I really like how it looks. It fits really well into the style of the house. If I did it again, I would look around at wall panelling. I'm sure there must be another way to get the same look without the expense and permanence.

Sort of like another Lance we all know :lol: :razz:

The tank looks great!

I may strut Laurie, but my horn is most definitely not on my forehead. :lol:

And here we all thought that was a unicorn in your pocket. Hot damn dude.

:pound: I'm laughing so hard right now I'm tearing up and I almost fell out of my chair!

Ich problems..
 

Here's the sequence of events...draw your own conclusions:

1) SpG of the tank falls from 1.025 to around 1.022
2) Pulsing Xenia self distructs completely! Total meltdown. This, of itself, was not really of concern to me. I've seen Xenia do this before. It usually comes back, but if it doesn't I'm not going to get upset about it's loss.
3) Achilles Tang breaks out in worst ich ever. Won't eat.
4) I've rapidly adjusted the SpG back up to 1.025.

The Achilles became so lethargic that I was able to reach in and basically hand-catch him. Those of you who are familiar with achilles tangs would know this is REALLY lethargic. I dropped him into a bucket of FW (at tank temp) to try to relieve him of some of the parasites. This puts the fish into some kind of rigor and I could only stand to leave him in there for about 1 minute.

Thinking he was basically frozen still, I was only holding him loosely in my hand when I removed him from the FW. He exploded in violent flipping and I was lucky to throw him across the top of the tank where he bounced off the top of the light fixture and back into the tank!

He seems much better this morning. I suppose we'll see.

Wow, I hope he makes it.

Hey Brad...
when are you going to change the title of this thread from "project" to "masterpiece"?

Brad, IMO I don't think the lowered SG made the Ich worse as the Ich parasite needs higher SG levels. I believe the lower SG stressed the Achilles and thus made it a target for the parasites in your system.

Difficult photos to see...Achilles with ich.
 

Well...Achilles is one tough fish. At this point, he has not eaten anything for at least 7 days. He still looks pretty solid at this point. Just as I start to think he is behaving a bit better, he turns for the worse. Lately, he's become the target of attacks by my yellow tang and ABT.

So...he's been moved to the refugium for some refuge. He may not make it, but at least now he won't get harrassed and he has unlimited food all to himself if he wants it.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/100_0772.jpg

In this photo you can see the extent of the parasitic attack. The large spot near his gills is just coraline on the glas, but everything else you can see is ich. You can also see some damage done by the yellow tang on his mid/upper back.
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/100_0774.jpg