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Quote: Light acclimation is solely used for immobile photosynthetic organisms You may want to amend this to include organisms that get the majority of their energy from being photosynthetic and are mobile such as bivalve mollusks. Something else you may want to add as a precursor to...

you just have to love mantis shrimp

Quote: Thanx TommieLynn. Please get a picture of it up when you can as I have not seen a blue one before Henry Henry

Quote: Originally Posted by spanko Ummm,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,what? Under BTLDreef it says TommieLynn. yes as in female

I personally like to place a heater in an area that has the most flow. Slower areas of your refuge will heat up and hold heat longer so you may not get a true temp in your DT as per what you set the heater at

yes But ideally your return water from your skimmer IMO should go into the area of your return to your DT pump

First a Berlin style system is basically a natural system of filtration. It is improved with the addition of surface skimming and a protein skimmer. As for the return from your skimmer you want it as far from the skimmer pump as possible to cut down on repetitive skimming of the same water

Quote:Thanx TommieLynn. Please get a picture of it up when you can Henry its TommieLYNN

Getting back to my original point. The time frame involved in growing coralline algae is predicated on the conditions presented and the type and amount of coralline introduced NOT how long a tank has been set up

Quote: Originally Posted by spanko Slice = trouble maker!!! Henry the gourmet chef, well he can stir the pot as well as anyone Just out of curiosity I wonder how many hobbyists when first establishing a tank make growing coralline a priority. And if it was not a priority were or were not the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Kiefers hahahahaaaaa. It took my system a good 6 month or so to start up with some good coralline algae. but then again,..... started with all new stuff. Tank, sand, l/r, oh well. some people never get a good growth of coralline. what do you think happened after six...

As a nube I don’t expect you to judge every line just stay in the shallow end of the pool But then again you are in the hobby for 15 months so you should have an opinion on the need for a tank to be in operation for 3 months to grow coralline so please enlighten me Quote: Originally Posted by...

IMO the phrase should be. A tank that can fully cycle nitrogen with or without mechanical help I am just trying to establish if your thread contains completely truthful information. That is ultimately what you want I assume. You are stating that a tank need be at least 3 months old for...

Quote: It requires a tank that is established (at least 3 months old). are you sure about this

A little discussed reason for a QT is that it gives the hobbyist a chance to evaluate his new addition from a stand point of “was this just an impulse buy” do I really want this fish or coral ? Have I done my homework on keeping it? If the answer is no and you want to return it is much easier to...

or Sea urchin Quote: Originally Posted by Gemmy Not having a scutus helps too.

Quote: Originally Posted by meowzer LOL.....I love my Emeralds.....I love how they wave their claws, and when I feed the tank I like to give them little pieces of shrimp and they get so happy I have never had a "bad" one..... I to meowzer love your jewels

Quote: There is a lot that you can do to ensure that these algae will grow, and this article will explain it all. Are you sure you have not left anything out ? IMO I don’t think the 3 month old tank is a prerequisite. The ammonia est. is what reef keepers or any hobbits for that matter will...

I told you this was one of my all-time favorite threads

Quote: Originally Posted by spanko Crabs are evil opportunistic feeders.......................................................there I said it and I am not taking it back! Henry do you think that perhaps you track record with the crabs has something to do with your opinion ???