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Metal Halide is the highest intensity lights with a wide spectrum range I believe the home hobbyist can have Lunar lights or moon lights recreate nocturnal lighting in the ocean T5s are florescent bulbs that give high intensity and run cool in a small diameter bulb So to answer you question you...

Originally Posted by Handbanana Oh! I see what you mean. I Think I will go for the left side pipe. Whats your take on what Bandit said about the pipe not being on the floor of the tank and blocking with rubble? I think its a good point that I hadnt thought of. not to worry just put lots and...

I personally love caves (PVC) the more the nicer appearance of the tank IMO My point is simply if you prefer one burrow that allows you to observer you mantis easily place it in front of that one when you introduce it. But there is not guarantee that after scouting out the tank that it will not...

FYI IMO your mantis is going to call one her home if you have a preference when you introduce her do it in front of the Pvc you want her to occupy

I don't not mean this as a joke. have a wet dry vacuum handy you can bet on the fact that if and when you get a total seam failure it will be in the middle of the night

IMO the best way to stop a leak in your LITTLE reef tank( depending on what you consider little) is buy a new tank

but if you look closely at the skimmer body itself you will see the bubble production inside the body is nill I completely missed this, with this evidence you are correct in stating it is a mechanical problem

Again let me just say NO I was not kidding when I asked why someone would automatically assume that if here was a drop off of skimmate that there was a mechanical problem with their skimmer. You would I would think have to agree that other factors could be involved

Originally Posted by acrylic51 You have to be kidding if you believe the skimmer has completely skimmed the tank curious of the comment as well myself????? I was referring to the more pure air the skimmer pulls the efficience or ability could increase. Look at your Beckett style skimmers they...

Originally Posted by srfisher17 I was threatened with a lawsuit by the Fugu Chefs Union. lol i would not want to mess with a chef serving me Fugu. The last thing you may hear is SO SORRY

Originally Posted by IbanEz I just jumped in the shower too Joe. Do anything for ya? Yes you just UNMADE MY DAY

Gotta jump in the shower Ick Smick You just made my day. with all due respect Greg

Originally Posted by Cranberry Then shouldn't this be true of all marine parasites with a like cycle? Yes the only difference is that with each marine parasite comes different divisional time frames. again all i am saying is lets prove conclusively that what we are dealing with when we say...

BTW, LA has RGs on sale this week wanting to keep their moral obligation to the preservation of RG I have been forbidden to buy any from that site

OK I think we need to get back to basics here for a moment and revisit how hypo brakes the life cycle of ick, so dear Renee and other please indulge me. The ick parasite in its divisional stage need to convert saline water into fresh water (all marine animals need fresh water) they do this via...

Originally Posted by srfisher17 Absolutely gorgeous tank Joe; but is your little RG hiding? OH THAT IS COLD SO VERY VERY COLD

If its not human error in the procedure of Hypo I on the other hand lean toward another type of parasite. its not like ick can build up an immunity to hypo as you know it would have to bend the laws of physics and transfer fluids though its membrane without osmotic pressure differential

what makes you think the decrees in skimate is a problem

My two cents Fact. We know how the ick parasite divides Fact. We know that hypo reduces the osmotic pressure differential to a level where there can be no division. If we can say with 100% certainty that we have preformed hypo correctly, then we have to deduce that the parasite we are dealing...

The comment about HQI emitting less heat is true but misleading. The ambient heat from a bulb only adds a tiny amount of heat to an aquarium. It's the light energy itself that add the heat. HQI typically produce more light so as a result they are going to add more heat to the water. The bulbs...