Recent content by reefer545

Anybody want a Sea Apple? It's doin great, but I have a very small system, and I would prefer to not have to keep a watchful eye on it, not to mention the extra water changes and such. feel free to email me at vailboxergreen@yahoo.com red and blue with yellow feeders. About 4 inches. very pretty.

Put it in a plastic sandwich baggy or a gallon freezer bag (depending on size) and then hit it with a cast iron skillet. Simple, fast, no clean up required.

Using epoxy, or some kind of fast curing cement, surround the crack witha glass or plexiglass plate that is at least 2 inches beyond any point the crack measures. This has worked for me in the past. I had a 75 g. fw tank with a crack along the bottom of the tank pretty much down the middle. I...

Mandarin dragonet. cuttlefish.

I had to buy a chiller for my 24. I did, because as soon as my apartent got above 80 degrees (mainly in the summer) my tank skyrocketed to 84ish. I had to blast the ac to keep my apartment cool, so a chiller in retrospect, has been the best component I have ever bought. It is not wierd for...

EVERYBODY needs to chill. I am sure you are joking. Nobody is stupid enough to post something like that and then go through with it. As long as you check the laws of said island it could work, but why mess with nature? I say, just scuba, and enjoy it without trying to make it better.

I have seen plate corals on rocks, but ime, when I first started to buy corals, I saw one on rocks in the LFS and so I put mine the rocks. Dead within 3 days. I will/have never put one on the rocks again. The only thing I put on the rocks these days is a nice scotch.

I have always wanted a frogfish. Mantis are cool, but need their own tank. Frogfish should really be kept alone too though.

Yeah, a couple months with a rash that looked like egsma(sp?). It was itchy and constantly irritating. The wierd part was that the anemone stings took a long time to finally effect me. By that I mean that I had been stung by this same anemeone for months and months of intermediate stings to...

Fromia is a great family of stars for the reef of the ones that are offered. Reef Safe. Easily spot fed. *very touchy about being picked up- you are best to try not to pick it up ever. It wont hurt any corals, but it POSSIBLY may go after a snail or hermit crab - but usually to no avail...

I b4et you laughed your arse off Dark. I would have. It's funny when others get hurt. WITHIN REASON OF COURSE. The surprise is what really got me. The pain was not too bad. And I found the perfect remedy. A NICE COLD BEER IN THE HAND (AND GUT) REALLY ALLEVIATES THE SENSATION. LOL. for all...

Thanks Alix. I used my pliers I carry. Needlenose. I got the most of them out, but some definitely are still there. The glue idea is great. Thanks. Na, no gloves. I am a chef, and I am constantly burning myself or occasionally (very occasionally) cutting myself, so the pain is not really...

I finally stung myself today. After 2.5 years, I finally grabbed a bristle worm by accident. I was moving some rock around while cleaning, and sure enough there was a long bristle worm just waitin for me. I know better, and I have read so many times to wear gloves and that the sting of them...

HUGE score!!!!!!!!! Congrats! I have been wanting a fungia plate rock for a long time, but I cant find them for less a hundred bucks, and that is with just a few or up to 6 little plates on it. Nice find my friend. Enjoy it, take care of it. You'll love it I am certain. If not, send it my...

That's a bit too much. I have 150 w MH with 2 x 32 w actnic over my 24. They hang a good 14 inches above the tank. I have had them for a little less than a year, and I can tell that some corals which were higher are just now starting to come back around. You could get those and just hang em real...