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Hello all, I got a nice Superman Montipora frag over a month ago and noticed about a week ago it was beginning to bleach. There are small spots that look like bare skeleton now. :-( Some details: I didnt do any light acclimation since it was under MH at the LFS. Despite being about 12in away...

Here are some new pictures of my corals under leds! Took pictures and used auto white balance to fix them up. They still look better in person, but this is better than nothing! Mostly zoanthids, but an acan as well looking a bit mad. (I woke them up to get pictures). Pics go like this: Top...

Hello all Is there such a thing as crystal clear silicone? All the silicone I have seen dries translucent. I need some that will dry crystal clear for something aesthetic. Thanks, Matt

Hello all, I added a yellow watchman goby on friday and hes been missing since then. For the first few hours he swam all over my little 7.5g tank. Then I came back to see him and he was gone! I realize fish go into hiding, but this tank is so small! I do have 8lbs of fiji live rock in there...

Hello all, I have decided to take the plunge and integrate my LED reef light with an arduino controller. Not good with programming, but intend to learn since I have programming left to do before I get my EE degree. :cool: Better get a jump start! First things first...Got to figure out what to...

Hello all, I put a small pistol shrimp in my tank about a month ago. He immediately was harassed by all my fish and went to town making this really intricate network of tunnels under all the rocks...Even the coral frags sitting on the sandbed! Well, tonight I noticed my Strawberry Baslet isnt...

Hello all, I was wondering the effect might be of giving corals only blue light, or mostly blue light? Will they grow at all? I was inspired to ponder this after looking at how pretty my corals look under my royal blue leds when the whites turn off. Assuming these leds have more PAR than...

Hello all, I have been having trouble with my refractometer for months now and finally decided to give in and ask for help. :-) I have a SmartReef refractometer from TBaquatics. There are two problems I am having: 1-Calibration wont EVER hold. Basically, it has a screw and some nut that you...

Hello all, I have noticed that over the course of a week, my new 7.5g pico tank has become hazy. There is just this haze in the tank. At first glance, it looks like the glass needs cleaning, but a closer look shows its the water itself. I added carbon yesterday and the haziness hasnt gotten...

Hello all, I have been reading a lot lately about corals under led lighting and have begun to conclude that some corals do excelent under leds whereas others do poorly. I thought that maybe us LED dudes could make a list of corals we have seen do well or know of to do well since no such list...

Hello all, I have two tanks with two issues that concern me. 1st-I just noticed today that my acrylic tank (had over a year) has some bowing in the back. Its a 20g with what looks to be 1/4in thick acrylic sides. Not sure how bad it is, but its supposed to be 13in front to back and at the...

Hello all, Ive had a new tailspot blenny for 5 days now that I ordered online. I dont know how they are supposed to act, but mine just hides 24hrs a day in my rock work. Hes the only fish in there. If he sees me looking at him, he just goes deeper into the rocks. Im worried that he will starve...

Hello all, I have a design in the works for some constant current controllers for driving leds and laser diodes (or anything that needs a constant current source). I had built some controllers for high power laser diodes and thought about modifying the design to work with led strings for reef...

Hello all, My led light had been up and running for a few weeks now and looking good. Id like a more blue look though as right now its a crisp white with hints of blue. I have 4 whites (6500k) and 4 royal blue. I was thinking about adding 4 more royal blue leds, right down the middle. Id have...

Hello all, I got myself an Aqutic Life 115 nano skimmer since I won it on ebay for $31 shipped, NIB. The problem is, is that it wont fit conveiniently in my 20g tank due to crappy eurobracing. I had to dremel the bracing to get the dang thing to fit in the back, but the cup is in the way of my...

Hello all, I have been cycling my new 7.5g tank for a week now and have watched the ammonia spike very high, and then RAPIDLY go to zero. (three days). Nitrites then went off charts and rapidly decreased. Nitrates are now off the charts. Sounds cycled huh? Problem is, is that the nitrites refuse...

Hello all, I was sitting around pondering...I am planning to remove my filters from my fluval 305 canister and end them for good since they seem to just be a nuisance to clean and really dont trap anything aside from some junk. Mostly this thing fills with mulm. I was wondering if I could pour a...

Hello all, I am having a whirl of a time trying to find a good fish for my nano 7.5g (12in cube). Any ideas? Gobys seem to just, die... A blenny maybe? Should be reef and invert safe... Thanks Matt

Hello all, It looks as if my Pocillopora is dying. The base of it is turning white and the polyps looking terrible! All my parameters are good. What could cause a Pocillopora to start turning white? My Acroporas are doing well...Maybe too well..Even my little Pocillopora frag (broken off...

Hello all, I have been reading really good reviews for the AquaticLife nano skimmer that Marinedepot sells for $48.00... I know that skimmers are not needed for small tanks ( I have a 20g) but for $48.00, is it worth it? I read that they are good no matter what, but $48.00 good? What all...

Hello all, So I recently set up a 2.5g pico to store extra coral in. Well, you know how that goes...:-) Now I decided to go all out and move up to a 7.5g Mr Aqua cube. Lighting is going to be all LEDs! Thought I would kinda document this for others to follow as well as to get tips along the...

Okay, so I finally decided to begin an LED reef light for my new 2.5g pico tank as a way to get my feet wet before building one for my 20g. :-D So I need to cover an 11in by 5in area with light. The tank is 6in from top to sand bottom. My plan is to use 3-3W CREE XR-E whites (6500K) and 3-3W...

Hello all, Today I found my new neon blue goby rapidly breathing. He has been doing this all day and staying in the back. He has not been active today like he usually has been. There are no marks on him, or any other signs of disease. He is in a 2.5g pico with two sexy shrimp, a hermit, and a...

Hello all, I have a 20g reef tank and am considering a protein skimmer for it. I was wondering whether or not it would be worth it. I do PWC each week, but still have brown film algae that I have to clean off the sides of the tank daily as well as the power heads, frag rack, and in tank...

Hello, I recently got a neon blue goby from the LFS. I put him into QT and found what looks to be ich, so I put him into my hospital tank and started Quick Cure (malachite green and Formalin). The the first day, he acted dead. Every day since then, he is active. He comes out of hiding when I...