Recent content by matt b

Hey, Check out this place out in central ohio. They are having a special. Mods please do not delete. I am just trying to share this coral farm with the cummunity. Reef Systems Coral Farm Anniversary Sale this Weekend February 12th, 13th, & 14th 2010 ******* EXTENDED HOURS THIS WEEKEND ONLY...

Originally Posted by Garick The thing is my red coraline is turning gray. I am getting a new set of test kits hopefully next week and some buffering to help return it to normal... Assuming the calcium and KH are low and making my coraline die off. It could just as well be to high. It would...

Originally Posted by Flower Never dose unless you test for it, and there is a need. With a weekly water change you should not need to dose at all. And that is why you will never grow corals like people that dose buffer and calcium everyday. Corals use buffer and calcium to grow. If you do not...

I think someones calcium test was bad. WTF kind of company would have a calcium of 590? One that is horrible for a reef and will not be able to keep alk stable with that level and not to mention it would cost them sooo much to make a level that high so it is obvious it was not a bad batch. If...

The halimada is using up buffer and calcium so your corals are suffering. Not even close to enough light, Like 2 watts per gallon. You are not dosing buffer and calcium every day, Which is all that photosynthetic corals need to grow. Not running your skimmer all the time is a bad idea, Very bad...

Pretty cool vid. Maybe if people would stop buying maricultured and wild pieces we would not have this problem. Or atleast it would not be as bad as it is.

Originally Posted by jackri I've had mine for about a year and a half and I don't accept this premise. It grows up on the skeleton and dies from the bottom. Will it eventually die? Sure all plants/animals do. Is the end in sight for my main colony? Maybe as it has receded in the last 2 months...

Originally Posted by lluv24 okay so i shouldnt have bought this coral. that really sucks!!!!!!! is there anything i can do to try to keep it alive? Nope. It is already damaged and once they are in bad shape theres really nothing you can do. People will say feeding copepods and stuff will...

Originally Posted by lluv24 also im not sure what kind of coral this is. i got it from a lfs but i forgot what he called it! also anything special i should do for it food,light,flow? Goniopora, Its going to die. And if you bought it and it looked like that then that LFS is terrible...

Originally Posted by Coral Keeper I went to the Monterrey Bay Aquarium before yesterday and there were sooo many emo kids, I couldn't believe my eyes! Very tight pants, black emo looking hair, ect. Looks like emo is pretty popular there. It was fun there nonetheless! You didnt know what a emo...

Originally Posted by King_Neptune This one was pretty cheap. 1 10ft pvc pipe and half dozen elbows.Great surface skimmer. My mag 18 cant out push it. so im happy. [/IMG] That takes up so much room!!! Why dont you just drill higher, And put a 90 and a strainner in. It would look so much better...

Originally Posted by cafero702 lol... i used to have a powder blue tang it was a little baby got stressed out and died and ive always heard blue hippo tangs get ich so easily but maybe if its a little big and hardier it should be fine?? And i was thinking another yellow tang becasue they do...

Originally Posted by nissan577 were thats from what i have seen and heard around my area. do you have to start this again. everyone has there own opinions. and i never said something like that before. so Matt B i know we dont like each other but please man respect others so the new comers dont...

Originally Posted by nissan577 hippo no. i have seen hippo before and they havnt seen to be doing good when there is a tang already in there. it will get ich fast and be stress. get powder tangs are good. How do you have 8k posts? Powder browns are notorious for ich/velvet and powder blues are...

Originally Posted by reefraff somewhere about 19,000 posts, 18,999 in the T5 Q&A Thread If thats true I dont think thats something to brag about. Thats just sad...