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Send me an email when you get a chance. I just noticed that we are basically the same age. I thought that you were a lot older for some reason. We should get together for a beer sometime and talk reefs. millerj24@yahoo.com

Well first off, I bought this leather about 5 months ago and it has caused me nothing but problems. I actually want the thing out of my system but I dont know what to do with it. I cant just throw it away. Anyway, so the latest problem is that the stalk is too tall for the coral and it cant...

I was at a very reputable LFS today when one of the employees had asked me if I remineralize my RO water before using it. I said no and she told me that tap water would be better because it still has minerals in it? I said what about phosphates and silicates and she agreed that these are bad...

I am wondering . . . . my tank has been up for over a year, recently moved sucessfully about two weeks ago. Now I am having problems maintaing calcium and alkalinity levels with my current buffers. I use seachems powdered products and I am at the end of the bottle (the small one). I use the...

Well, a trip to the LFS today yielded some interesting results. I went to the TROPIC . . . OR . . . I . . . UM . . . better not say;) Anyway, I saw that they have a damaged coral lagoon and happened to see a fully expanded alveopora (yep, counted em' . . . 12 tentacles). I picked it up for...

Well . . . I havent been around much latley because I was in the process of moving and dont have the internet hooked up yet at the new place. But I can still get on here at work. Anyway . . . as I am sure you can imagine, I had to move my tank. Boy I tell you . . . never want to do that again...

Alright . . . . I have never needed an ID before because most of my hitchhikers have been rather common. That all just changed I think. I found while peering in my tank with a flashlight, something that I cant even begin to imagine what it is. I cant get a pic of it because I am too enthralled...

Well, as many of you know, the northeast is pretty much without power. It sucks to have a reef tank right now, especially when temps in Detroit have soared over 90 the past few days. All looks well in the tank, but who knows how long that will last. First water temp this morning was 76, where...

I live in detroit, MI and am moving in a couple weeks. I have come to a couple decisions. 1. I am going to switch to a new tank, with a new DSB. Hence, the old dsb is no longer needed. It has been up for over a year and is heavily populated with inafuna. I am willing to help out anyone...

Alright . . . it seems that this forum has gained in some popularity and has stuck around for a bit now. I am really glad for this as I find nano tanks a great facet of this hobby. But I see so many people asking the same questions over and over again, and it seems like people are not paying...

I have a question for you . . . . I have a serpent star that has been in my 20H reef tank for about 10 months or so. It lives under a rock and has never come out from his burrow during daylight hours, occasionally at night I will see him scavenging, but not always. Anyway . . . to the point...

I am contemplating switching salts and am wondering what the levels are of a couple of the major brands. What I want to know specifically are: pH Alk Calc and any other comments/observations regarding Instant Ocean Reef Crystals If anyone has any information regarding these two salts, it would...

Well, I am going to move my tank regardless, but I am debating switching from my good ole' 20 to a 32 cube. According to the LFS, I should start with all new substrate, seed it with a good helping of what I have now, and start with all new saltwater. Does this sound like a good idea to you? A...

Plain and simple here . . . which one do you think has a greater demand for lighting? I think that I know what the majority will say, and I will get to the point of this after some replies come in.

I unfortunately have to move at the end of August into another apartment. Long story short, my landlord and I dont see eye to eye on rent increases. Anyway, so I have to move my tank . . . I REALLY dont want to do it, but am going to have to. No choice here. So let me list what I have, what...

I am wondering how often you all replenish your clean up crew. I just restocked mine entirely after a year. My hermits have now been replaced once. I dont really know where they went, but they slowly started disappearing. Snails did the same thing but at a faster rate. I have replaced my...

I saw on another thread that you have a himilayan or persian cat. And based on the picture, I think that you and I must have related cats! Well, not literally, but they sure look a like. Here is a picture of mine, this picture did not take any prompting. He is quite an interesting and...

I have been dealing with this for a little bit now and have exhausted all my ideas to no avail. Possibly there is something that I have missed. Heres the deal . . . I ran out of my test kits a while back, and went about a month and a half without testing. I know, shame on me, but I kept...

I have often toyed with the idea of creating a nano reef specifically geared towards SPS corals. I know that the whole thing would have to be started from frags (nice and cheap:D ) I would also probably end up fragging often if things really took off, but hey, maybe that would be a way for me...

I am very glad to finally see a forum that is specifically geared towards the smaller side of things! I keep nano tanks, and I only plan to do so for a while as I see these tanks as slightly (emphasize slightly) more mobile. I am a graduate student and am not always sure where my studies will...