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A little bit of growth on my california tort. ;)

My mated pair of clarkii clowns have been laying eggs for around 5 yrs or so. Here's a couple pics. (Wish I had a better camera)

Here's a new article Randy Holmes-Farley just published. It has some very good info in it and is another "must read" article for anyone with a reef tank. Aquarium Chemistry: Phosphate And Math: Yes You Need To Understand Both — Advanced Aquarist | Aquarist Magazine and Blog

After years of hard work, the pump on my old Octopus NW 200 pretty much kicked the bucket. The pump still worked but it was worn badly. I had 2 options....buy a new pump or buy a new skimmer. ;) I settled on a new Octopus Extreme XS 200. At 1st I was a little leary about the Sicce pump, but...

I got this lamarck angel almost 4 yrs ago. Here's the little girl when I 1st got it and it was in QT. It was right around 3". Here it was on Dec. 2, 2011. A nice looking female about 7" including streamers. And here it is today, Jan 22, 2012. She has changed into a male. Notice the...

I decided to make a change after about 20 yrs using metal halide lighting and picked up some LED's. I picked up 2 sets for now and will probably get the 3rd soon. They look awesome. They have seperate power cords and switches for the blue lights and white lights. I'm going to try to do some PAR...

Anyone ever keep a majestic angel in their reef tank? I'm thinking about getting 1. From what I've read, a majestic or regal are the safest of the large angels to try in a tank full of corals.

I was going thru some of my aquarium reference books that I've accumulated over the years and came across 1 I thought was pretty interesting. "The Marine Fish & Invert Reef Aquarium" by Albert J Thiel (printed in 1990) was the "bible" when I 1st started reefkeeping. Suprisingly not much has...

I thought I would post a few pics of what my tank looks like when I do a water change. I do 20g every 2 weeks. The corals are exposed to the air for 15-20 mins each time. It doesn't affect them at all as it's a common occurance for many corals during low tide.

I thought this was pretty cool. I got a juv ABT 1 1/2 yrs ago and it had it's yellow juv colors. Here's a few shots of it changing. 4-09 Shortly after I took it out of qt and put it in my tank 8-09 starting to get some adult colors 8-10 almost full adult colors

My son, who's now 25, plays ice hockey in a local adult league. My wife and I went to 1 of his games this past weekend. The game was at an ice rink that had deteriorated over the last 10 yrs or so and recently was rebuilt. This happens to be the same rink where I took him to learn how to play...

The flyer will be updated as we finalize the details. Hope to see you there!

I need to clean out some stuff. This is a PFO Model # AQ2-175MH that will run 2 175w MH bulbs. All you need is reflectors and bulbs and you have a MH retro kit. I'm looking for $120 + shipping. It has 2 plugs and 2 On/Off switches It comes with 2 quick connects and mogul bases

This is our 2nd Annual Winter Frag Event in partnership with That Fish Place. Last years event was a great success. TFP provided some great speakers, nice raffle prizes and had some fantastic in-store sales for the event. I'm sure this years event will be just as much fun. Hope to see some of...

I know there are a few members here who are close enough to join us. Hope to see you there. ;) Here's Ken's bio and a summary of what he will be speaking about. Ken told me he will probably have some frags for sale too, so check www.fragswapper.com if you want some corals from him. I got...

I thought I started a thread on this a while back, but couldn't find it. Anyway, I've been in touch and sending pics to Eric Borneman for the last few months on the progression of this anomaly. Here's some pics of the progression. I'm sending these latest pics to Eric and possibly a few tissue...

I started with 3 Bartlett's consisting of 1 male and 2 females. After being together in my tank almost a year, 1 of the females turned male...which in turn put alot of stress on the remaining female. Both males wanted her attention. I recently ordered 3 female Bartlett's from LA's Divers Den...

Hope to see some of you there.

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I got the new camera, but never played with the video...until yesterday. I'll take any tips from you video pros. :) I took this video in HD and the raw file size was 445mb. I used Windows Media Encoder and got it down to about 82mb. It seems to play OK in HQ (click the triangle on the bottom...

Does the version of vBulletin that this site is running have the capability to embed YouTube videos? I have seen some forums where there is a YouTube button next to the insert link, remove link, insert pic, etc buttons. This might help the Admins...if they want to allow that feature...

I saw this today when the tank lights came on. No idea what it is. The color really caught my eye. It looks like the mushroom was trying to eat it. Any ideas? The mushroom "had" it almost all day, then it was gone. (yeah...I need to clean the glass...lol)

I grabbed the camera real quick and just started snapping away. I've heard they spawn as soon as the lights go out. Maybe they are practicing?

All of a sudden my clowns decided they don't like corals close to their anemone. :confused: A couple days ago my Mike Accardi blue stag was "rolled" off the rocks, over/thru the anemone and was laying on the sand. I couldn't figure out how it fell. It's mounted to a nice size piece of rubble...

At the swap my cousin picked up an RO membrane. It was new, but not in any packaging. When we hooked it up, no water came out thru the membrane. 100% of the water was rejected and came out the waste line. Every RO membrane I ever bought came sealed in an airtight bag. This 1 was not. Can a...