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Considering bulbs are 20+ dollars a piece, you’re damn never getting the fixture for nothing. Buy it!

Peace and tranquility has returned to my tank. The Neon Velvet Damsel is in a witness protection program, and has been relocated to an undisclosed location. It’s amazing how the demeanor of the remaining fish has changed. I am seeing my Coral Beauty for the first time in months. All...

Well Toto, I've a feeling we're not in England any more. Sid, I believe you are now somewhere over the rainbow. Anyway, Happy Fawkes’ Eve to you and the family.

The price seems a bit Xtreme for a no-name four bulb T5 fixture. For 300 bucks, on a four foot tank, I’d get two LED fixtures for about the same price.

Vilma and Keith's house looked like this: :grin:

Interesting read on the effectiveness of running a scrubber through your skimmer (assuming you have high room CO2.) Or should I say ineffectiveness? http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1691810

Yes it works if you have a CO2 problem and you change out the media when it becomes saturated. Because of the frequent media changes (dependant on CO2 levels in your house), it can get rather costly. The poorman’s CO2 fix is to run a hose from the air pick-up on your skimmer to outside your...

The nudi acquires it’s toxins by consuming a Portuguese Man o' War. If it has not munched on a Man o’ War, it would not be poisonous. Nudibranchs will never cease to amaze me in their variety of looks and appearances….very interesting little creatures.

Both fans are “blowing.” Neither fan is “sucking.” The canopy fan blows air across the top of the tank as well as across the T5 bulbs. The other fan blows directly onto the sump. The water that evaporates (about 2 ½ gallons a day), is immediately replaced by an automatic top off...

Here’s the design from RC. Tanks under four foot long, the frame is made of all 2x4’s. With the tank you are describing, easily supported. The stand can be skinned by whatever you want to do. You just need to pick your dimensions. I used this design for my tank....it's great.

Welcome Sam. You’ve come to the right place. The one major issue with having a saltwater tank in a school is the summer months when no one is there to care for it. If you’ve worked out that detail, you’re on your way to exposing kids to the saltwater experience. As far as adding fish, the...

Rubbermaid Stock tank…..they go from 50 up to 300 gallons. The totes you are looking at are not made to hold water. The sides will bow out and eventually fail. Stock tanks are made to hold water, having thicker sidewalls and rigid top bracing. You'l find them at farm supply places.

If I remember correctly you are located on Staten Island. In NJ we have the Board of Public Utilities who are the overloads of all the utilities. I would have to believe that New York has something similar. I’d look into seeing if there is and complain to them. Also check to see if this...

Isolate the fish in a hospital tank that you slowly drop the salinity (hyposalinity)…..do a search on how to do this and how long. You don’t want to do this in you DT (unless it truly is a FO), because hyposalinity will also kill all pods, crabs, snails, inverts, etc. Let the tank sit for the...

I believe the procrastinator’s email can wait until tomorrow. :grin:

Manual Water Change Method I manually change 15 gallons of water a week. I state “manually” because some have automated their water changes and I’m hoping they chime in. I make RO/DI water in 5 gallon water jugs. The water is added to a 20 gallon Brute garbage can. I have an old Koralia...

If anyone else is a last minute procrastinator like I am, you have one more day to procrastinate before the Frag Swap registration prices go up. Click HERE for individual registration and HERE for family. See you all there on the 12th of November.

OK….update. I picked up a coral from Herbie (Thanks Herbie) at the meeting today and had to climb through the window to get to the tank to acclimate the coral and put it in the tank. As I approached the window, I noticed the lights on the tank were out…..I have the Reefkeeper set to turn off...

Vilma and Keith, thanks for your hospitality. Thank God there are a group of crazy people in this club who are willing to risk life and limb to go to a fish meeting in a snow blizzard! I hope all made it home safe. Great ocean photography, very nice tank and home and, the best chili. Very...

Throw a couple Valium into the tank. That should mellow her out! :grin: I agree with others...if she can't be calmed down by tweeking her valves, raise her up.