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will putting tight fitting lids greatly interfere with gas exhange on a FOWLR? I also have an open sump with a big skimmer...

My horny ocellaris clowns did it again... this time on the side of my (ugly) squamosa clam. the eggs are at 12 o'clock above the little clown in the 1st pic... the eggs have blackened and eyed up... the tankmates gonna get fresh early breakfast soon... anyone want clam and caviar (not...

MP10 are listed up to 3/8 inch... anyone get it to work/fail on 1/2 inch glass or acrylic?

Anyone have a sump or fuge on reverse photoperiod (lights on at night, off days) and place a fish in there long term? How did the fish do... for example, did it turn your mandarin into a red-eyed psycho lunatic killing machine? Im settting up a fuge...

O3 reactor technology evolves slowly as they are not as essential as say powerheads, LED lighting or protein skimming...but anyone who has used O3 appreciates how impressive it is. Face it, using a skimmer for O3 is less than optimal. DIY is risky as O3 is an unsafe gas. Plus most DIY designs...

List your tang hierarchy, from meanest to shy, only if you have ever had 1st hand experience... My list: 1. Powder Blue Tang, killed a clown tang, achilles, blonde naso, powder brown 2. Sohal Tang, attacks food so violently im never letting him loose in the DT 3. Purple Tang 4. Clown Tang 5...

May 6, 2011 The cause of this disease is usually chalked up to generally poor water quality or stray electric currents, but now... Some public aquariums suspected the dust from soft, activated lignite carbon causes Head and Lateral Line Erosion disease (HLLE). So they did a peer-reviewed study...

just wondering... if I plumb in a 10 gallon nano display/stand to my 180 reef, is it still a nano or is it cheating?

have you guys seen this: It replaces the magfloat,mangrove cleaner magnet. It has 5x magnification so you can really see polyps, fish details. I saw it in an LFS. Its going for $70, but man is it neat to see that level of detail in your tank. Anyone have one? Apparently, a local hobbist...

I just got busted. I tired to hide it, but she spotted the new coral. What do you smooth talkers tell your significant other when they remind you of your addiction: 1. yes, but it was on sale 2. its really, really rare 3. I found it 4. its my last purchase, ever 5. thats right woman! 6. other...

Just got this hawaiian harlequin shrimp mated pair. Nothing says lovin' like a romantic starfish lunch with yer boo....yummmm! Here they're in QT in my sump. Now the mrs. is decorating her new home in the corner of my reef. Anyone got experience breeding these?

Remember in 2006 when LFS large & small, online retailers were swimming in livestock? I checked out some LFS yest and was happy to see...inventory! Nicer coral are back, & more expensive fish. Owners say sales are up, but everyone is cautious. After 3 years of seeing my friends close their...

Im considering the automatic water exchange module by spectrapure. I would basically mix the salt for a few days and sit back for the rest of the month and not worry about water changes. It would save me half an hour every weekend, plus it maintains stability better. It requires 2 calibrated...

in 1 corner: me and my SPS reef. I say planted tanks are easy, boring, and generally oozing with estrogen. I have never had one, but I did have a freshwater tank in college. Refugiums are like planted tanks right, no biggie? in the other corner: my bud and his planted tank. He says reefs are...

I just installed my new LED light for my FOWLR tank: a marineland 36inch double bright LED panel. It cost $129 shipped from an online deal. It replaced pc dual 96 watts sunpaqs. I got tired of replacing the bulbs $50/yr. First impressions is that it is adequate, not great, not bad. Its 6inches...

anyone have the vortech mp60? too big for a 6 foot tank?

Where did all the posts from Saturday go? I uploaded my tabling acro pics, no sign of them. Its like Inception... was it all a dream, in a dream, in a dream...

Do you use an aquarium service company? How often do they come by? How much do you pay? (do not include company names)

My reef tripped its GFCI while I was at work and was without power for 12 hours. I was saved by my Vortec battery back up providing tank-saving circulation. Everything is fine 1 week later. I was just wondering what backup equipment saved others from disaster?

In an ideal reef, pH would be 8.3 always. But in reality thats hard to do. Many TOTM have constant pH below 8.0. I am currently a pH chaser. Some say pH should not swing more than 0.2 in a day. What do you other reefers do & why?