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Agreed, I new just what you were driving at, Beerfish. I was just expanding on the fact that it takes sometime to change an artificial system to something more natural and some out of balance conditions will occur while nature takes it's course. The cyano and diatom blooms are classic examples...

I guess I'm defining spawning behavior in too narrow a sense. My flashers flash, the PJ's dance, so do the clowns, and my 11 year old ocellaris male makes a pit bull look tame when I put my hand in the tank. My 4 year old purple tang didn't get a spot while the new Gold Rim Tang succumbed to...

Re: My Oceanic Tech 120 and a request for input. Lookin' good James! ;)

So what are your parameters? How much water do you change? You don't have high calcium/alk demanding corals so if you are changing enough water, you probably don't need to dose the A and B or any coral supplement. You have a high bioload and need to reduce it, but you can compensate in the...

Everything in moderation and be patient is my response. Add a little of the natural bacteria and wait, just as Paul's method implies. Blooms are temporary situations until a new balance is achieved, just like the cyano blooms we all live through. Paul also ephasizes doing this in an already...

Hang in there Paul! Sorry for the pain.

I'm considering it as we discussed. You also collect Natural Sea Water for the same reasons, correct? I know you are a long time RC Icon, have any of the Semi-Scientists or real Marine Biologists weighed in on this topic?

I have no idea how old my used mags were when I got them, but I've added 3 years to them and they are running fine. I have never had a heat issue. They raise a cold tank about 1-2 degrees. Since my tanks are generally kept warmer than the ambient temp, I would expect that the pump supplied heat...

I believe high silicates and an algae bloom followed. I used one bucket and I did notice an increase in algae. I'm back to TM.

Add to your rule my personal favorite: "Don't work on the tank after you've been drinking!" ;)

I thought it was one of those polls about do you pee in your sump while working in the basement! ::) Seriously; great topic. ;) I noticed when my ballast failed a few weeks ago that the corals were unaffected even though there were 320 less watts being used everyday, for a period of about ten...

Re: Here's my now 375 (was 120) by Bax Hang in there Bax and I hope you have a speedy recovery. BTW, nice tank!

Keep going Phyl, you're getting close to 15,000! ;D

Good luck Merv! I know it will come out great. ;)

I just noticed something very disturbing! When the post padders work their way down the Tale of the Tank Forum with their insightful "Nice Tank" posts; they always skip me! :o I'm crushed. ;D

Took you a while to find this one Paul! ;)

Are you up North now?

Water and mud are a possibility. Cans, chains and bottles; I'll pass! ;D But maybe an old Penn Plax ornamement or two might be nice. ;)

They also come in handy for chasing cleaner shrimp away from that chunk of silverside you just gave to the elegance coral. ;)

OK, so The Great Blackworm Experiment is about to begin! PaulB must think I'm some sort of crazy groupie-stalker by now; but I like a lot of his ideas on running a tank. ;D I'm going to start feeding blackworms and watch the changes in behavior of 3 pairs of fish I have; ocellaris clowns, pj...