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  1. Mark_C

    Free Frags sps or lps

    Vic, You're welcome to a few xenia frags if you dare put them in a tank, and I have some generic stick acros I can break for you. Also have a superman monti that seems to have grown off the edge of its rock, can crack you a piece of that if you like. I'm in Brick, drop me a PM if interested.
  2. Mark_C

    Why this hobby drives me $#@*&! crazy

    Many of you have seen my 10g Xenia tank. I decided to up the game to a 40b. I match the lighting exactly to the Xenia tank. I match salinity exactly. I match temperature to the .1 of a degree. I match the flow pattern as best I can with a rotating head and a pulsing head. I had planted a...
  3. Mark_C

    Rainbow bubble tip anemones for trade or sale

    Dropped you a PM JB
  4. Mark_C

    40 gallon reef

    Nice. Gratz :)
  5. Mark_C

    Omgnotyouagain tank update

    I've kept a pair of clowns (and only a pair of clowns) in a 25 for years with success - a gladiator clown with a phantom clown They're damselfish so they're quite hardy and they look great.
  6. Mark_C

    Smoking Xenia?

    Dropped Xenia in tank the other day. Not pulsing. Moved a bit higher on rock. Think they're pissed off at me... Anyone seen this before? Stress reaction? Spawning? Bad habit? Xenia bleeeding out?
  7. Mark_C

    Live cycling

    Reefcleaners John's a great guy, livestock is tops, and he's always overgenerous to compensate for any losses in shipping.
  8. Mark_C

    Live cycling

    zig zag perowinkles, dwarf ceriths, dwarf planaxis You might be right. I expected something after 3+ days, blew the dust off the test kit, and got... Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 0
  9. Mark_C

    Live cycling

    Bah! As lazy as I am I have a scientific education. I'll break out the test kits tomorrow morning and start logging this.
  10. Mark_C

    Live cycling

    Setting up the 40b. 3 days ago: 30 pounds aragonite (clean). 15 pounds of semi-cycled rock from another tank (with diatome cycle occurring). Large blocks of mature Marinepure from another tank (enough for a 60g). 4oz of Special Blend. Today: 20 pounds dry rock (appeared very clean). 4oz...
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