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By the way, I think that unknown frag that Mike gave me was a Ricordea mushroom. My pic is very blurry, but it looks something like this which was identified as a Ricordea (mine is more pink in color, with an orange fluorescent center... This pic is NOT my frag!):

I bought a yellow watchman goby about a week ago and placed him in my QT tank. The tank is a 10 gallon bare bottom with a couple pieces of PVC pipe and a few small pieces of uncured rock. I have an aquaclear 500 powerfilter running with no media (I basically use it just for circulation). The...

Thanks JR! Yea, other than the starfish and a couple snails, everything seems to be doing well. I'm happy with the progress so far and I think I'm getting to the point where I can start adding more corals to color it up a bit. My plan with adding fish will be to get one at a time, and QT it for...

Re: Ricwilli's 210 build If you have problems after all that bracing, you have some heavy fish, lol. You should be fine with just the four sisters.

Well, it's been a crazy month or so since my last update. My tank has changed a lot since my last post, but I lost my Aunt to cancer about 2 weeks ago and I've been spending most of my spare time with the family since we found out she wasn't going to make it much longer. She is at peace now and...

Re: Ricwilli's 210 build I don't think Pascal's law applies here since the pvc wouldn't be enclosed. But I don't know for sure and am certainly no expert in the field. Perhaps it's just the velocity that increases and not the pressure? I suppose I could be wrong in my terminology, but I know...

Re: Ricwilli's 210 build Not exactly true Mike. Did you ever put your thumb over the end of a garden hose to get it to shoot out farther? Putting your thumb over the hole reduces the pipe (hose) size and creates a higher pressure because the water is bottlenecked inside the hose. It gives you a...

I got it when we had a group buy from here: Reefcleaners.org... but to buy that alone would not be worth it with shipping costs IMO. They say it "destroys" algae, but mine doesn't really. Like I said, it does a good job one day, then goes dormant for a few days.

I was going through a similar problem with hair algae. Still am actually, but it's getting cleaned up at a decent pace now. Now that I've replaced my fading bulbs and added a cleanup crew, it's fading rather than spreading. ;D I've found that large turbo snails and blue leg hermits are a good...

Re: Ricwilli's 210 build Ahh, I see the sink now Richie. That will work just great if you tie right into the drain from that sink. I read before that nothing was glued yet, but I thought all the piping was pushed tightly into place. Looks like you got it all under control there. As to the...

Re: Ricwilli's 210 build Manifold looks good, but are those last 2 valves on the right side pointing down too close to the shelf? The very last one looks like it's almost touching it. Or do you plan on pointing those away from the wall, like the last one on the right? I like how you made the...

I was just calling attention to the article because I thought the premise was a concern for all of us here. Whether it's true or not I don't know, but at the minimum it's something that should't be ignored.

Re: Ricwilli's 210 build Hey, that stand looks familiar. ;D Looking good so far Richie! I don't know how heavy the stuff going on top of that shelf is, but I'd suggest adding a brace between the 2 sets of legs at the bottom. That will help prevent it from toppling over. You may not need it...