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Hello all, Been a few years now since I was really active on this forum. I looked into turf scrubbers a while back and wasn't able to find very much conclusive evidence about their effectiveness and more importantly the rumors going around that they would leach chemicals into your system that...

Ok so this stuff looks similar to cyano on first glance. It is actually feathery looking. It also seems to grow in a mat where the tissue on the underside is white and all the little feathery whisps are a deep purple. Not sure why i am even trying to describe this stuff. See pictures below...

I picked up a yellow head jawfish a few days ago. He seems to have settled into the tank and has made himself a burrow. The problem is he made his home in the most inaccessible corner of the tank. It is were there is the most rock and the way the flow is set up in the tank it makes it really...

I am trying to find somewhere that i can buy some of the bugs and worms and other fauna that promote a healthy deep sand bed. There are a couple LFS in the area that i could get some sand from their tanks but i am concerned about that. Even the best LFS has the problem that comes with moving so...

Just out of curiosity does anyone know the laws or where i can find them on collection of fish and coral? i'm sure they are different for the US and other countries. I would love to get my dive license and be able to collect if i could do it legally. I suppose there is that small problem that i...

I am going to put a wave maker system in my new 90 reef. I would like to put the vortechs in but they are just too expensive. Anyone have suggestions for a good system?

I took quite a few pictures and it would take forever and a half to link them all to the forum. So here is the photobucket link with all the pictures. Seattle Aquarium pictures by pat8you - Photobucket It was a really nice aquarium and a must see if your a salty and in the area. They had some...

Here is the deal. Some of you may have seen me around over on the saltwater side but when it comes to freshwater i don't know a whole lot. My girlfriend has a freshwater tank that she rescued from someone who was going to flush all the fish. Here is a shot of the tank. Think it just has some...

Achilles Tang Anyone know why these are listed as such a difficult species of tang to keep? I was considering getting one but i think my 90 gallon will be to small for it in the long run. Still just curious as to why they have such a bad reputation. Seems like the care would be similar to the...

Do any of you supplement your SPS with occasional feeding? If so, what do you feed and do you use and kind of target feeding or just turn off the pumps and dose the tank? I know most SPS will catch the occasional prey from the water and that most people don't feed in order to keep nutrients...

It's been a while since i have had a tank set up because of all the moving around. I am finally settled in enough and have the money to set up a new tank. I was originally going to put a 33 long in with the rest of this set up and eventually upgrade. The 33 was not drilled and i was not able...

So i made my own stand and i did everything i could to keep the thing flat on top but there is still between 1/16-1/8 in. gap under once corner of the tank. I have heard of using playing cards to help shim the tank. Anyone tried this or have a better way of doing it? It is a pretty small gap...

It has been a while but i will be starting up a new tank soon. I was thinking about adding a yellow head jawfish but i don't think i want to add the 4-6in. sand bed that most people recommend for them to burrow. I've seen several of them before in much less of a sand bed and they seem quite...

Not sure if this is really the place for this threat but i wanted to start it somewhere that it would be seen. Mods feel free to move it to a more appropriate location. My brother (Jimbo7) and I have been tossing around ideas of putting up a frag swap web site. We are constantly looking for...

This is a really cool looking fish. If only i had very deep pockets.... Drs. Foster and Smith Diver's Den® - Liopropoma carmabi

So i just finished reading a thread about someone trying to acclimate a yellow tang and a purple tang. Because of the similar body shape the fish were fighting. Not at all an uncommon story with fish across the board. It is almost always a good bet that similar fish will fight with each other...

Ok so this is a bit of a tall order and i know i won't be able to find this coral right away. I am looking for what i can only imagine is a rather rare color morph of this coral. Here is link to a picture of what i am looking for. LINK So i'm really looking for some web sites that you all...

so i've been looking at doing a 150 or 175 metal halide pendant. I have found a few retro kits that wern't to bad. I have heard that Icecap makes good ballasts but i was looking for a few other good ones as well for some options. I know i want an electric ballast and not magnetic. On a bit of a...

So i have a ton of vermitid snails that put out that stringy web like mucas to catch stuff out of the water colum. I have been getting a ton of this brown strings stuff all over my sand bed, corals, rocks, just everywhere. I was wondering if this is from the snails or is some kind of algae...

So i got some new zoa frags a couple days ago. I can't get them to open up at all. I know a lot of softies/LPS will open up a bit more if some of their favorite foods are around. Anyone had any luck getting zoas to open with some kind of food or anything? I will get some numbers on my water...

So i started working at a LFS by my house. Only like the third day i have worked there and i'm trying to learn all about freshwater since i have always been salt. My manager was talking to me about the fish that he normally recommends for cycling tanks. At this point in the conversation i asked...

hey I was wondering if anyone knew of a good fish database i could look up information on fish that i'm not familiar with. Got a job at a fish store and so i wanna be able to look things up when i don't know the answers. Thanks Pat

It's just not the same winning a contest when you were the only entry. We are in the age of digital cameras and 2GB memory cards. Click away people!!

Ok so i'm a bit confused what the difference is between shoal and a school. Saw this in another thread which is what made me think to start this one. can a harem refer to a school of fish as well or is there even any difference between the two. Pat

Been a while since i posted any pictures.