I don't want to take all of the credit, but I did realize this morning that I had never rated the thread- can't imagine that one vote would bump you back up, but if it did, I'm glad
Lossman, thanks for the encouragement- one of our rocks (we only have two) hasn't lost much at all except for where the gorilla attacked the encrusted coral thirty seconds before I yanked it out) and the other one has lost just about every bit of sponge on it. Good news- all SIX bivalves are still fully functional.
condy is looking much better:
and, we discovered the mantis' lair (dumb guy came out while we were working on the tank) so we know whereabouts we should locate the trap...