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This morning as I was getting ready to go to work, I heard a loud bubbling/gurgling sound coming from my tank. When I walked over one corner of the tank was boiling up with white smoke and my Rio 600 was on fire... underwater... I unplugged the pump and pulled it out of the water - the circuit...

Well after a week with just actinics my BTAs have been wondering around. Fired up the XM 20k today. A little too blue with the Actinics but we'll see if it whitens up once the bulb settles in.

As an FYI. It appears there is a problem with Coralvue bulbs running on standard magnetic ballasts. In December I bought a 10K 400w Coralvue that lasted about 5 weeks before it began having trouble firing. I thought the problem was with the ballast so I replaced it - the problem persisted so I...

:mad: Well, my 5 month old maxi 900 quit working. i have cleaned it, taken it apart several times, smacked it, begged it, pleaded with it, tweaked it, encouraged it, and called it names - all without improvement. Stupid thing just won't spin.... It appears the rubber bushing on the bottom...

Recently my yellow clown goby has taken up partial residence in my derasa clam. The clam at first seemed to tolerate his "resting" fairly well. Lately the clam hasn't been extending his mantle fully and is now closing as soon as the little guy sits on him. The clam is about 5 inches, the goby...

My kenya tree has been....detatching..(not sure if thats the right word...) or maybe budding.....anyway here's what is going on. Several branches develop a line around them, this line slowly draws in and pinches shut until the branch has split, leaving the part above the line/cut adrift. I have...

Well for the first time in 3 years, my nitrates are at 0. Checked with two different test kits. Tank was pretty static for about 2 years then about 4 months ago I went from a 90 down to a 65. Moved everything over. During the move I did a 50% water change using RO and have been toping...

After almost 3 years, I finally have 1000 posts. Thanks for all the good advice, info, assistance and discussion. :yes: More than any book, message boards like this continually enable this hobby to grow and flourish in a mostly :D responsible manner. :happyfish Once again my tank and I...

Anyone get a sunburn from their lighting? I re-arranged the rock in my tank (I really need to stop doing this) and now have a sunburn on my right arm. Cooked it pretty good. I had my arm in the tank for maybe 1/2 hour off and on. I could feel the heat but never thought about what it was doing...

Ok, I have never had any problems with peppermint shrimp in the past. I've used them to control an aiptasia problem that keeps cropping up. I have some aiptasia that live in very small holes in a rock and the peps can't quite reach them so they come back. I've tried lemon juice but the nasty...

My purple shrooms were shadowed by some rock and were "reaching" for light. I moved the rock that was shadowing them and now they have gotten a blue tint to them and have shriveled up. I figured they were just getting used to the light and would bounce back. Well they got more and more blue and...

Looking for a good calcium test kit other than Salifert (everyone is out of stock - including SWF.com) What are decent alternatives?

Totally subjective here :D I bought a 400w 10 XM bulb in November and was very pleased with it. Lots of growth in my tank and I started seeing some other types of corraline pop up - I was only getting purple under Iwasakis. Now I have some deeper purples and some pinks and reds. The color of the...

My wife suprised me friday when I got home from work with some early Christmas presents :D I got a 4 inch derasa clam, a nice green rock anemone and 3 peppermint shrimp. I'll try to get some picks of the clam and anemone. The clam has a beautiful orange and blue coloring. The anemone has found a...

I have a quick question about lawnmower blennies. From time to time mine will turn very dark and seems to attack the front of the tank - reminds me of a dog barking at a gate, jumping up and down. Is this normal behaviour? Has he become the tank guard dog warning to me to get away? Or maybe he...

Long story short, while fumbling in my tank I dropped a container of top off water into my tank (don't ask, like I said I am an idiot) and the resulting splash hit my not even one month old XM 10k bulb. After I shut the light down and allowed it to cool I removed the bulb to clean off the...

I have a rock that has Xenia, green polyps and some yellow polyps on it. The Xenia is quickly over taking the rock. Is there anyway to move the polyps to another rock?

What are the best VHO actinic bulbs? I am supplementing a 400w 10k XM MH setup and want some blue, I was going to go PC but have decided on VHO instead. Here is what I am looking at 36" (VHO, T12) Super Actinic R, 95W -URI Or 36" (VHO, T12) Actinic 03, 95W -Coralife I don't care about the price...

Recently my clowns have started surfing in the flow from one of my powerheads. It's pretty funny. They'll swim into the current and then do tricks - standing on their head, doing flips etc. and ride the current out. It's a new powerhead that is sitting pretty close to the top of the tank flowing...

I picked up a lawn mower blennie saturday. Neat addition and has already made a dent in some hair algae that has been rearing it's head. Only one hiccup was when he wandered in the area staked out by my bluespotted watchman gobie. After the watchman chased him around for awhile, they finally...