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OK thanks guys, I got it figured out. ;D

Ok I have some 5 volt 20 ma LEDs and I want to run them on a 12 volt power supply. How many ohm resister do I need to make that happen? My electronics school was way to long ago to figure this out. It is not for the tank, it's for my boat.

Use any fish oil for human consumption and any type of sinking pellet

True, I also feed my fish live worms every day but it is hard to feed worms to the corals because the fish see them and pick them out

Maybe it's just me but I have been feeding my LPS corals pellets soaked in fish oil for years and they seem to thrive on it. I also feed other things but this is relatively easy and I like to get as much fish oil into them as I can. Bubble corals, torch corals and candy canes I know will eat...

I give most of it away

This is where I usually gollect shrimp, amphipods, tiny anemones, fiddler crabs and blue claw crabs (for dinner) Perfect fiddler crab habitat. My wife waiting by the boat. (she loves me) And of course friends stop by to help us finish off all the alcohol we have on board. Somebody has...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/21/hannele-cox-flesh-eating-fish-tank-bacteria_n_881645.html

I have gravel and no fine sand so I stir it like a typhoon a few times a year. The fish and corals seem to love it although I can't see them when I do that. ;D

Today is a beautiful day for collecting. There are no tropical fish yet this time of the year in NY but I go for grass shrimp, worms, snails, seaweed and most of all amphipods. Those things are all over the place, especially on my anchor line. When I pull the anchor, they jump all over the boat...

You can see it's function better here:

That is filled with lead and it is the counter weight to raise and lower the tank LEDs

I re-designed my algae trough this morning. I thought my LED lights would supply enough light to the trough but they were not positioned enough above it so the hair algae in the trough died in a week. I bought a 4' strip of waterproof LEDs and mounted them about 2" above the trough where they...

There are dozens of types of those worms and snails, some of them do become a pest and spread all over everything, the ones I have seem to be loners. I only have a dozen or so and they have been in there for decades without visably multiplying.

I know, stupid title but I didn't know what else to call it. I just had to move a piece of coral in my tank and by doing so I had to stir up the gravel. (yes I have gravel) When I do that there is a slight dust or detritus storm which I know benefits the corals. As I was looking at the tank I...

Who says?

They probably are. Here is an excerp from an article about Collonista snails.

All is well but they are definately snails. Looking closely at the rock with a scope, they are all over the place. They are not local mud snails and I did not add any rocks or corals in many months, maybe years. Cool looking little suckers, I just hope they don't grow or I will have to buy a lot...

As I was loking at my tank today I noticed that there was hardly anything moving. Not the fish, the corals. I felt the two powerheads to determine that they were running (they are very old and may croak at any minute) So I removed the homemade strainers to find them clogged with tiny snails, or...

The boiling effect is cool and I like to see pieces of the thing fall away.