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Originally Posted by Cranberry I remember when this crashed. He cleaned the skimmer and left the house. The now clean skimmer overskimmed and emptied something like 200g from his sump. He had no RODI made saltwater to replace it and used dechlorinated tap water. The next morning the tank was...

Originally Posted by TeresaQ Do you still have your Pots?? They are my favorite. T I sold the seahorses seperately when I broke down the system.....so, they were not apart of what I got back.

Originally Posted by Cranberry Are their divers that you know of that go into that area still that could bring some up? I do not know of any divers since my world revolves around Portland....not Seattle. It is, however, illegal to collect anything for someone else without proper...

Originally Posted by Cranberry May I ask where you got your grunt sculpin from and what the collection temperature was, if you knew. I thought it would be easy to run across some from locals (but, they don't seem to be a popular bycatch). We now looking into permits to go get them ourselves...

Originally Posted by Coral Keeper Oh, ok. NICE!! How big of a tank is it going to be this time? Not really that big....but big enough to make a decent display....72 X 36 X 36.....or about 400 gals.

Originally Posted by Coral Keeper WOW!!! AMAZING!! And I'm glad to see you back!! I heard that you gave your coldwater tanks away? You heard correctly. I broke down my tanks about 18 months ago to take an extensive out of town contract....plus, I wanted a break. This last February, I got my...

Definitely need to be kept below 65 F. I've had a group of them for about 3 years now. They started spawning a few months ago..... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../catalina4.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../catalina3.jpg

I guess that depends on your definition of "reasonable". If you're looking for a $20 kit, forget it. The hobbiest phosphate test kits are difficult to read and don't have an accurate enough low range for levels that most reefkeepers are interested in knowing. Most reefkeepers are interested in...

Hmmmm.....I didn't see that this thread was back in February.....did you go yet ? and where ? As for my tank.....I'm mainly a coldwater reefer for now. I got back my cold system from the guy that I sold it to... since he was moving. I plan to upgrade it significantly soon....but....I don't...

Do not go to Maui.....as someone who travels to Hawaii frequently, I can say that it pales to Bora Bora. The lagoonal situation of those islands is a once in a lifetime experience that Hawaii can never match. The colors of that lagoon on your boat ride from the air strip will make your eyes...

Some that I took in Bora Bora

Originally Posted by lovethesea Steve for a minute there I thought you were showing us pics of a new tank!! I have always wondered what those over water rooms were like. Now I think I want to at least dream of going to one. Did you have your own camera with a housing or did you rent a under...

Originally Posted by sharkbait9 Ok, so I said most?????? Who's to say for certain whether people come in contact with sharks unbeknownst to them or not, if I don't know I can't say "yeah I came in contact". I will defy anyone with a sound mind or a laymen to go “oh hey a group of sharks lets...

I will make mention of the incident....probably in the "redundancy" section detailing the float switch/skimmer hook-ups.

Originally Posted by TriGa22 Steve did you update/are you going to update your site? I will add a cold water section featuring my cold water reef this summer....but, the main tank pages will not see an update for many months.

Originally Posted by maxalmon Steve, any chance of getting an update on the progress of the tank since the crash? Did you have any sps to survive? There were no sps or softy survivers. All lps and fish were unaffected though. For those unfamiliar...in a nut shell.... 1) I cleaned my skimmer...

Thanks everyone for your kind condolences. I just want to clarify a few things... This tragedy was a people failure (me)....not an equipment failure. I failed on several levels. First.....When I left the tank after doing some significant maintenance. I always make sure that I can be around for...

There's probably about $2500 into my cold system....it's just two small tanks, one small sump, one return pump, a chiller, two T5 light assemblies, and one skimmer. Most of the livestock and all of the rock are free to me. The cost of a cold system is no more than an average warm reef....and...

Rachael, I posted this in the other forum... Rachael....your nitrite problem is a result of your adding alot of rock relative to your tank size. There will be a certain amount of die-off that will, basically, cause your tank to go through a mini cycle.....my tanks did the same thing. I would...