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Steve, Good luck with your search for a valid Bryopsis eater: "Sea hares, nudibranchs, urchins, emerald crabs, chitons, and even the larger Astrae tuber will nip at both of these species [Bryopsis pennata and B. plumosa], but rarely consume it with any effectiveness." The above quote is from...

"Skinny Dipping"? At our relative ages it is more like "Chunky Dunking"!

Olivier, Red Sea Desjardin Sailfins are well known to eat bubble algae. My big tank only has bubble algae at the waterline where my Asfur can't reach, but I don't recommend them for reef tanks. Bob

Sandee, The way to quite these linear piston pumps is to (assuming the pump is in your basement) hang it from a basement beam with a bungee cord. The stretch material of the cord absorbs the vibrations (and sound) quite nicely. This will also work with large vibrator pumps. I have a...

Jimmy, Sorry to hear about your outage. I'm in Livingston - east of you on 10. I have some room in my halide lit 135 sump if you think you could use it. The water parameters are good - I didn't lose any power. Bob

In Defense of Bristleworms... I manage to get nailed by a bristleworm at least twice a month. That said - I still want them in my tanks. I have some that are a good 4 or 5 inches long. They are very effective at cleaning up carrion. Some hobbyists think they attack clams, but they are only...

It was a sad day for Tunze when they had to admit that they duplicated the test and had to agree with the test's flow results. I've watched the VorTechs since they were first demonstrated at the MACNA in Boston, and must admit that I've never been impressed. They just aren't as bullet-proof as...

How many gallons are we talking about skimming?

Olivier, I keep hearing that Ice Cap is out of business, but I have no personal knowledge to back up this assertion. I recently took an older 660 off-line (replaced VHOs with LEDs). You can have it for $40 - doesn't hurt to have a back-up while one is in the shop. PM me with any interest... Bob

Here's a link to a refractometer that was designed to to read from 0 1.020-1.040 which apparently gives you 2.5 times the (visual) resolution of the 0-100 scale that comes with most refracrometers...

I'm having trouble with the numbers... $428 R/T airfare, with at least one stop in Chicago, or a 17 hour 33 minute one-way drive, with a $150 Entry and at least $91 a night for the hotel. Anybody know how many people are signed up to attend?

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Re: chalice The phone number given is apparently a cell phone in Succasunna, NJ (07876).

I've never heard of a GFO impact on pH. Have any references? Thanks...

Has there been another data loss? It seems to me that at least one post has vanished from this thread...

The links are weird, and actually were worse. One path says Saturday the 25th, 2011 and another path says Saturday the 26th, 2010. The latter won't allow you to register. Pretty sloppy web design...

Is there a meeting this month (June, 2011)?

I think Soylent Green is a bit more disgusting...