Pulse corals have always been my favorites (memorizing!), and it's nice that they're appropriate for beginners... I hope you're wrong about the orchid thing...I'm big on houseplants but haven't always had the most luck with orchids. Maybe when we can't find a fish topic for one of the meetings Betty can teach me how to keep them alive long enough to rebloom/divide. The most ridiculous thing about the saltwater adventure so far is power. I'm a little chagrined at the power levels some people are dumping into their tanks...as in more power than we use in the whole house...for one tank! (and that's with my my hobby junk included!) Cliff > I think that is an astrea snail. Good algae eater. > > Keeping coral is like... keeping orchids. Expensive, difficult to care > for, > and beautiful. > > Get yourself some pulsing xenia. It looks cool and is easy to care for, as > soft corals go. > > http://wrongcrowd.com/albums/nanocube/pulsing_xenia_1000kbps.mov > > This is my old tank. > http://wrongcrowd.com/gallery/nanocube > > I also have about a year of daily still photos that I have made into a > movie. I need to crunch that down to web site. _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member