Recent content by mr_X

no offense, but an octopus is about 100 x better than an ASM, or Eshoppes.

yes, some of the recirc models have a decent footprint for their capabilities. what kind of room are you working with?

i would run the refugium light opposite the display lighting. you don't need to light the refugium 24/7. i would not have a foam pad in the sump at all. if your chaeto is breaking off and clogging it, something is wrong. maybe it's the 24/7 thing, but i don't have anything between the refugium...

we don't save any. how do you figure we save coral? if none of us were in this hobby, there would be no reason to remove coral from the ocean. if none of us were in this hobby, all of the pollution-making, resource using, industry that goes into all of the components we need, would not be...

and which stores really do support aquaculture? i don't mean the ones who just say it, i mean the ones who actually do. there aren't any.

look at all of the coral we kill. :'(

i've been using them for about a month. no, no plastic shield, and no fans. it's just like a tek light, only better. ;D

Dances with wolves meets Jurassic park. i saw it twice. pretty cool flick. it was disappointing to see that a trained marine would send a barely armed force up against superior firepower like that. it was also disappointing that the navi chick that wanted nothing to do with him after he came...

i know someone who left a piece of sps on the center brace overnight and it lived. it was even blasted with the halides for a few hours during that period.

no matter how "immaculate" someone's tank is, it's a good practice to dip new arrivals. i think it was the shock of the fresh water dip that did it. there is nothing wrong with your alk and that is a common reason for losing sps. i agree with discontinuing the phyto. it's more harm than good...

mine is on the sand bed doing fine. medium flow and high light. i have a lot of light over my tank.

i like this fixture better than the current one. where would you hang the reflective material?

these are very deep and are 5 sided complete half moons. they are not like the current contoured reflector that just has a small bump between each bulb. these are also much larger than the ati powermodule's reflectors as well. the downside is that the 8 lamp fixture is a full 24" wide.

all are welcome...frags to trade or not. come by, talk reef over a few beers!

yes, i used a series of ATI lamps. ;)