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  1. steamman

    Carnivourus sea urchin

    Today I witnessed my long spined sea urchin eating the carcass of my diseased engineer goby. The death of the goby came as no surprise to me. I have been noticed it acting strange and not eating as usual. What did surprise me was finding the sea urchin eating the corpse. Even after pulling it...
  2. steamman

    What Thermometer do you use and do you really think it's that accurate?

    I hate to say this but I am glad they are your brain cells and not mine this time. LOL. Love that thermometer. Looks like it came out of a boiler room.
  3. steamman

    What Thermometer do you use and do you really think it's that accurate?

    Am I missing something? I can't see it. I had the same issue with those Corallife thermometers. They are horrible. I also tried the Pinpoint wireless thermometer and I didn't like them. They were way off as well. Now I use the temp probes on my Apex. I have checked them with multiple...
  4. steamman

    A nice surprise

    I wonder what that shrimp has been doing all this time? Always a nice surprise to find things that you think have been lost forever.
  5. steamman

    Bio-Pellet Survey...

    I have read that PHA pellets are the best as well. How do you know which ones are made with the natural PHA? The rice thing actually makes sense. Corn products may work as well. Maybe grits. I wonder how you keep it from turning to total mush.
  6. steamman

    Light bulb question

    What fixture are you getting? How many bulbs? Are you going for looks or growth?
  7. steamman

    Starting Bio-Pellets

    Did you mean sticky or stinky?
  8. steamman

    Starting Bio-Pellets

    Care to elaborate? What do you prefer?
  9. steamman

    Starting Bio-Pellets

    Are all bio pellets created equal? Or is one better than the others?
  10. steamman

    Clownfish not eating

    Interesting. I have never heard of that to entice fish to eat.
  11. steamman

    Trip to Austin, Texas (home of the LongHorns, and the Tunze repair site!)

    Great pictures Phil. Aside from the apparent planned visit to Tunze, did you happen upon these places or plan to go to them?
  12. steamman

    Clownfish not eating

    Great new! May I ask what the experiment was? If I have a stubborn fish that doesn't want to eat I do the brine shrimp thing like a few here have mentioned. It seem to work every time. When they start eating I will throw in something else with the brine shrimp and they will usually start eating...
  13. steamman

    WTB your fry

    I am looking for clownfish fry. Let me know what you have and maybe we can work out a deal. I can provide you with a larval snagger and instructions on how to catch them. I am only looking within a 30 mile radius from Woodbridge unless a suitable meeting place could be found.
  14. steamman

    Closed loop or power heads

    +1. What he said. I like a combination myself.
  15. steamman

    I think I'm going to need a new heater 73.9 degrees!

    Like NikkiT and dnov99 said your tank temperature would be fine running that low. Personally I would still run more wattage in your system. You can still adjust the temperature to whatever you like. Keep it low or a bit higher. I would use two smaller heaters rather than one large one for...
  16. steamman

    I think I'm going to need a new heater 73.9 degrees!

    I have a similar sized system as you. I run one external return pump. I have two large power heads in the DT. I use gravity to feed my reactors and my skimmer. My skimmer has two aquabee pumps on it. I have an air conditioner running in the room 24/7. I use two Ebo Jager 250 watt heaters. I...
  17. steamman

    Flamefish....08807

    Found some here. http://www.bluezooaquatics.com/productdetail.asp?did=1&cid=27&pid=692
  18. steamman

    Wedding anniversary

    Have you ever tried a dinner cruise on one of the Cornocopia ships. Good food, drinks, music and dancing. It is local.
  19. steamman

    Possible aptasia

    Now those are great pictures. Good luck and good looking out to catch it so small.
  20. steamman

    Possible aptasia

    +1. That is why seeing a picture was helpful. Kalk paste never seems to work 100% for me. I would go the way of capping the hole with some kind of epoxy or super glue in your case. I hope you didn't take offense with my post. It was trying to have some fun with it.
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