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Welcome Bill! I really liked my tbs stuff but there were some hitchers I wish didn't tag along... ::) but I won't take up space on this post with that stuff. Perhaps you'll start a tale of the tank thread! (hint) Oh and if I could just drop a plug here - definitely consider joining as a...

a buddy of mine did a blog review of this one...he and his wife liked it. This was last year mind you - so this model may no longer be around... product review: hp c7180 photosmart wireless printer so you have the wireless laptop, wireless networking, you even have the wireless mouse, but yet...

Here's a link to their website - they have recommendations on DSB sand type... http://www.caribsea.com/pages/products/dry_aragonite.html

nice! at this point - just watch your alk/calcium parameters...with those in control -you should see your coralline algae populate relatively quickly. Looks good!

I think that is a reasonable plan you have - it could be that something was disturbed in the sandbed to have caused a slow release of nutrients you didn't anticipate showing up.

NICE! Always great to have cool hitchers. Just be warned...I got three shrooms from a fellow reefer, oh I dunno - like a year or two ago...and now they are replicating like crazy. It's like the TRIBBLES.. I swear. ;D ;D

no worries! you should come on over to the general discussion and introduce yourself! ..welcome!!!

hey brmw! thanks for the post and insight. Would you mind not typing in "ALL CAPS"? it's hard to read...sorry - i already wear coke-thick eye glasses and if they get worse my wife will force me off this computer! ;D

This seems counter...intuitive to me...the macro should theoretically uptake the nutrients before hair algae were to grow. Maybe I am wrong...(which is common). What kind of flow do you have in the 20 long? Also how often are you feeding and are you using a skimmer? frequency of water changes...

You could pick up like a small bucket from a dollar store/hardware store - or even a bucket made for kids at the beach - and just put the reactor in there - it doesn't *have* to hang off the sump - it's just more convenient that way... i agree with mike tho about keeping it outside the sump.

LOL - great thread and posts....keep them coming! hard to tell what that snail is -but most folks get collonista snails as a hitcher.

i am going to go on the hunch (regarding your astreas) that they died of starvation...at least judging by when you introduced them on 12/12/07...the tank was pretty bare and likely too early to intro the crew. oh well...how about an updated pic...it's like 2 months anniversary now. ;D

Not sure how we can best help, but I plan on emailing the person in charge below to voice my support...I figure the more of us that do - perhaps the more likely the proposed protections will pass? NOAA Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Protections for Threatened Elkhorn and Staghorn Corals. NOAA...

oh - he was out of the shell but alive? That sounds like a case of the hermit outgrowing his shell - not having a new one to move into and dying. Most hermits that lack a suitable shell to grow into will try to kill a snail (hopefully bigger) to get the home...but it sounds like your hermit was...

If I were to guess - you have very very slow flow in that section of the tank? Do you have powerheads pushing water in that section of the tank? There are sponges - "pineapple" sponges - sorry i don't have the scientific name handy...they usually show up the sump of big tanks...if it is those...

I'm not sure on the mag - but to me grabbing a test kit to measure mag on a 12 gallon nano - I feel like you could probably get away with not doing it (ducks head)... :P Seriously-you didn't talk about your ALK reading and I think that would be the first test I'd check. Read this article here...

are they moving? stationary? It's hard to tell from the pic...they may be harmless sponges if stationary...

maybe the professor can chime in since he was there recently and bagged a mandarin... http://www.njreefers.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=7797.msg73525#msg73525

I thought Dr. Emmett Brown in 1985 invented it....I think instead of a bus he put one in a DeLorean... although I think that required some plutonium too. ;)

Yep- if you are dosing anything-be sure to have a good kit to measure it. Personally I don't think mag needs to be dosed for a 29 gallon as I would hope your water changes are frequent enough to replenish trace minerals like that. I am a wee bit concerned about the second snail death and the...