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I don't bother with glue, I have the attitude of dump it in and it will find it's place. If they float I do use a wooden guide rod to coax them to where I'd like them to be, then I leave it up to them to figure out the rest.

To be honest, having a previous career in art and marketing, that Conch box is a cheap print, have no doubt its not a prime product. And, now that I look at it in detail, 'The Way We Make Wave' is sorta, off. So, I'm now on the website, which promotes... 'Conch Slim 8 is on the way' While...

One stayed low... One dug in... One climbed to about 3" from surface... One in an acclimation box still. 2 went into a tank with hermits, think they we're ripped up (I fragging hate hermits). The other 2 in the main tank? No idea.

I do understand that people that cleaned ice didn’t earn much money, probably why they mechanized it. BUT! More important! With the reminder of your book having been published, and my failure up to this point to pick it up, I trudged down to Amazon. I typed in Avant-Garde and quite a number of...

I have baseboard oil and the house gets dry. The tanks act as a humidifier. I go through about 1/2 to 1 gallon a day on each of my 40g tanks. No worries as long as you keep topping the tanks up to avoid the salinity raising too high.

May not be the salt change. Might be age of tank, temp, or other factors. Started to monitor temperature last week. May break out the kits to monitor all the other stuff just to see what's going on (I normally don't monitor). May never know and not too bothered, but its interesting.

Week out update. Everything is fine with one exception. I had adopted my first duncan, which was moved into the tank and doing well acclimating, but the environment change magnified by the tons of peroxide hit it hard. Transferred it to another tank in hope for revival. There is something odd...

Sometimes, if I know the coral is coming from a clean tank, I'll just acclimate and drop in. Just got a few frags from a trusted member and they went straight in. Vermitads are a pain, but you'll get them at some point regardless, in my experience with the tanks I keep they're not overly...

Great deal on lights, great RO system that suits your needs, and even if it doesn't have the DI its only a few bucks as an add on. There ya go. I should quit my job and move into setting up power couples.

You've answered one, with the eating cubes and strips, then another with the ability to acclimate to other inverts if fed well enough. I was hoping to have a few soft corals, perhaps LPS, on the rocks. HAve you had any corals and if so, have they survived? Does it tend to pick at coral or is it...

I use this 4 Stage Value RO/DI System - Bulk Reef Supply with an inline meter. I switched up when I began running multiple 40g+ tanks and was doing 20+ gallons of water changes a week. The buddy system worked great for me with 60g worth of tanks. I'd probably still use it if I hadn't snagged the...

Joe, Go look in Deals and steals. Amado is selling some Kessils that I'm trying not to buy myself. Never owned Kessils but heard great reviews and this seems like a great deal for $250. 2 x Kessil A80/ Kessil H80 and Kessil Spectral controller X $300 Marine Depot seems to be offering a finance...

Ha! I never name anything (wife forced me to with the kids). This guy's either going to be Great Cthulhu or Lord Dagon.

Hi Joe and welcome aboard. Agreed with MadReefer. The RODI buddy works well. It'll crank out 10g a day if needed, and in a 30g tank with a 10% water change per week (just round it up to 5g) you'll be fine. LED lighting has tons of options, 2-3w per gallon is the normal (with enough spread to...

Remember seeing this and finding it amusing a few years back, just typed mantis shrimp in Google and surprised it came up as one of the first links... Why the mantis shrimp is my new favorite animal - The Oatmeal

No order submitted yet, still in works. Trying to find a peacock mantis.

Well, the new 40 isn't working out atm for a xenia build, and all the fish and inverts are happy. And, I've always wanted a mantis, so I figure what the ^&%^. Got one on order. Plan on rearranging the tank Wednesday for it. Yet to decide what to do with livestock as it'll go on a killing spree...

Hey Folks, Who had the pic of the peacock mantis in the last month's pic contest? Could use some advice and/or insight. M

HA! You're working on a much larger scale than I am. Sounds like you've got it all under control. No need to drain, all is well, I just have nano systems in my head.

Sponge, Mixing salt in tank is possible but it can leave some salt accumulation in filter, on glass, or in sand. To start would advise buying a 5g bucket from a blue or orange chain store. Then buy a float like this (shop around a bit, but I have the Eshopps and love it). The float automatically...