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mnat - lmao. happy bday!

goes to show is houldn't be replying to posts at 2am. you are right! duh on me.

Surface tension of water creates the bubbles that allows a protein skimmer to function. A cool experiment would be to take a bowl of salt water and running an airstone. See how the bubbles form. Then place your bare hands in that same bowl and see if the bubbles are as large as they were...

agree with paul b... found this also: "It's also illegal to take lobsters that have eggs under the tail or are marked with a V-notch on the right flipper, signifying that the lobster is female. If the lobster is damaged so that you can't to tell whether or not it has been V-notched, it's...

I wouldn't get a uv for a reef tank- but that is just MY 2 cents. They work wonders on keeping the water clear in freshwater ponds - but their usefulness in a reef tank is debatable.

unfortunately manufacturer ratings are over-stated and to make matters worse the Sea Clone is about as bare bones a piece of equipment as you can buy. The classic "you get what you paid for" applies. That stated - to obtain a consistent froth - you need to ensure that a) you're not sticking...

were you using red sea pro? Be happy to give you a bucket to help out - but i'm a bit north of you. Maybe when you're up here for Dr. Jim I could somehow meet to give it to you.

Wet floors are slippery. Dolphins love to splash. So the folks who run the Brookfield Zoo should have known accidents were bound to happen, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Cook County Circuit Court. Allecyn Edwards sued the Chicago Zoological Society and the zoo because she claims they...

oy - that does stink. how do things look today?

i do not like to contradict the guy with the abby normal avatar (lol) ;) - and I would agree and even say that hermit "crabs" can be predators as well. But that stated - the only crab I trust in the reef is a porcelain crab.

i would think that is a great idea unless you're the type of person who likes to eat the crab roe - then why are you wasting good food?!? lol. Also - female blues are nasty when pregnant (or course they are nasty regardless) - I take it you killed it while alive? I've seen them sold without...

when you say a "valve" cracked - i'm not following. Is this an ATO that somehow got stuck? I'm really sorry for all your losses...just trying to understand how it happened.

so....what kind of meds do the docs have you on? I was taking naproxin for a bit when i hurt my back.

actually with a 12 gallon tank i would just do water changes rather than mess with any additional buffers etc. But that's just my 2 cents. I've never run a small salt tank before (although back in 1989 I had a 29 gallon...that was not fun). lenny looks like a scooter blenny - does the blenny...

i am not advocating this method but i spent the dollars on the PM kalk reactor group buy we had a while back and jury rigged it to my ATO. So when the ato tops off - it routes thru the kalk and dumps the kalk in. I know you're supposed to set the timer on the reactor to stir every so often -...

RichT made my sump - fantastic. But I think he "retired".

Check out this link: http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/nov2002/chem.htm If calc is relatively high then it's supressing your alk. Raising the alk should in turn help increase your PH. Also - when you say test strips - are you using some kind of paper to test the water? Unfortunately a lot...

hmm - i would say that is not a mithrax crab. Crab identification is very difficult but it is more than likely to be part of the family (or is it genus - I forget) of the Xanthid group. All are predatory and do not belong in a reef tank.

is the sharknose "viewable"? I always liked those gobies -especially given their tankbred nature. I was just wondering if the fish is 'lost' in the 180?

slip x slip. pvc cement on the bulkhead to pvc. I don't know if that is "Supposed" to be the way you do things but I did it. The downside is that if you have a problem with the bulkhead - you will need to cut the pvc. If you are around the metuchen area- you are welcome to drop by and take a look.