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I missed this before, but there is a correction factor that you need to account for when you are taking specific gravity (s.g.) readings. In many introductory books, it says the s.g. should be 1.022-1.024 for marine aquaria. But many on this board have suggested raising it up to 1.026, which...

Hi everyone, I read that at a temp of about 75 deg, you need to add about 0.002 to your s.g. reading from your hyrdometer to get the normalized s.g. reading. I knew there was a correction factor, just didn't know it was that big. So my readings are 1.024+0.002=1.026. I seem to read in many...

Are these compatible? Any info would be great. kris

Hi everyone, Beth started an interesting thread a couple of weeks ago about the "smallpox" disease that was plaguing elkhorn coral off the Keys. I went snorkeling off Key Largo and Key West (not diving), and I must say, I didn't see any elkhorn corals (so can't access the magnitude of the...

Hi everyone, Well, I'm back from a vacation to the Keys and Boynton Beach. During my vacation, I went to Home Depot in Marathon (middle Keys) and Boynton Beach. No Southdown to be had at either store. Only had quartz play sand--SacKrete I believe was the manufacturer. Anyway, just wanted to...

Hi everyone, Just curious what the shortest time and longest time you had an anemone before it degraded and died (if it did)? A year ago I remember hearing that the average was 9 months, and I'm curious if I can still see such an average in the future posts to this thread. Cheers, kris

Hi everyone, I haven't been online in awhile, so I apologize up front if someone recently had this question answered already, but is it necessary to feed branching frogspawns? I have never seen mine open it's mouth. It always seems hidden by the frog eggs waving around everywhere. I tried...

Hi guys, Do you know what coral disease this stands for? Tissue recession (don't know the proper word spelling)? kris

Hi bubble owners, I had a bubble coral die recently. My first coral casualty. :( I feel it was due to low lighting. I was watching it expell red stringly stuff almost every day of the 2 months I had it, and I now feel it was the photosynthetic algae. The coral was in the corner of the...

I'm confused about what sand-sifting stars look like. Can anyone provide a pic? Thanks, kris

Hey Iron! Long time no post! What's been up with you...um...you're reef rather the past couple of months? (trying to keep this reef related--I filled up my OT quota for the week already). kris

Which one if any make you laugh? Feel free to substitute another TV program in place of either of the two. I think SNL is coming around again. Madd had my attention until that blonde girl left (she seemed to me like the centerpiece of the show). Then there's Simpsons, which is in a league of...

Man, saw it the other day on discovery and couldn't believe it. The fighting is incredible. They are ferrocious (sp?) animals in slow motion! Has anyone ever seen it before on a time-lapse camera? kris

Well, I'm happy to report that my cool green chromis that had some sort of bacterial infection (possibly fungus instead) on his mouth last week has fought it off. There is now no sign of the infection! I'm so happy, as keeping fish for me have been a problem over the last several months. Just...

SWF.com has a new BB for fishing. Just click it at the bottom of the blue box at the left to check it out. kris

There is a new BB board. Check it out! Just go to "Fishing" BB under the bluebar on the left side of the screen (on the same list as "Specials", "Message Board", etc.) kris

This is long, and I'm sorry for that. Man, this really stinks. I introduced 4 green chromis into my coral-only tank last week. Now one has what appears to be a cotton-like tuft on his mouth. Funny, cause he was the healthiest looking one out of the 4 of them. But anyway, I looked at the...

Do any of you have the Palm M105? I just bought it and only have 14 days to return if I don't like. I doubt I will experience most of the functions though in 14 days. So if you owned it at one point, what do you think of it and why? kris

I just bought a can of oysters. It says on the label the ingredients are simply oysters, water, and salt (no preservatives). I took one out, cut it up, and fed it to my short-tent. plate, open brain, bubble, and sun coral. I must say, I am very pleased. They all loved it. Especially the sun...

Hi guys, Man, you would not believe the price difference between buying 8 oz of silversides from your LFS vs buying a 32 oz package of "smelt" from your supermarket (I saw if in SafeWay). The silversides and smelt look idential. In fact, in other parts of the country, I think they are used as...