So a few weeks ago I was at the LFS and noticed this pretty little cup coral was on sale. I had never read anything about cup corals but was told their care was pretty straight forward. Well I got it home, put it in my tank and everything was fine. Two weeks passed and I decided to move the...

"(((\" John Lange (((\"" wrote in message Are they worth the effort or is DSB the way to go? Many people still use plenums and they work well. However, DSB's are easier and work very well too. Take your pick.

yeap, just as long as the bulbs match your ballast. check what type ballast you have and use this when getting the bulbs. kc "wobble" wrote in message ... Excellent, you can just swap the bulbs over eh.. didnt know that

Is there a *right* way or a *wrong* way to frag a mushroom polyp? I took a surgical blade and split one of my polyps and shortly (two weeks) I had 2 mushrooms. I did the same thing right after noticing the one polyp became two polyps and while hoping for 4 polyps, I now have 0 polyps :(

The best prices I've found in Canada are from J&L Aquatics in B.C. They have an on-line store at www.jlaquatics.com that I've had good experience with. Shipping is fast & reasonable, and the prices beat local stores by hundreds of dollars for bigger ticket items. If anyone knows of better prices...

I was wondering if anyone ever ran a reef system where the sump volume was much larger than the tank volume. Although obviously there would be some additional up-front costs to creating such a system (inital Salt mix, live sand, sump costs) I wonder if such a system would save costs in livestock...

Hello; I just spotted one in my 125 gal reef tank and it's got to be almost a foot long. I've read contradictory stuff on these worms but are they dangerous to other reef inhabitants and corals when they get this big? I haven't seen any evidence so far of any destruction to anything to this...

Hey all, I was wondering if anyone in the midsouth area wanted to exchange frags. I haven't been able to locate any clubs in the area. Thanks.

Can old MH bulbs be the reason I am suddenly seeing red slime algae? My 92 gal tank is an established tank that has been up and running of about 1 1/2 years. It is a upgrade from a 55 gal that i have for 5-6 yeatrs. I have never had a problem with red slime algae or any other algae for that...

Im in LA. but im willing to drive. Just not to the east coast. :-) "richard reynolds" wrote in message news:fmQYa.7494$2g.3899@fed1read05... SoCal is a big place wheres your area --

I use 2 400w 20KK's on my 75 with no supplemental lighting at all, everything in the tank does great and are growing like weeds. the only reason to keep the PC's would be for personal eye pleasure to yourself, but as you stated your happy with the MH's only, so rip em out. kc "MoparMan"...

Is this what you meant? Hey Richard, what's up with your R-rated post? grin Marc ooh man was that R rated :) ppl being dumb, and getting dumber, figured id add something to lighten the mood :)

Yesterday I got two gorgeous, rather huge Emerald crabs who seem to be making themselves right at home in my tank. One of them even began pulling of chunks of hair algea and chowing down. I didn't know they'd eat that stuff but I am not going to complain about it. However, the larger of the two...

HI All - YES "Newbie" to SW. I do have two 120G FW tanks, one with Game Fish and the other with Assorted Tropicals. Trying to decide which will look better in my old 55G, SW fish and maybe some Coral, or ALL the money I would probably spend on this SW hobby? The money might not fit, need to buy...

After taking in all your suggestions, and looking at specs, I went with the Velocity T4. It arrived today and it is now installed. It is super quiet and is plenty strong. I had to throttle it back a bit with a ball valve. Now I can return my Little Giant to the top off tank. Thanks all for your...

Hello Group ! I just purchased a 250 watt MH xformer and a seperate bulb fixture- not made for marine purposes. A picture is here. http://members.core.com/~russja/lamp.jpg It is round ( 16 in) with stainless reflectors in an octagon arrangement. It does have a piece of glass to

Well, I most certainly DO want a reef setup... Eventually. I just cant afford everything at once at the moment. My plan was to set up a FO and eventually ease in to it. Anyway, I have been researching lights and I really like the coralife aqualight units. Any thoughts on them? They are a PC...

Hello, Our group has a 90g reef tank in our office. We will soon be moving to the other end of the building, and I would like to take advantage of the move to make some major changes to our setup. I've got a bunch of questions related to overflows, sumps, and circulation. Background: We...

In article , says... BTW, the foam the PS produces is a wonderful ice cream topping. Plaguebeast... has anybody ever told you that you are very, very strange? :-p -- 7y FW -- 33g & 55g 100 gallon reef-ready air tank. ...

Will post some pics of my new project: I build a stand for a 66gal (48"x18"x18") tank. The tank is drilled in the back and will be plumbed with an overflow and a return. I plan on a spraybar for the return, hope to get some nice even flow. Lighting will be 4 48" VHO (2 x 6500K and 2 x 10,000K) plus...