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not great photos, but here goes: http://www.midcalracing.com/fish.htm

Not very good at photography, but here goes... http://www.midcalracing.com/fish.htm (it is ok to post a non-commercial link, isn't it?)

Originally Posted by jailbreak yes it goes on the body it self Hmm. Did not come with one. Good thing I didn't hook it up, yet. Thanks.

I have a new Ocean Clear 375 (uv+pleated filter) and the manual is pretty bad. It talks somewhere about an o-ring sealing the lid, but I find no o-ring. Is there supposed to be one? Thanks.

Originally Posted by sleasia This is what I suspected because most stores leave salinity low to help control and discourage ich and other opportunistic diseases from thriving. Most of us have salinity at 1.024 because we like to keep some inverts in the tanks....If a fish has been in 1.020 for...

Originally Posted by Beth Going from 1.020 to 1.025 in a few hours is way too much of a difference. Why does the lfs keep the sg so low? They keep their fish at 1.020 and their invert tanks at 1.025. I'll ask why. Today I went in and took a water sample. They said my water was "perfect,"...

Originally Posted by sleasia This may seem crazy. but I have begun to test the saltwater fish store water that my fish are packed in whenever I get a new fish. Mainly to know what salinity level the fish have been in prior to bringing them home. Because they do much better if they are being...

Originally Posted by kadella Hi All - getting ready to stock a 55 gal long FOWLR peaceful tank, over time, of course... I am looking for your most interesting & entertaining fish, I really don't care about color etc., although I do like bright colors. I'm trying not to get fish that are...

Originally Posted by stella I'm not an expert.....but shouldn't the ammonia and nitrites be at 0? "ammonia <.25; nitrites barely detectable" ... I think that may be too. :thinking: Both are "ok" in test ranges shown. I knwo zero is better but I don't see anything bad enough to cause...

Originally Posted by Beth Sorry this happened, but there is no way of knowing what happened. Fish should eat raw foods, but I don't really see an issue with him eating 1 cooked meal. Unless there was something actually wrong with the shrimp....how did they smell? Thanks. The shrimp seemed...

Came home yesterday (Tuesday) to find my 7" porcupine puffer (Stewie, because his face was like the cartoon character baby on Family Guy) breathing hard on the bottom, and here at 2 a.m., he's dead. Brought him home Saturday morning. and he seemed perfectly fine up through Tuesday morning. Did...

I have a black oak All Glass canopy on my 150. I'm running some bright lights that really heat up the tank. Before I go with a fan, I'm thinking that venting the top of the canopy (the big door) would be good, but I can't decide the best way to make a really good looking vent. I've looked at...

Got a 150 with a spotted puffer (6"), porcupine puffer (7"), queen angel (6"), and banana wrasse. I try to follow the "2 minute" rule (feed what they'll eat in 2 minutes), but these guys will eat indefinitely. I don't want them to go hungry, but then I don't want unnecessary waste in my tank...

How much will reducing stocking of a 150 fowlr aggressive tank from about 6-7 (I know, I know) fish to 2 or 3 reduce maintenance? Thinking of pulling out 3 triggers, leaving a puffer, wrasse, and angel. Will it make much of a difference in water quality, need for testing, etc? Thanks.

Originally Posted by jdboy 1" if possible, your bulkhead (if using a drilled tank) will be the limiting factor. If your tank is like mine the bulkhead for my return is 3/4". Hope this helps. Yup. I use 1", then reduced to 3/4" right at the tank.

I'm replacing a return pump with a Mag 24. Before installing it, I wanted to make sure it was working, and I wanted to hear how loud it is. So, I submersed it in my RO trash can, allowed the air to escape, and plugged it in. Nothing, except a very small hum. No water movement. Does this mean...

Yes, some of this rock came out of a storage tank where it had been for a month while switching tanks to a tank with 4x96 watt compact bulbs. Huge change, I suppose.

My Pinpoint salinity monitor just went nuts, too. Worked fine for a few weeks, not it's off by a good 20%. I like the idea of having a simple, digital, tester, but I suppose it isn't worth anything if it's off or required recalibration all the time.

I'm suddenly geting bright white growth on my live rock. All parameters are very normal, except pH a little high at 8.5. I've never seen this before. Any ideas?

In my 150 aggressive tank, my Pinpoint electronic pH monitor apparently has been misleading me (despite careful calibration). It has been reading 8.0-8.1, but upon double checking with both test strips and a fancier chemical test tube test, I'm getting 8.5. I had been adding buffer to bring it...