| carmi the one i spoted wasnt, but the tube my wife found was and as it was only one ive pulled it off! so i hope that will be the end of it? though there is allways the chance that i might of made it stronger! i hope not.
i have a dusting of green alge over the sand bed and all my readings say go ahead.
in the back of my head there is a note about puting in a small bit of food to test the population ,so ill go surfing to see if i remember right or not?
then its time to tell the kids the good news, and shop for some snails/ hermits.
i was thinking about what you said carmine about the worrie of shop water, and the sinking pot. and what i might try is to stop just short of full sinking and then scoup out what ever ive bought? though this has the worrie of a suden shock, from the big mit of god plucking them from the water. and giving them stress any way! cant see away round this, especialy with inverts that are very susceptable to this.
may be a bucket of water from the tank to sink the pot into? then it can be throwen away as long as ive set myself up for a small water change first.
any thoughts? | 
