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Quote: Originally Posted by reefkprZ In the wild you can find zoanthid/sponge colonies where the sponge grows amongst the zoas to protect itself from predation by absorbing the toxins in the zoa. I can't remember where I read the article that mentioned that but I thought it was neat, and you...

Yeah. Duncan's grow like crazy. Here is a pic of mine when I first got them. The pic is dated 4/1/2010 and there were 3 little heads. Here is one from 9/28/2010. They had grown several new heads in a little under 6 months. Here is a fairly recent photo. I just counted and there are at least...

Never had a problem with my pygmy angel (yellow face, blue body) other then it eating my Xmas tree worms.

The water/phyto was always a light translucent green right after a split. It would darken and become opaque enough that I couldn't see the light coming through the bottle from the bulb after a week.

I did this for several months, but stopped because I was worried about all of the fertilizer that I was putting in my tank. It's super easy to do. Here's how I did it: - Mixed up a batch of saltwater to a SG of 1.019 - Rinsed out a couple of emtpy 2 liter bottles of Pepsi. - Drilled two holes...

I used Dr G's phyto as a starter culture and it worked out pretty well. DT's smells too much like ass IMO.

Quote: Originally Posted by Gemmy It is our year! I hope so, but I'm a bit nervous about the massive roster overhaul. Richards played a lot of hard minutes. He'll be hard to replace.

Quote: Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 Just keep water quality high, keep that RO membrane changed! Keep your lighting schedule the same and see if you can target feed small bits and pieces. If it's meant to be, it's meant to be! That's what I thought. I changed out all of the filters in my...

Quote: Originally Posted by acrylic51 Sorry about your issues, but like suggested by Gemmy; a good water change and keep an eye on your parameters....In an emergency like that I wouldn't even think about firing the lights....Corals would be fine without light, the important thing is keep the...

Quote: Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 Hah, You know what - you just reminded me of something I do that I take for granted. After being in the hobby so long, I automatically tilt pumps in the water to get rid of the "bubble," I've never really had to think about it being a possible problem...

I was culturing phyto for a while. It was really easy, but I was concerned about all of the miracle grow that I was putting in my tank. I'm sure it wasn't getting completely depleted before I split and I was worried it would get too concentrated as time went on. I did end up with some massive...

Quote: Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 Hmm, never heard of that or experienced it, but it's worth a try! What brand/type is it? how many gph? I use some cheap little Rio 800's for reactors and auto top off. I've had it happen to them a few times where I drained the sump below the level of a...

Quote: Originally Posted by Bubblegurl Wow! Very cool! Would these be things I could start adding soon? I don't see why not. Your water should be in pretty good shape after all of the water changes that you've been doing. You won't know if a coral is going to thrive in your tank until you try...

Make sure the pump doesn't have an air bubble around the impeller. Smaller pumps often get air trapped in them and won't work till you shake the bubble out.

Quote: Originally Posted by 1guyDude I found out the hard way about acros! Montis too...i find milliporas and polliporas to be a lil more easier in my case! I think it depends on the Monti. I had a Montipora Spongodes that died out from a phosphate spike in my early days of reef keeping. He...

Quote: Originally Posted by Bubblegurl The Copepods are a good thing right?? I jumped the gun and added 3, big ones a few weeks ago. They are the reason this thread started, everything went nuts in the tank. Will not add anymore and working to keep them alive. They are all doing well. Guess my...

Quote: Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 All of those white things crawling on the back glass is probably copepods. You probably need to wait until your tank is almost a year old before adding SPS corals. Then again, you can test the waters by adding a few frags here and there. Depends on the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Bang Guy Ya know, you're right. What I wrote was not fully descriptive. I believe most Muriatic Acid on the market is about 30% Hydrochloric Acid. This is still strong enough to dissolve flesh and bone. Thank you for the correction! Yeah. The stuff that I use is...

Quote: Originally Posted by rainbow grouper Ok i'll give test results soon and is alveopora a good LPS or SPS for aqaurists who have no experience with hards I'd like to say no because Alveopora are really delicate, but they don't have any special needs like target feeding. Just good water...

Quote: Originally Posted by Bang Guy Pool supply or a hardware store. It's called Muriatic Acid but it's actually a weak Hydrochloric acid. I don't know if I'd call it weak...A gallon of this stuff drops the pH in my 10,000 gallon pool from 8.4 to below 6.8. It always seemed like pretty...