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Ive had fireworms for a bit. The nasty red bristly ones. Now i picked up this two pepermints a bit ago jsut so i could have some shrimp. I liked these guys. Just today i saw one reaching into a hole and "fighting" with something... the i see him pull his arm out holding a nice sized chunk of...

Hey guys sorry for the long pause in the project. The plate is now curing and should be ready for seeding soon. ALso I needed to give all the live in my tank to grow some more before i started chopping stuff for frags. ive been practicing with polyps, and mushrooms. and They are growing like...

So i baked it to dry it out last night. Then I boiled it and washed off the rest under the faucet. Im letting it dry and then ill do that process again. Everything is cooked. It boiled for like 30 minutes last night. Im going to try and cure it like regular life rock in a seperate container...

hahaha. oh man, i have a feeling that name is gonna stick with me for a while... UNTIL. the end result is seen. I shall redeem!!!!

crap... i hadnt even thogh of that. . ive moved this ordeal into another thread. Super Combo Plate Project.

So first i pulled out the plate. and took some pics to show you what i was dealing with. a big nasty [hr] spot in the middle and some more infection on the sides. I put it in the oven at 200* to remove ALL life from this piece. I want all traces of the bacteria to be gone. I will then scrub...

So my Pagoda was taken over by what some of you have identified as a flesh eating bacteria. It's rather sad really, not only was it costly but it was also a larger display part of my small 20g tank. Im not going to just chunk it though. Im going to allow this thing to come back to life as it...

Hey guys. I was JUST ABOUT to dive in and take your advice when i saw two more patches that had just sprung out of nowhere. THis stuff spreads so fast. OMG Anyways, there was one edge that was starting to move from the outside towards the spot in the middle, and another hole appeared 2 inches...

UPDATE: so i used a baster to wash off the decaying part the other day, and left it in the tank thinking it would heal. This is where is is now... So what I need to know is. Do i take it out of the tank cuz there isnt a hope for it. Im not really wanting to go buy a bunch of expensive dips...

yup thats what im seeing, the white calcium inside. i had a wound before but that was due to a bio crash over my vacation. since then the pagoda almost fully healed up and now out of nowhere this wound just grew. could it be too much light???? i have a 175mh and a 65actinic over my 20 gallon...

by "only a matter of time" do you mean there is no hope, that itll just keep spreading?

Ive got a 20g reef lots of corals, and strong lighting. 175w MH, 65w Actinic PC water: temp :79.8 - 81.2 amonia 0 ites 0 ates 15 ph 8.2 calcium 470 i use iodine, coralvite, liquid calcium, and strontium/molybdenum as supplements. The problems im having is that my pagoda has a "burn" spot in the...

yeah good follow up. Are they just not true to their rating? low output, wrong Color in term of K? or just burn out quick? Once i get it will I be able to use it for a while, or do i NEED a better bulb right away... continuing the train of thought. what are the respectable brands for bulbs...

wow thats alot of light. So your saying that proper aquascaping is also very important. I have a pagoda rock. the flat kind with tons of polyps coming out. thats SPS, and those need most light. So i can have it higher and then have softies kinda under it. etc. this is all starting to come...

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wow thanks for the link. After reading that I think Ill be ok with the lighting I have. Ive got 14 inches to the bottom, AND i was planning on trying to have some SPS on the sandy bottom. So ill need the MH to reach the bottom. And since the PC dont reach the bottom as well I might just run two...

so ive heard a few different things about maximum light. some say 9wpg, and then SCSI, you said that 3 400's would be ok except for the electricity bill. thats 15wpg!!! Im trying for a 175MH to go along with my 130PC, thats a total of 15.25wpg... is this acceptable?

so your telling me that runnig a 130w PC and a 175w MH is toooo much for my 20g. Ive already got a bta, Pagoda Cup, tons of soft corals, and am looking to grw lots of zoas. I heard that the more light the better, and now i hear that there is such thing as too much..... what is it???

JUST ORDERED IT 175w MH ready to plug into my home outlet. Chrome Batwing reflector. Refurbished housing, but brand new balast. $105 including shipping HOT price. this dude on E Bay is selling even 400w kits for only 15 bucks more. Ill let you all know how mine works, this might be a hot...

right on. Looks like ive got a pretty good vote going towards the 14k. 22k does sound a bit on the blue side, and considering im on 10k now, 14k is a good move up. as far as the wattage, what do you think. 305w for a 20g? Enough for stony corals like pagoda right? ive got all the flowing...