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My son Elijah Skye was born yesterday (New Years Eve) 8:22 am 20" and an even 7 lbs. Thanks all... R-

OK, a local guy here is in a pinch. I bought about 200 of these tanks from a breeder going out of business with larger buyers alredy lined up. One one the local buyers backed out on him. Soooooo Used 40 Gallon breeders DRILLED = $30 20 Gallon Long Drilled - $15 20 Gallon Long undrilled -...

I get often asked questions about acrylic and building techniques. So, I thought I would take the liberty of posting a step by step pictorial of a project. I had a little over 1/4 sheet of 3/8" continuous cast acrylic and decided to make a 15 gallon acrylic cube tank. I hope you all enjoy...

As most of you may know about Boxters 180G in-wall project, he has asked me to build him a custom acrylic sump. Here is a rough design that I am posting for critique. Again keep in mind this is a very rough fast sketch. Here are his goals: -External skimmer sits off to the left of diagram...

A few new acro colonies. I am also attemting to link 'em intead of post them. Any positive IDs are welcome new purple tip new acro sp. with inset of green polyp extension

Well, I got her running. Here's a couple of shots. I clouded up the water again a little arranging the rocks just before adding a few corals. There was no noticable cycle as I expected since I used 50% of the old tank water, LS, and LR. Here's a shot from above on the catwalk and one of the...

Well the tank is coming along nicely. I got a good water test run and a coupla pics to show off. However a warning about RO units: If you are like me and entirely too sToOpId to own one don't go to work and forget to turn it off!!!! While my wife hates me for the moment at least she'll get...

Here's another quick update on my 48G cube I have been working on. It's almost there. Still gotta get on the plumbing and finish the sump, besides a bit more elbow grease with the steel wool on the old oak. But here's a few pics none-the-less. Oohhh check out my nearly finished DIY...

Hello all, I am currently head first in my newest project of an approx. 48ish Gallon acrylic cube. I am documenting everything for an unveiling set somewhere within the next month or two. Here are my goals followed by a couple of pics. Goals: -Large cube tank w/internal overflows and...

Well, I learned a lesson the hard way. For the last several months my 72 Gallon bowfront reef with large sump/fuge had been doing awesome. I was beginning to beag about how stable the system was and the growth. I hear all thea talk about heat issues with Summer coming on. I shrugged it off...

Well no, not exactly. I found about 7" of water in my basement this evening. Yes, this is the same basement I finished just a few weeks ago. Sump pump failure. I am still shaking my head.

I have begun a little research without much luck on the Coralvue (or any) halide bulb UV issue. When I first got the halides they severely burned a large merulina colony and killed in within days. This conclusion of course comeing after closely monitoring water conditions and perameters...

Ever been burned in your reef? I don't mean like touched the bulb burned, I mean SUNBURNED. Last night I did a lot of arranging and epoxy using for colony placement. Basically I had my right arm in the tank for a couple of hours. I woke up this morning to a painful sunburn like a farmers...

Again the self crowned king or the crosspost has a new one. These are some pics of 4 new colonies of SPS (acro and birdsnest) I picked up yesterday. I would like some positive IDs if they can be provided. Kudos to the donor. I have had some issues during the burn-in of my coralvue bulbs but...

Well brndfrb and I went to a local reefer meeting today and each came home with a rose BTA. There was a vendor there with I would estimate a dozen awrsome looking rosies on his way to deliver them to a LFS. He sole them to us at the LFS's cost of $50.

I have loved this for quite a long while and my LFS doing a price match with some other competitor has them on sale for $139 with the cherry stand! What a deal on a tank that usually runs close to $300. I am tempted... My question is, if I bought it I would want it to be a SPS tank, but there...

Call me the king of the corssover posts! These are pictures of my newly setup 12G JBJ nano and decorative stand. Nano: It is currently home to about 20lbs of LR (one small peice of Liverocks.com's coral rock), 12lbs of LS, one toadstool frag, small colony of gulf native Ivory bush stoney...

I wasn't sure where t put this exactly so I chose the photo forum. I had initially thought tube anemones were way underrated. Most stay fairly small in aquaria, are non mobile so they generally don't sting other corals, and are quite beautiful. Or so I thought. I have a tube that under newer...

Hello all, Just wanted to show the new colony -ahem- reefside of merulina I recently bought. It is apporx 8-9" across the base and 5-6" tall. The bright green really glows, but like a clam it is better viewed from the top. R-

Hello and thanks in advance. I have a long tentacle plate coral that was givin to me by a friend. A few days ago I noticed something. It would normally expland itself quite regularly to HUGE proportions (12") and retract through the day or overnight periods. It was moving itself little by...

I picked up a few corals today but his one has my a little stumped. It definately a softy and the best way to describe it is young and looks like cheetos stuck on the rock. I fell in love with the color. And if you look just to the right I got the bonus patch o' star polyps. Perhaps an ID on...

Hey guys brndfrb and I went shoppin today and he picked up this clam (still in the bag) It was sold as a Crocea but I am almost convinced it's a Maxima. Deep blue, little purple. Any takers? R-

Well after a forever of redesigns and fun play I have finished my sump/fuge. It is custom fit into a 72G bowfront stand. It measures 44.5" long, 10" wide, and 16" deep (water level will be be at 12") I have made revisions after revisions and finally got a good one I think. Opinions? It...

After being teased by the new found button polyps sprouting from my rock, I went to a local reefer thing today and then bought a small rock with about 40 polyps on it. I took a few pics as they opened up for the first time after acclimation. Under the actinics...

It always amazes me to find new thing growing here and there. These, which I believe to be a Zoanthid of some kind popped up out of no where. This is as about as open as I have seen them. There are about 5 polyps and stay mostly closed but seem to open up a tiny bit more everyday... Positive ID?