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Visited reef raft a few days ago. Wow. I saw some of the most extraordinary sps that I have ever seen. I took some iPhone pictures but they were too goofy to post and I did not think to bring my real camera with me. Whether or not some of the high end corals fit into a budget, the experience...

Finally set up a water mixing station and surprisingly no leaks. I am not much of a plumber but I copied Shnitzels mixing station design and I think I got it correct. So how long do you have to mix salt. I got some d-d salt. I assume 2-4 hours of mixing. Then can you use it right away or do...

Not the prettiest fish. They will eat any food but most importantly they also like aptasia I don't have any zoas but I do have lots of LPS, bubble coral, frog spawn, Duncan's , chalices, favias etc. they have already started munching on those dreaded aptasia. Cleaned out my sump And now in the...

I have had this beautiful Achilles tang for a month or two, he eats every kind of flake, not sure yet about pellets. I got through the stage when every other Tang was beating up on it, now everybody gets along. So today, I was adding a few new corals to the tank. The Achilles decided to taste...

Well a transformer went out near my home yesterday and the electrical power went out from 1 a.m. to 5:30 pm--just 16 hours. And just like bananas, yes,we have no generator. Hooked up an oxygen cylinder to the tank, so I had a "bubbler". My calcium reactor dumped a bunch of saturated fluid...

One of my many frustrations with reef keeping is photography and comparing coral via photos online. There are those with LEDS, T5, MH lighting and all combinations of the above and they lead to different "looks" to a tank. Then complicating that issue is photography. Some use dslr's and...

Noob question. How long do you run your t5s daily?

6 inch Steve Elias Stag colony, 5 inch millepora colony (it had a name but i forgot), big frag of Reeftek starburst, plus big frag 2 inches or so of seasons greetings monti, and a 3 or 4 inch of bright lime green acro multi branch. these have all been in my tank for one year plus I am...

I read some raving reviews on another forum regarding acropower. The observations posted are so positive as to make you ponder. Reef builders has done multiple incredibly positive reviews on it, and the adjectives are all superlative, http://reefbuilders.com/2013/12/05/acropower-review/. In...

Does carbon dosing with bio pellets or vodka/ vinegar eliminate the need for gfo. Are your phosphates reduced enough by all those bacteria?

Made a field trip out to coral gazers yesterday. Somebody gave me a heads up that there was a colony of Vivid's Rainbow delight at the shop. Even Viviid is not fragging their colony yet. So what's an hour drive for a frag that I have been craving for a long time. Came home, did the...

I see lots of beautiful frags with multi-colors online, frag swaps, and at LFS. But what about the mother colony. Do these pretty frags grow up to look blah or do all those magic colors fill the entire Colony. We all post our latest acquisition and there are some amazing hot multicolored frags...

History: "Isolated" frag tank experiment (trial and error) for almost a year. Equipment 1.) Frag Tank: Advanced Acrylic dimensions approx 24" x 21" x 12" (Water volume initially 10 gallons but now maintain it around 15 gallons--now just about an inch below the top of the acrylic)...

I have two wp 40 on my display from the initial release and going strong. Got a wp 25 from Socalireefs first group buy of them and it died. Tried new controller and power supply. Just a dead pump. Anyone else had failure. The 25 first started out incredible, started losing umph, and then...

Had kind of a split shift day today. Morning in Burbank and afternoon in long beach. Finished my morning early and decided to take the opportunity for my first visit to sexy corals. Great to meet Mike in person. Pretty great store for LPS folk. Amazing inventory and gotta admit his photos are...

So do you make your RO water and store it in a trash container. What kind of trash container and do you need to scrub it out before use to avoid any surface contaminants. I don't want to end up making 50 to 100 gallons of water and then let some residue in the container mess it up

I have had the gold flake angel for about two months. I feed spectrum pellets and spirulina About 1 and 1/2 inches and growing. The potters angel, I have had longer and it is pretty decent size 2 inch plus. Both really healthy and active. I got the gold flake from bullitr. Gold flake is...

Decided to add a couple of cleaner shrimp to the tank. I know I have a lot of wrasses and some aggressive toward inverts. But I put these guys (the cleaner shrimp) in late at night, and I knew they would play it safe. got up in the morning and saw one of them out on a rock so I grabbed the...

I got a 180 gallon tank and looking for a heater. what do you all recommend

I tried flash photography of a couple of fish on my unlit tank early this morning. Kind of interesting