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I'll offer my exp on maroons - (sorry for the hijack) The maroon i had did not display aggression in the sense that it did not bother any of my other fish. Like a trigger or puffer fish it was delightful to have her approach you for food and eat pretty much anything. However - it beat the...

interesting - so the author is recommending one larger water change a month rather than a small one every week?

Madreefer the first advice i would give to you is to dump that skimmer and put some money into a good one. btw are you still dosing vodka? Anyways - assuming you decide against spending $$$ (totally understandable) then I think Nick's points here are right on. If the ball valve cannot be...

Yet another method here. Sorry - I know i'm not helping. :P I use a Tunze ATO (osmolator) hooked into a PM Kalk Reactor. The sensor triggers the tunze to add RODI water. Instead of adding it direct to the sump - i've set it so that it goes into the PM kalk reactor. The reactor then deposits...

i dunno if it is a condy or not - maybe barry can chime in - but i can say that clowns do not live in condylactis anemones because condy's live in the atlantic and clowns live in the pacific/indian oceans. :) That stated - i've personally had a maroon clown force itself upon a condy (which in...

I do like the milwaukee. I had the pinpoint on my old tank (still there) in NY. The only difference I see is that the milwaukee has a small red dot (they call it an "Alarm") on it that lights up if your PH exceeds a level you set. I would say either would work. Another thought would be to go...

I've seen a small bucket of those snails for sale in the asian market. There's one right across from OGII on route 22 in Central Jersey that I saw had a small batch of them. They were next to the littleneck clams and the blue crabs...In Manhattan - fugeaboutit - they are pretty common in...

Salifert...

I actually don't use salifert for Ph - i have a milwaukee ph monitor. I use red sea for mag - but that is because it was the only kit available at my LFS. salifert i use for ammonia/nitrite/nitrate.

Bill - i was thinking about moving to this - since it woudl also offer "emergency" use having the SW prepped. But let me ask you this - after 7 days - do you find any "gunk" accumulating at the bottom? Not sure if you use ReefCrystals or some other salt?

i use salifert except for alk - i use the lamotte one.

i let it sit for about 24 hrs with a pump circulating the water. I use reefcrystals.

unfortunately my sand bed has nothing but bacteria. A few years ago if you asked me - I would have been happy to pass along sand bed with mini-stars, amphipod, copepods etc. But that was hardly "sand" - it was borderline crushed coral. I got it from TampaBay Saltwater. Great stuff - and really...

interesting - i'm going to go stare at my clowns some more now...lol.

actually i don't think they come up here during winter - they come up with the other tropicals in summer. I'm not a diver so I can't vouch for this first hand.

At least you can claim an exemption on your 1040 tax form with a kid...unlike a dog. 8)

They are native to the pacific - but invasive to the atlantic. Not sure if NOAA is still tracking them - but here's a link: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/stories/lionfish/lion08_report.html

Lol - i will do my best. Then I will have to go to your thread and ask for the same...quid pro quo eh? The anemone/clownfish relationship is specatcular. Unfortunately I don't have an anemone. I was concerned that my firefish or jawfish would stupidly dive in there for safety. So while I would...

Fish are doing great (as long as they are fed... :P)- it's the corals that need help...lol. Well the maxima is happy as a clam and adding layers of shell. So that's my exception. Tinkering with location and the LEDs is probably the most difficult.

LOL... If it weren't for our Wii's Endless Ocean - my 7 year old daughter wouldn't be pointing in jenkinsons aquariums saying - LOOK DAD, a powder blue tang! Plus - blue-ray dvds would look nice on that BIG TV you won from the frag swap ricwilli! ;D As for the MACNA comment - what are you...