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Actually, he is correct saying "dendro". Dendrophylldae.....don't confuse with dendronephthea....does include the genus tubastrea. But here is where the hobby trade takes over......common "sun corals" aka tubastrea.....run around $45 per fist sized colony. BUT....there is also a very.very large...

It is really, really hard to photograph the viewing room since the room is on the small side....about 12 X 12....and the tank's lights are so bright........ that it messes with the camera. I have to flood the room with light from my shop lights to just get a pic....and not a very good pic at...

Thanks all...yes those are RBTA's that I keep isolated to the rear right corner....the achilles is about a year old now. I was wondering how long it would take you guys to realize that there is no "best" tank. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.....and each tank has a different appeal to the...

WOW....old thread....old pic...here he is today at about 5 inches.... and here's one of another cold water box that I have....a shaw's box

Moorea2.....turn off that heater and see how far the temp drops below 78.1 when the chiller turns off.....then set your heater .5 degrees below that......you may decide that's it's better to raise the lower chiller limit to 78.5. Your controller may turn off your chiller at 78.1....but, the...

There a few problems with the above post IMO... 1) sea surface temps are meaningless since most corals are collected at depth...maybe 10 ft....maybe 100 ft....and temps at depth are not sea surface temps.....at least they are not according to Walt Smith's post above or my temp guage when I dove...

Some folks can get by without a chiller.....an example would be your situation with your tank located in a cool basement....another would be a house that is AC'd all year long. I believe, though, that any SPS dominated tank should be chiller protected against those 100 degree days.....there's...

I'll buy that Bang Guy....but, in our tanks, we have complete control over the temp by just having a chiller. I have little sympathy for those folks that refuse to put a chiller on their tank to protect their investment. To have hundreds or even thousands of dollars worth of livestock....but...

It is often very difficult to know where your stock is coming from....unless your LFS or equivelent is transhipping in the critters.....and you have a biotope tank for a particular region. At the wholesalers in LA, the stock's orgin is frequently confused or just plain wrong. I've picked up fish...

This has always been a controversial topic....and the result is that each individual has to decide what is best for himself. These are a few things that I considered before I decided on 78 for my reef... 1) the lower the temp, the higher the dissolved O2. 2) the lower the temp, the less disease...

Yes...a good reason...it's not a BTA.....it's a condylactis.

I'm just a hobbiest. My real background is in construction and engineering. I had a reef tank back in the mid 80's.....took a break for career building in the 90's..... and picked it back up again in 2000.

850 gal

I started with a couple of rbta's (rose bubble tip anemones) about 5 years ago....and through their splitting...there are now over 50. I just let them spread over the rear right corner of the tank....on a kind of a rock wall. The pic above was a top down pic....this one is from the front...

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Here are my two favorite fish.....although, they are not candidates for the thread starter since they are temperate fish......but, none the less....they are unusual and spectacular......and are definitely the coolest fish in my tank both literally and figuratively. my white bar boxfish my...

I took a few updated photos the other day.....

Use AC ???? the water temp is 56 F- 58 F......the chiller pulls 12amps.

The chiller is just a standard Pacific Coast Imports 1/2hp chiller that goes for around $800.