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Thanks for the replies! I have been trying to frag/sell to the only LFS that is interested, but my timing seems to terrible. We live in the sticks so i have to drive over 100 miles to get there so I always call first to see if they want it. Every time I call they "just got a new shipment" and...

HELP!! My tank is being overrun with Green Star Polyps! Any suggestions on how I can get rid of it? Thanks!!

Here is some general information from my experience with salt water tanks - hope it helps.... Cycling You will know that your cycle has started when the ammonia starts to rise. This will cause "good" bacteria to start to grow in your rocks/filtration system which will convert this ammonia to...

We put a flame and coral beauty in our 250 at the same time and not had any problems at all. BUT it is a 250 gallon tank with 200lbs of rock and we put them in at the same time. 2 months later we added a 1 year old Koran Angel from another tank we were taking down and they all seem happy 1 year...

Thanks for all the responses! To answer some questions, Yes I meant 2x250w MH lighting. No I won't be shipping any Xenia to anyone, just don't have time to deal with it. The nearest LFS to sell frags to is 100 miles away, we don't go very often. I do have a small bucket in the water with 5...

I have been fragging them, the problem is that they spread onto the frag instead of moving onto the frag leaving the original stock on the original rock. I have tried slicing them off the rocks at the base, they seem to grow back and keep spreading. Thanks for the response!

I have pulsing xenia taking over my tank! I have been able to "thin the herd" by removing any smaller rocks and putting them in a bucket of saltwater with a powerhead and leaving them overnight in the garage. The temperature drop kills the xenia and doesn't seem to bother anything else growing...

I had a reef with CC for 2 years, if CC is maintained properly it will work just takes more work. You have to vacumm it weekly to keep the detrious from building up and adding nitrates to your system. Sand you basically sit back and watch it become alive and do the work for you. I.E. it becomes...

JBJ chillers has just released a 1/15 HP model for up to 40gal tanks, $335 list price. You say money is tight, but this may be your only answer. I also live in a very hot climate, today was 113, so I feel your pain! Good luck

Originally Posted by Reefman22 Wow thats nice. The water must have been relatively shallow to get pics like that! I'm sure u had a blast!! REEFMAN We went out early in the morning during low tide to get most of the coral shots. This was the beach directly behind our hotel, very cool! We used...

More hard coral formations! Plain luck on getting this shot with the almost perfect reflection! This Humu-Humu Trigger was about 12" long and very cool! If you look close, there are 2 baby Puffers hanging around this rock! The last shot was a mix of fish I discovered when a wave pushed...

Just got back from Maui and thought I would post some photos of what we saw while snorkling! Enjoy! These are some of the hard coral formations we saw while out early when the tide was low. It is hard to really get an idea of the size. One was as big as a Volkswagon Bug!

Here's what an Adult Koran will look like.

Originally Posted by CELACANTHr my PJ cardinal. Never saw a fish that can swim for hours on end without ever leaving its original spot. : sigh AGREE!! We inherited two and can't figure out what they find so interesting in the rock they stare at all day!

Here are young/older photos of our Koran. We got him in Sep 04, he was about 2 inches. Now he is about 4 inches. They are listed as NOT REEF SAFE. He has been in our softy reef for about 3 months. He did eat one rock clean of some polyps he thought was tasty, can't remember what they were...

Originally Posted by Shu-perman BUT the safe bet is to hire an engineer to do a survey if yo uare really that concerned... Good advice, better safe than sorry. While you are add it, talk to an electrical guy to make sure you have enough power (and GFI outlets) to use exclusively for your...

Most likely just Calcium residue from your sand, assuming you used aragonite sand and not silica play sand. Won't hurt anything, just wipe it down. Good luck.

I had one batch of IO do that to me. I have been using IO for 2 years, one bad batch. After mixing for 24 hours, it was cloudy. I decided to check CA and ALK levels before putting it into my tank. The CA was 350 (normal for IO) but the ALK was at 18dKH :scared: :scared: I mixed up 50...

Here are some more fish lips for ya!!!!

Originally Posted by surfinusa so wheres the free items list to chose stuff from As you go thru the checkout process, one of the pages allows you to choose your freebie