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As I was looking at my algae trough tonight I noticed a bunch of hair algae in there which is what I want, but I also noticed about 2 dozen polyps. They are soft, I thought they would be hard because they look like little 3/8" buttons but I touched them and they are soft. They are at the...

I like to keep my rocks off my substrait as much as posable but most of my rocks are large and heavy because I collected them in the sea. Much of my new rock is hollow PVC with cement coating it. I am soon going to re aquascape and I will keep the rocks lifted off the gravel with these...

After I installed LEDs on my tank I looked for other uses for these great, energy saving devices. I have been using them for various indication lights since they were invented but now they make them much more powerful and you can use them for general lighting. I am sure that in a few years, they...

A Thank You to all Vietnam Vets from a Marine in Iraq >> >> A guy gets time to think over here and I was thinking about all the >> support we get from home. Sometimes it's overwhelming. We get care packages at >> times faster than we can use them. There are boxes and boxes of toiletries and...

I really built this evaporative chiller for my blackworm tank but here in NY it is almost 100 degrees now so I transfered it to my reef for a while. It chilled my worm tank down to 65 degrees but that is only about one gallon. I will see how much it chills my 100 gallon reef. If it works I will...

Ok I have some 5 volt 20 ma LEDs and I want to run them on a 12 volt power supply. How many ohm resister do I need to make that happen? My electronics school was way to long ago to figure this out. It is not for the tank, it's for my boat.

Maybe it's just me but I have been feeding my LPS corals pellets soaked in fish oil for years and they seem to thrive on it. I also feed other things but this is relatively easy and I like to get as much fish oil into them as I can. Bubble corals, torch corals and candy canes I know will eat...

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Today is a beautiful day for collecting. There are no tropical fish yet this time of the year in NY but I go for grass shrimp, worms, snails, seaweed and most of all amphipods. Those things are all over the place, especially on my anchor line. When I pull the anchor, they jump all over the boat...

I re-designed my algae trough this morning. I thought my LED lights would supply enough light to the trough but they were not positioned enough above it so the hair algae in the trough died in a week. I bought a 4' strip of waterproof LEDs and mounted them about 2" above the trough where they...

I know, stupid title but I didn't know what else to call it. I just had to move a piece of coral in my tank and by doing so I had to stir up the gravel. (yes I have gravel) When I do that there is a slight dust or detritus storm which I know benefits the corals. As I was looking at the tank I...

As I was loking at my tank today I noticed that there was hardly anything moving. Not the fish, the corals. I felt the two powerheads to determine that they were running (they are very old and may croak at any minute) So I removed the homemade strainers to find them clogged with tiny snails, or...

This week my wife and I went to the east end of Long Island, Montauk. We have cousins and friends out there so we go often, it's only about 80 miles from my home. I usually collect water, seaweeds and amphipipods when we go. This little deserted beach in East Hampton is loaded with amphipods...

OMG, what am I going to do? I am beside myself. (a few minutes ago I was two feet to the right) ::) I was designing a new venturi valve for my home made 5' skimmer which is, I don't really know, maybe 15 years old, and you know how those large vinyl hoses get in that time. Nice and brittle...

I have a couple of old hermits that are spawning. I don't remember when I got them but it is at least 12 years or longer ago. The male in the foreground has her pushed up against that bubble coral. He is pushing her so hard that he is lifting her [I]and[I] the 8" bubble coral. I am surprised...

I have posted ways to eliminate mojanos before but this high tech way is the baes, and most fun. I use 24 volts DC which can't hurt you and I inject it into a mojano with this home made electrode. It uses stainless steel sewing needles in an acrylic tube sealed with a glue gun. I thought it was...

How do you know when you have been at this for too long? When after you thought you threw everything out that you don't need, you have more than you started with. Here are a few of the thiongs I just can't part with. I did not include 10 gallons of rock, miles of tubing and three or four tanks.

This powerhead has been running non stop since the eightees when they invented them. It has only stopped a a few times when the power was out. Lately, if it stopped, I could not get it running again and I would have to take it apart and spin the impeller a few times to start it. I decided today...

I have not seen my watchman gobies for a few weeks so I figured they croaked. :'( I searched this morning behind the rocks in the tank with a flashlight and they are doing fine. The pair is still together, actually right on top of each other. I guess they found new friends and just don't want...

I am extreamly happy this month. 3 months ago I removed my old oil burner and installed a 95% efficient, Energy Star rated gas boiler. I just got my first bill for the three months, it was $400.00. That is for heat, hot water and cooking for two families in New York. Last year for heat alone it...