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also evaporation during the 10 days could be a problem. +1 on looking up a trusted LFS to help. I worry whenever Im gone for more than 2 days.

Originally Posted by vayapues You mention calcium. What is the effect that calcium has on coraline? I wonder if the natural hardness of concrete (which is in part what this rock is made out of) is helping, since concrete has a lot of natural calcium in it. coralline growth uses calcium...

Originally Posted by Mr_X i feed much larger foods than cyclo-peeze. pieces of chopped fish, misis, pieces of fresh shrimp.... the lps grows at an alarming rate when i do this. much faster than when i don't. What equip do you use to feed the lps the larger pieces of food? i just use an eye...

make sure your calcium levels are good and it will keep growing. so much so you will have to scrape it off. But sweet looking tank!

Originally Posted by nycbob i hv never fed my sps. i dont even feed my lps. i figure they can eat the poops. Talk to Tizzo about feeding LPS and her results feeding her candycane/trumpet coral specifically. I have been trying to feed my LPS weekly with frozen Cyclopeeze since hearing her results.

your parameters appear to be OK, dkH is alk. calc could be a little higher, but 340 is not going to cause STN or RTN. An acro crab is usually very small, less than 1 cm (the bad one I had was that small) and usually fuzzy. They eat the polyps. I have 2 beneficial acro crabs and they usually...

I cant speak to the zooplankton or baby brine, but sps do great just on fish poo and light. many people use amino acids as well, by dosing them at night. supposed to get better polyp extension and colors.

Looks good. Is one of those a purple stag? tough to tell in the pics but I think I have one very similar.

welcome to modern times!

spanko has claimed that the radium has higher par... but conveniently lost the link to the website. Ive seen his pics of the radium vs. phoenix and they both look great. also other people's experiences are very positive with the radium. Stanalee, i LOVED the AB bulbs. the par was amazing on...

Originally Posted by jrthomas40 i like the phoenix thanks! Im sure that the color of the bulbs will only get better as they burn in. My decision was between these and the 20k Radiums, as spanko and several others have said they prefer the radiums over the phoenix. Im also hoping that I can...

As promised (to spanko at least) pics of the tank fresh with the new pair of 150w Phoenix 14k bulbs. This is after one hour of run time. I will try to document the burn in so that I can see the color change to the actual color. Its VERY blue right now, and almost a little purple looking in...

sounds like it is getting too much flow. algae can grow on a coral when it receives too much flow. try redirecting the powerhead so that it isnt pointing directly at the coral. It should then recover and the algae will go away.

Yeah you need to post water parameters. The flow sounds like it should be fine, unless it is sitting in a dead spot. If its STN it can recover. RTN would be gone already. I lost a blue tort to RTN in about 18 hours. Also, have you inspected it for a bad acro crab? Ive seen colonies damaged...

my cheato acts as mechanical filtration and when I remove portions of the cheato, I remove whatever is caught in it.

+1 on light acclimate. The brown will turn white and then you will only be left with a skeleton. once you get it used to the light and continue to provide it with stable parameters, it could completely change color. Several of my first sps were brown outs I got cheap and theyre now blue or...

another good one!

wow great find. lfs sells 5-6 heads for $79 here...

blackcap is a great fish. mine was always out in the open. fairy or flasher wrasse is a great option also

ouch spidey! that think is/was huge!