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If I remember correctly, senility rules! I can’t remember what I had for breakfast, and someone asks me what my parameters were the last time I tested. I don’t know! Or should I say what so many say….they were “normal.” So to combat my aging brain, I cracked out one of my old lab...

Yep, looks like a three way to me! Or maybe it’s the Flying Wallenda Snails doing their acrobatic act.

George, I don’t think it’s coral wars (i.e. sweeper tentacles.) Here’s a picture of the brain with a chalice to the right and a knob coral just below. The chalice has been “pushing” the knob and will eventually win out. The chalice also recently made contact with the brain, and...

Yep and Yep! If it were me, I’d either buy the specific chloramine blocks, like THIS ONE, or pick up a CANISTER and CATALITIC CARBON.

Lost said it, your RO membrane will remove chloramines. If you are a Nervous Nelly, you can switch out your regular carbon blocks with “catalytic” carbon. This carbon will also remove chloramines.

I think I might have found the cause for the above “whiting” of the mille (and now part of my brain as well). I installed two BRS dosing pumps about a month and a half ago, and I noticed that the calcium portion is only down about 2/3 when compared to the alk. I did calibrate both pumps, so...

:worthless The fish and the frags!

I hate when this crap happens! Woke up this morning to find my teal milli with a couple of branches RTN’ed. With the beautiful weather today, I haven’t tested the water. However, I’ve prepared 30 gallons for a water change tomorrow (typically do 15 gallons/week).

OK Jason, here’s how I’d play out this weekend: Tell your lovely bride that one of her Mother’s Day gifts is a fish that is as beautiful as she is. OR, better yet, tell her it's a surprise that is representitive of her beauty. You wanted to get a present that represented her beauty. This...

Here’s my bottle trap. Cut the top off a soda bottle. Cut the opening so that your fish will fit through the hole Flip the top piece over and push it into the low part of the bottle. Using a paper hole punch, punch holes around the diameter through both the top and bottom parts….three or...

This weekend! Make a trip out of it and stop off at Delicious Orchards…..mmmmmm….apple cider donuts with fresh apple cider…..with me, it never makes it out of the parking lot.......I might have to make a trip. It’s right on Route 34, close to the intersection of Route 18.

I've had very good luck with a simple bottle trap. I'm not sure if I showed you my trap, but the secret is to put a hole in the middle of the bottle and squirt some juicy food into the bottle. I then use the turkey baster to occasionally squirt water into the hole. This creates a "snow globe"...

If I didn’t have the yellow, I’d be all over this. People, this is a beautiful fish and at a good price. GLWTS

Thanks Kevin. When you get settled in, give me a PM, and I’ll give you a real monti….nice teal color. Let me know when you're ready.

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I have no complaints about Eheim Automatic Feeder. I’ve used it three times when I’ve gone on vacation. It allows multiple feedings per day…..and simple to use.

Good stuff Steve!

Definitely no food coloring. Just regular old granulated sugar….and it is organic, like all sugar. The “regular” mix they recommend is one cup sugar to four cups water. The first mix of the season should be one cup sugar to three cups water. This more concentrated mix helps lure the...

Gee whiz, I thought I was behind the times still having a rotary phone, antennae tv and a true cell phone. Self propelled mowers have been available forever. Welcome to the 21st century you city slicker. :o If you’re looking for a little more exercise, come over and try that new fangled...

Welcome Jim! I'm assuming you're now old and married? :p Start a "Tale of the Tank" and give us the details about your setup.