24 with PC lighting. I agree the surprise/mystery is part of the fun, luckily I still ...

Thanks for the advice.

That is what I was hoping to hear. I'll go local with my LR then.

Locally I've been to:

Progressive
B&B
Fat Fish
Water World
Aquaria
Aquarium Works

Second, a lot of live rock does not look that great in the vendor vats, but as die off occurs the rock will look better.

That was what I was hoping.

About to start the tank and trying to decide where to get the live rock. As I guess we are easy to please, the wife and I are probably more interested in the live rock and associated critters than we are the fish or corals. So with that in mind what do people think of the local live rock? I look onl...

Final decision was made. The Aquapod 24 has been ordered. The premade stand choices are horrible so I ordered a custom-ish stand from Ocean View.

Target date for water/rock/sand in the tank is June 21.

Do you still have the 72g bowfront?

If so I'm interested, send me a PM or email to msmith10_10@yahoo.com

Thanks!

Your post doesn't bother me, in fact I appreciate your candor. I'm still undecided but feel much more confident after visiting all the LFSs and talking to a bunch of different people. The combo of researching and then talking/looking has been invaluable. The only thing I really need now is patience!

Each day, person I talk to, resource I read, seemingly brings a different strategy. My current thought is to buy a 24g Aquapod. I look at it like this, the aquapod will let me learn about keeping a SW tank, it will teach me about success, it will teach me about failure, it will teach me some DIY/mod...

I've been to B&B twice and the staff was very helpful. Was cool that everyone I talked to had SW tanks at home, multiple tanks hehe. This hobby is like an onion, each time you figure out a layer you realize there is another layer underneath! Which is very cool but as a newbie the learning curve ...

Thanks for the reply! I'll need to figure out which tank I can use as my space is limited to 36"wide x 29" deep. I'm starting to get a better feel for things and will start researching in more detail: Tank (29g or 55g if I put tank in a different spot) Stand (something contemporary, black ...

Hello all, wonderful resource here!

Would the Odyssea 45 and stand sold at B&B be a good starting FOWLR aquarium? Would it need a protein skimmer?

Thanks for the help!