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I got this coral a LONG time ago (for me 6-7 months is a long time) and it was under all sorts of bulbs (and more often than not, knocked around by my old turbo snails), but when i changed to 20k on the metal halide the other day, she started to look like this EVERY day. I've also been keeping...

Hey guys, I was looking over my tank last night...like I do every night ;) and I noticed that there's a thin layer of detritus on top of the sand in my fuge. My fuge is an aquafuge by CPR. It's about 5 inches thick, 14 long and 9 high, and I have a few pieces of rubble, a 1/2 inch of sand and...

Hey guys, After my stint with the Powder Brown, I'd like a new fish. I have QT tanks set up and ready to roll, so it seems like a good time to do it. Basically, I have a 29g with a lot of rock. Current fishie inhabitants are: 2 SMALL clowns (1 inch each maybe) 2 SMALL chromies (3/4 inch-1...

I stopped by the lfwis (local fish with ich store) today on my way home from lunch to do a little browsing, and the first fish i noticed was a 2 inch powder brown with ich REAL bad. I felt awful, and the sticker said $49. So, I asked the owner what his plan was, and yadda yadda, he sold it to...

Do metal halide bulbs break in or anything? I was really expecting my tank to be a lot brighter with the 175watter in there. I mean, it's not dim by any means...just not as bright as expected. And not as blue as I'd hoped. Hamilton Tech Magnetic 175w ballast 14k Hamilton bulb PFO parabolic...

Hey guys, I recently decided to give halides a shot, and got such a good deal on a ballast that I'm going to build a hood. But...I have some questions. First I'll outline my (tentative plans) I'm planing on making the thing out of wood. I have some pine left over from my entertainment stand...

Hey kids, I decided I'd like to replace the unknown age bulbs in my Hamilton hood, which consists of 4x german-pinned 55w CF bulbs. The cheapest I found is straight from Hamilton, for $25 each, with another $10ish for shipping. That's $110 for just bulbs, which will last what...6 months? So...

Hey guys, Upon reading some of your experience with these guy's RO/DI units, I purchased on on a buy it now auction on ebay. I bought the ro/2di unit. Well, when i got it in the mail, they sent me the wrong one. They sent me a more expensive unit with a holding tank and a faucet. Well, I...

Hey guys, I'm interested in an ATO setup. Was wondering if the $40 special from aquahub would do me right? I have no problem putting the system together, as i'm pretty good w/ plumbing and electrical. Anyway, just wondering if anyone had any experience. THANKS! damon

Ha. Ok, that was funny. Here's some pictures of the new guys I picked up today..at least those who'd let me take their pictures (notice no shrimp pic yet ;)). This guy is just plain busy. He started grabbing any kind of algae he could and shoving it in his face: Always wanted one of these...

Hey Guys, Carlo turned me on to this place a while back... Today, I left work early to head to The Hidden Reef in PA. However, the weather was terrible, and the turnpike was rolling slooooow. So, I called Allquatics while I was sitting in traffic. I wanted to get some 'verts, and an emerald...

Here's mine on 6/28: Here's mine 3 weeks later on 7/20:

http://www.dvaga.com/articles_BigAls.htm Here's a review of the store. Looks pretty good...

My tank is doing so good, I can’t help but keep taking pictures. Some of the ones I did today turned out great, so I wanted to share: These guys are so hard to get a good picture of with my point and shoot. My guess is the sand is so bright that the camera processing makes them dark. Xenia...

When I left it looked like this: Whoa.

So I was feeding my anemone today and my shrimp wanted part of the action. So I gave one a piece of silverside, and the other came running, so I gave him one too. Then I looked around to see if anything else would eat something and I saw Mr. Hairy Green Mushroom looking all plump. So, I gave...

I'm taking what I've learned over the last 4 months and building a new system. The build date was May 12th, 2007. Specs include: * 29g display * Aquafuge (medium ~ 19x12x4) * 2 powerheads * 100 watt heater Display contains: * 30 lb LR * 40 lb LS * Blastos * Some kind of SPS...

Hey guys, I picked up an aquafuge yesterday for my 29g. The guy hooked me up with a bunch of chaeto, too. I have a pretty deep sand bed in the tank, so I'm not worried about the small amount of sand I could put in the fuge. Even though it's a relatively big device, it's not even comparable to...