• Folks, if you've recently upgraded or renewed your annual club membership but it's still not active, please reach out to the BOD or a moderator. The PayPal system has a slight bug which it doesn't allow it to activate the account on it's own.

Search results

  1. E

    Maxi Jet failures

    Anyone know a trick to get these things going again when they suddenly fail? I use the 600s for my phosban reactors. Erik
  2. E

    Reef octopus extreme 250 needle wheel and mesh

    Hey guys, I bought my skimmer as a Christmas gift and I love it so far. One thing, I see all of these crazy mods to use the mesh and other pinwheel but there seems to be no easy solution. Is there any cut and dry way to make use of the mesh W/O cutting, braking parts etc?
  3. E

    Replacement Pump for Coralife Superskimmer 225 with Needle Wheel

    Help my fellow reefers! My sister needs a replacement for it and it seems that everyone is out! What else will work? Yes I called the manufacturer, and I am waiting for more retailers from them. The source that they gave me was also out... Please let me know a.s.a.p. Thanks in advance! Erik
  4. E

    Reef Octopus Extreme 200

    Who knows something about the extra propeller and the mesh that comes with the unit? It's just sitting there and I may be missing something good. Let me know... Thanks, Erik
  5. E

    Need fish bad. Any suggestions?

    Hey Guys, I have been having bad experiences with fish in my reef, so I've been focusing on my corals (my true love). Clueless company seem to always look past the colorful corals thinking that there decoration and always say, where are the fish?? I'm like what? Do you know what's involved in...
  6. E

    whitening of Milli

    Guys, I have a pink milli that's nice and fuzzy, and has good color on the coralites, "but areas near the base" seem to be loosing the pink color but still maintain the fuzziness. Have any of you experienced this? The colony seems to be in good health but it seems to be spreading from the...
  7. E

    HLLE

    Guys, I am having a problem with HLLE with my tangs. I was told that It was due to the hippo and scopas's diet so I started feeding algae daily. Does this stuff disappear after some time? Will vitamins help? If so what do you use? Their fins and heads are ugly, wish I could get rid of them and...
  8. E

    Fish don't look so hot, help

    Hey guys. I have a couple of fish in my tank that have frayed fins, and some skin around the head area that looks scraped (white area by eye). The other fish are perfectly healthy. It's just my Hippo tang and my Scopas tang that have the problem. My Maroon clown, Six line wrasse, and midas...
  9. E

    ARO Ballast Help

    I recommended that my Brother in law purchase his lighting from Club Reef (Ebay Store). He ordered 3-MH ballast, one VHO kits, and three DYI canopies. He's not using his VHOs due to the Ballast crapping out and the owner will not provide info for the manufacturer. Anyone know how to contact...
  10. E

    Micro lens help needed

    Guys, I asked a few weeks ago but received no response. I know nothing about cameras, but I'd like to start taking micro shots. I don't want to buy something to have someone tell me "you should have bought XXX" so I'd appreciate help with this. I have a Sony Cybershot a few years old (5 Mega...
  11. E

    achilles tang help

    Guys, I just received one on Friday along with a blonde naso. Immediately, the Naso hid behind the rock work for the first two or three days and the Achilles was more willing to swim around. I flew out to Atlanta for a couple of days, returned on Tuesday evening and i can not find the...
  12. E

    What type of Micro lens should I be looking for?

    Hi Guys. I have a Sony cybershot (big 4.0 from 2003 with all of these fancy features). Good camera, I'm just not into all of the bells and whistles. I just take normal picks and it does the job well. What type of micro lens should I be looking for?? Thanks, Erik
  13. E

    Bubble Algae

    Hello all, It's been a while since I posted any questions. I have been noticing a accelerated growth of Bubble Algae. I know that the bubbles contain spores if you break them so i would like to eliminate it without causing more to spread. Anyone with knowledge on this topic? Your help would be...
  14. E

    2/3 part kits and swinging AK and Cal

    I know that a few members had some problems with swinging AK and Cal in the past and I'm experiencing the same. When I used Calix Max or B-Ionic I never had these issues but they are also a lot more expensive. What's the deal with this stuff? I'm making gallon mixes and adding the same dosages...
  15. E

    Is Aqua cave still open?

    Guys, are they still open for business? Their lines have been busy for 1.5 Hrs! Erik
  16. E

    Calcium feeding Algae

    Ok, this stuff is back again... It's consuming all of my calcium added daily with two part. I've been keeping my hands out of the tank for the past few weeks, but last night i couldn't take it anymore and started ripping it off of my rocks. These pics are from my tank in 07' Last time I just...
  17. E

    Carbon Preferences

    Guys, is Carbon, just Carbon? What do you use? Thanks, Erik R.
  18. E

    Vodka Dosing education needed

    I need to come out more... OK Guys, what is Vodka dosing all about? Pnoy was explaining that it lowers P04, But I wanted to see of someone had some links on the dosing amounts etc. Thanks, Erik R.
  19. E

    Red Bugs -please enlighten me

    I was stating at my SPS yesterday looking for growth and all of my SPS are looking good except for one (teal Acro) that was growing a nice base but it's Color isn't as bright at the rest of the corals. i looked a little closer and noticed little red dots and focused to see if there was...
  20. E

    Good HQI manufactuers for 12-14K color temp.

    It's time to change the HQIs... Six months in to the life of my stock 150W 10K for my current fixture, I decided to swap them out for 14K from Current. I like the bluer effect of the 14K combined with my 130W 420-460 Nm PCs, but once in a wile one of the bulbs will burn a little yellower that...
Top