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DC is owned and funded by taxpayers via the smithsonian. The bronx zoo is funded by WCS - which is funded via members/corporations. Also - small tip -the bronx zoo is free on wednesdays. You have to pay for parking and some exhibits inside (butterfly, asia-tram, children's zoo, congo etc.)...

I've always enjoyed the zoo. Especially on weekdays. ;D Besides the employees - we were the third car in line at one of the southern gate entrances...once we got in we went straight to the congo...no one was there except us. We love that place. We've been members now for 5 years. Kids loved...

"one site had experienced a population explosion of sea urchins—pests that feeds on corals." I recall this happened on the pacific coast kelp forest...and divers were hired to hammer/kill the urchins. Of course that was all before we learned about sushi and sea urchin roe. :P How'd you like...

ask and ye shall receive... Some Suggested Water Parameters

i'd be shocked if a 1 inch mantis killed a flame angel...unless by sheer luck he somehow got the fish stuck in it's burrow and repeatedly slammed him. I've previously gotten my mantis shrimp out by taking the rock out, (with bucket underneath) and dosing RO water right into the hole the guy is...

physically, all crabs - hermits, emeralds, etc. have jaws that are designed to smash and grind. So physically speaking, they are perfectly capable of eating bristle worms. I'm not so sure about copepods - since they are tiny little guys. Lack of copepods is more likely due to a small refugium...

yeap. Unless you are able to find a dealer who will warranty a refurb'd one...other than that it's buyer beware as usual. But that applies to anything - like a vortech, tunze pump, etc.

not a failure - just a set back. Murphy's law - it hides when you are viewing the tank!

depends on what kind of corals....but lighting is a must unless you plan on going solar. You could have a bubbleking skimmer and that won't do you any good if you just have NO lights. Look into lights such as VHO, PC, MH, T5 or a combo thereof. Again depends on what type of corals. I think the...

I've seen the screws on my old danner mag-drive rust in the tank. I'd like to think that a little rust isn't going to be too bad - but with anything - moderation is key - and in a closed system - moderation is difficult to attain. It's usually too much or too little.

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welcome back! Looking forward to pics. Make sure this time you select a better vendor if you go the custom-sump route! ;)

i would say no - but maybe someone with more exp can chime in.

i was concerned about a flood also - but my sump is setup in an area where there is a french drain surrounding the entire area (laundry area). So I just placed thick styro underneath to deal with the vibration. Overall the tarpon is pretty quiet though - just huge.

i took a stab at the fish area - the way I designed it would allow us to get snapshot of what types of fish njrc members have and which are popular. Perhaps in the comments field we could talk about fish to avoid? I don't know i was just playing around with it. what do you think?

If you post a password and don't want the whole world to see it -then maybe post it in the members-only forum. Tank ID could be a formula of the cell above it plus 1. Maybe want to include a location - like North/south/central? Or even a city?

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we have this: POST your MUGSHOTS! - it's embedded inside this sticky: Welcome to New Jersey Reefers Club! READ ME FIRST! Maybe it needs to come back out as it's own sticky? The concern we has was that we had a lot of stickies and trying to organize them all.

Generally speaking my answer here is the best skimmer you can afford. Specifically for you - you could consider the usage of a Phosban Reactor and/or the addition of Cheato macro algae - if you have enough sections in the sump. Tough answer - but generally speaking you will need to go out...

Nice - bob looks happy with bob...LOL.