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Found this interesting article on Yahoo about a controversial method of encouraging coral growth in Bali. Turns out that applying a low voltage to submerged metal structures promotes limestone formations for growing coral faster...

My female Occ clown has gone missing :bawling: I was out for the day and when I returned home she is nowhere to be found. Tried looking around on the floor and in the overflow to see if she tried to make a break for it over the wall, even looked under all the rocks that I could without...

All you DIYer's in the SGV area might be interested in knowing that Home Depot in Covina is having a HUGE clearance sale. The store is preparing to move into a new location so they are clearing out everything! I talked to a few who work there who told me they were instructed to sell all of there...

My tank's pH has continually remained low at 8.07-8.09 during the day and drops down to 7.95-7.93 at night. I have the sump reverse lit at night but it still doesn't keep the pH up. I thought that perhaps the tank wasn't being aerated enough and have considered routing the skimmer air inlet tube...

Well I finally got off my butt and decided to swap out the Eheim NW pump on my skimmer for a mesh modded OceanRunner 2500. The Eheim runs amazing but it was just too strong for the skimmer I have. Since I had to gate back that pump more than half it generated a hum that could only be heard by...

Anyone here ever go to Total Tropical Fish in Upland? I stumbled across this place the other day and was wondering if it was on anyone's go or don't go list.

I'd like to pick up a pair of clowns for my BTA. My wife and I would like to get out tomorrow and visit some LFS, maybe head down to OC. Anyone know any good places we should check out?

The other day I had someone pick me up a couple clams and BTA's from Tom (socaltropicalfish). Thanks to Tom for picking out some nice specimens and Puffalicious for picking them up! I expected to get a couple of golfball sized clams and equally small anemones. Wow, was I surprised to get 2...

I am organizing a group buy on 1/4" mesh netting used to cover open top tanks. I kicked this off over on RC but thought I'd let everyone here know about it. Below is a copy of what I posted over there. If you are replying on RC please don't duplicate it here, and vice versa. I'll only be taking...

Not sure if anyone has ever seen such a thing, but I have a 6 lined wrasse that appears to have Narcolepsy. He will be swimming near the glass and suddenly freeze in a partial curled position, then begin to drift in the current. A couple seconds later he will jerk like he was surprised or...

Not sure if tank inhabitants care or not, but does everyone change their light timer(s) when daylight saving time ends or begins? I had my actinic lights set to go off around 11:00, but now with the time change my tank is dark by 10:00. My latest tank is coral challenged for now but just...

I'd like to suggest increasing the number of posts/threads a guest may view before blocking them. I think giving guests a little more of a taste of this forum will increase new membership. If using Limited Guest Viewing System, perhaps increasing the block count higher than the take-over...

I'm looking for a tiny clump of Chaeto in the NE SGV area. I work in Pasadena and live in Glendora, so anywhere in between would be preferable. Aslo if anyone needs some grape caulerpa in exchange LMK.

Selling a Bermuda BPS-5C skimmer. Only been running for a couple weeks and is in great shape. Its just too much for my little tank and overwhelms my small stand. The company says it needs a pump like a Mag 12 but I got it skimming with a smaller ~900 gph pump. This skimmer runs in or out of the...

My latest project is a 54 gallon corner bow front I picked up. The tank has a built-in megaflow overflow that I converted the lower portion into a wave box using a Tunze 6000. This has turned out to be one of my more challenging projects due to the limited triangle-shaped space under the stand...