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Be very carefull with Dowflake. It is not suitable anymore (I never thought it was) for use in "Two Part Solutions" or aquarium use!!! From DOW Chemicals website (http://www.dow.com/PublishedLiterature/dh_05ca/09002f13805ca83b.pdf?filepath=calcium/pdfs/noreg/173-01748.pdf&fromPage=GetDoc)...

Generally speaking I'd think it's a bad idea for a number of reasons. You would be decreasing the volume in the overflow which sooner or later will probably come back to haunt you one way or another. Also the water will be pretty oxygenated in there so the bacteria population will favor...

If you happen to have a small pair of alligator clips you can "test connect" it (make sure the clip doesn't touch anything else) to make sure that is the problem first before soldering it. If you can't find anyone local to you to help, you know where I live. I'd be happy to help you fix it. Carlo

Phyl, repeat after me: Sea Horse, Sea Horse, Sea Horse :) Carlo

First of all it's not good. If it's only on that one piece remove it. You can cook it in the oven for an hour at 400 and kill off all the spores. Just scrub it good afterwards to get as much off the outside as possible. There will be some die-off on the inside that you can't get to. If this...

Phil try moving the Lobo up in the rockwork about halfway to 2/3 the way up from the sandbed if you have a flat rock section. Since you're only running PCs that will probably be about the right amount of light for it anyway. It doesn't need to be on or near the sandbed. You just want to make...

Congrats! Did Jenn go natural? If so, she got away easy with that "small" frag. :) Carlo

Have you grabbed another pic of the coral yet? Carlo

Your Lobophyllia isn't looking to good Phil. It's possible nothing is wrong and you just got a poor specimen which happens. It could be that no matter what it won't make it in the long term. With that said: Lobos are usually pretty easy to keep. You just need to watch nearby corals so they...

Lower pH in summer is pretty common if you run AC because there is a build up of CO2 in the tank/house. The other cause not mentioned yet in the thread is bio-load. Have you added any more creatures to the tank? 7.9 is not the end of the world but on the low side of "OK". Ideally you want to...

I agree if that is for the 10 month period. But what if they are saying $78K for only the last time with the 400 corals?

Welcome to the club and board! Carlo

It sounds like you're ready. If the rubbermaid rock was going to be a problem the snails would probably be dead. If you want to be sure: How many pounds roughly of rock do you have in the tank currently? How much rock do you have in the rubbermaid? What is the nitrate reading of both the tank...

Me thinks the Ricordia is a Mushroom not a stony coral. :) Man I've love to know how 400 specimens caused almost 80K of damages. I wonder if the $78K number was from the whole time he was under surveillance or just from those 400 pieces? Carlo

A couple of posts made it through while I was typing. After just reading my post I don't like the "tone" of it but instead of trying to edit it I'll just apologise here for the tone. I didn't want it to sound the way it did, so forgive me. :) If you feel comfortable asking a store to move a...

Well this sure turned into much more then originally intended. :) The "test" I mentioned with the 2 fish in the same tank is actually way better then you would imagine. If they go at it right from the start you WILL PROBABLY be in for trouble in your tank. Generally speaking if they are in the...

I think you're missing the point blange3. You can have multiple angels in a tank but sometimes specific fish don't get along even though the general thought is that the species do work. This is the case with the Coral Angel and Hawaiin Flame. Generally they will get along but not always. If I...

Every fish store I've been to in the area will do this if you ask them to. At least they do for me. :) AllQuatics In Living Color Aquarium Center The Hidden Reef Discount Aquariums Pet Value The stores above have all done this when asked. BTW, I was saying to purchase both fish. It's...

What Phil said. If you can forgo the serial cable and go ethernet. It will make life a lot easier all around. Carlo

When you go to get the Flame Angel and Coral Beauty get the vendor to put them in the same tank for you. Ask them to add a little food to the tank after both fish have been together for 5 minutes or longer. Make sure both eat and watch to see if either one shows any aggression towards the other...