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Yes, I know that you are NOT supposed to just throw away PC bulbs because they have mercury in them... Does anyone know where I can recycle them? I live in the Chicago Suburbs, if anyone knows of a local place. thanks, ~mike

Just writing to vent my frustration, and possibly warn others. i've had my 55 gal SW tank up for a little over 2 years... the whole time, i have run 2 150 watt won pro heat ii heaters. a little over 1 year after starting, both of the heaters decided to fail. slowly, the temperature display...

I wish I had a picture to go along with this, but here is my description... The critters in question are approximately 1/2 inch in length (body only). They live mostly in the sand bed, but there are some in my rocks. The tube (body) is a light green color, and it is always under the sand or...

is anyone running a shared sump on 2 or more tanks? i want to do something with a nano, but i would like to use the protein skimmer on my 55 to help keep the nano tank clean. are there any problems with running 2 tanks into a common sump. i would be using separate overflows and separate...

i'll start by saying ive got a purple urchin that came as a hitchhiker on my live rock. now, ive been toying with the idea of re-aquascaping so my rock doesnt just look like a pile of rocks. but i cant do this with the urchin in the tank. how do i catch the urchin without breaking off a...

ive had a red banded goby for a few months now. and he seems to be doing okay, but i am unsure if is should be feeding more often than i am. i am currently feeding 3 times a week. i have 2 b/w perculas, 1 goby, and 1 orange spotted blenny. i feed 1 frozen food cube (mixture of 1/3 cube of...

I just saw this on another website (hopefully im not double posting a recent thread) http://www.aquavistainc.com/ it implies that it is for FW, but im kinda worried that people may want to put up a SW tank on their wall just to say they have one... anyway, have a look. ~mike

Hey, im looking for a better wavemaker solution than my 3x900 MJs (on a wavemaker timer) suction cupped to the back glass. They fall off ALL THE TIME!!!! very iritating! I was googling around and saw www.oceansmotions.com does anyone here use any of their products? im probably going to pick...

I have a orange spotted blenny, a red striped high fin goby, and a black and white percula clown in my QT, and i have been feeding them a variety of frozen, flake, and sinking foods. I dont see them eating when i feed, so i am concerned that they arent eating. Both of these fish are pretty...

ive been looking at adding a CPR AquaFuge to my 55 in the hopes of boosting my pod population (yes to possibly get a mandarin). i know that the listed dimensions are 4.5 inches deep, but i need to know how far off the back of the tank this thing will actually sit (i have heard they are not...

:oops: first off, that is for not doing ALL my research before buying something. i bought 2 of these shrimp and i didnt pay attention to the fact that they will harass any others that arent their mate. so, naturally the bigger one chases the smaller one when they are in the same area...

i was feeding my cleanup crew tonight, and i saw that one of my peppermint shrimp was a little weird looking... on the bottom was an unusual looking fuzzy texture, and after i shut down my power heads and skimmer to let the sinking food go to the bottom, i notice hundreds of white things at the...

can someone tell me what this is... it is about 2 inches long, and 1 inch wide, and completely flat. probably only 1 mm thick. also, there are 2 little things sticking off the front... almost like eye pods. ~mike edit... for some reason i cant see ANY pics on the forum. i hope these showed...

I have a coralife 55/65W Single Bulb PC ballast that they sent me incorrectly when i needed a replacement dual bulb ballast. So, im thinking of using it to make a light for my 10 gallon QT. Is it overkill for a QT, Yes. But it will look better than my crappy incandesant hood... So, the...

been a bit distracted on the other money pits in my life (house, motorcycles, woodworking, etc) and i have put off stocking my tank... or you could say i have been cycling for an extremely long time :oops: what food, meds, supplements, etc should i have on hand for my first fish. im probalby...

Anyone know what this guy is? about 1 inch in size. http://www.geocities.com/rllrbldr19/Red_Crab.JPG thanks, ~mike

Can someone confirm that this is a pistol shrimp? About 1.5 inches in length sorry all the shots are from the side/underneath. i hard the hardest time getting him to sit still in a good place for a picture. http://www.geocities.com/rllrbldr19/Pistol_Shrimp.JPG...

anyone know what this guy is... about 1 inch total width. http://www.geocities.com/rllrbldr19/Fuzzy_Crab.JPG http://www.geocities.com/rllrbldr19/Fuzzy_Crab2.JPG ~mike

alright, after the post office screwed me over and refused a shipment from me...long story, i may have to use a cool pack to ship a shrimp. where can i get cool packs for shipments. i want to ship a shrimp to a fellow AA member from Chigago to the east coast. the weather is ~90°F in both...

i know that shipping fish is done with plastic bags, but how should i ship a mantis shrimp? what kind of container should i put it in? glass mason jar? tupperware? something else? obivously i can tape the lid down to make sure it is water tight, but i am hesitant to use a plastic bag... i...

who here uses and overflow box to feed their AquaC remora? i have a bit of a film on the water surface, and i want to know if the overflow box will take care of it. i think i may end up making my own custom one (or just buy the aquac one), but i want to know if they are worth the effort, or...

im starting to stock my tank with a clean-up crew, and i want to know if i can keep a coral banded shrimp, a fire shrimp, and several peppermint shrimp in the same tank (55 gallon FOWLR)? also, since there are tons of clean-up crew packages out there, is there really anything different between...

I put my rock in from liverocks this past friday. I was more concerned with getting it in the tank than aquascaping, as it had been sitting for a bit b/c i was at work all day. Throughout the weekend, I found many of what I believe are Aipstasia, in addition to the other living thigs on the...

i have read somewhere that the temperature of the inlet water for a ro/di has a lot to do with the amount of waste water that is discharged from the unit. if i remember correctly, the ideal temperature was 77 degrees F. that said, does anyone use a temperature regulator to mix the hot and...

i tried to wash my sand as best i could, but i never really got the water to clear up while rinsing... so, after i put the sand in the tank, put down the base rock, and started filling the tank w/ ro/di i got a lot of fine particles in the water (i was expecting that) once they all settled out...