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john - remove the dead parts. It's possible the worm can re-grow the crown. Are you feeding the duster? they need food to keep that crown.

how about just taking a cloth/sponge with vinegar/water and wiping down the fixture to see if it can still be used? Then i'd swap out the bulb that dimmed.

Any idea what your TDS is coming out of the RODI? Might help to know. Not to get into an argument over tap water users - but this may be a source of some of the nutrients in the tank. What kind of fish do you have in your 75?

nice skimmer! i merged the three threads -into this one - hope that is ok.

Cyano in and of itself is not necessarily bad - it's bad in the display as it's ugly - but in the fug - you could argue it's doing it's job in absorbing nutrients. i shouldn't say this since I have one of those CPR's to sell - but what the heck. I think the pump is undersized for the fugs and...

Ok - let me help with the numbering system. "gen 1" (my term - i guess you could just say these are discontinued) tunze 6000 - low power draw, bulky powerhead, small hockey puck motor tunze 6100 - same thing as above but with BIG hockey puck motor tunze 6101 - same thing as above but they did...

have a great day! hope you relax/chill/enjoy it!

Re: Here's my now 375 (was 120) by Bax spoke to stan today - while he likes the rail for his frag tank - he doesn't recommend it for a full blown display. But hopefully he will chime in. btw those pics are amazing.

Met up with jesse a few weeks ago and picked up a dolley and a 55 gallon barrel. Great quality and nice guy to deal with. Make sure you do not stop at the Raccoon City Police Department on the way there (i jest). ;) Anyways - forgot to post up this plug for him.

Another great visit. The Mrs and the kids enjoyed the hospitality and we picked up a beautiful tubs birdsnest and a zoa - which i forgot to ask the name of! :P Thanks stan!

i never heard of anchor worms in saltwater - but goes to show how limited my knowledge is in diseases. It's terrible but my experience with fish and disease is similar to how doctors used to treat horses and disease...(99% fatal). Maybe pm Dr Jim or post in his forum for suggestions? Also - i...

i'd go the maxijet with 25' of 1/2" hose. If you can't find them at a LFS - DFS/TFP or any big online shop will have them relatively cheap. The alternative is to go pick up a set of wheels like the ones sold by the barrel guy in east brunswick (or was it north brunswick - i forget). $30. Then...

they are tough to keep without a bit of supplemental feeding. I know the shedding of the crown is not a good sign. I imagine if it pops out of the tube to also be a bad sign - but I have zero experience with feather dusters. Good luck.

pics of my open top here: http://www.njreefers.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=12816.msg152577#msg152577 The flow thru my sump is slow so the water noise is relatively mute. But chaos makes a good point about the top helping to cover. Also a canopy helps to cover a lot of...

No chiller...i'm hoping not to. But if I ever switch to MH then maybe I will. Even a brick of T5s might generate more heat than the current LEDs i have. Don't get me started on that - EOL product. Sigh. Anyways - first some open top shots for junk. I'll post more pics of the critters when...

Well thanks to everyone that replied to my post about my cuke: http://www.njreefers.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=16414.0 I thought for sure I got rid of him (either via death and eaten by the cleanup crew OR because I sold some LR and thought he was on it) - but sure...

that's true. But I have a jawfish and a firefish - both considered carpet surfers in my tank - and it's been fine for 3 months now. Hardly a scientific sample but just pointing it out. I think if i put in a (pugnacious) pseudochromis - i'd have two fish on the floor in 2 seconds flat. that...

i thought arrow crabs would take out bristle worms and feather dusters. Not sure though if they go for other corals but i'd imagine like all mobile inverts - they may opportunisticly take food out of a coral polyp.

i will try and post a pic up tonight.

thoroughly cleaning it constantly defeats the purpose of the skimmer. It need a break-in period of time and thoroughly cleaning it will just re-set that timer in my opinion. if this is the model with the gatevalve - you need to adjust the gate valve. If that's already done - unscrew the air...