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Just wondering - you always hear about them but never anyone getting stung. After pulling an eight-incher 8O out of my 12g nano tonight and putting him to rest, I was looking at his bristles wondering if he stings. I heard that the bright red ones or at least a few other species sting, but...

I just sold my full setup to take a temporary pause in the hobby (with a few nanos to hold me over, of course :) I was thinking of giving a go at perc breeding and a few other types of animals after purchasing 2-4 10 gallon tanks and butting them close together on one stand and doing something...

If I was creating a little webpage with some pictures - how would you list the cats/links? Also, what kind of stuff would go in these? Feel free to totally shut me down or make your own modifications.... For instance - I am thinking of this.... ----Large Polyp Stonies (LPS)---- Name Name...

I jacked this pic from another post - but I have these exact things (spotted about 6 so far) in my 12g jbj nano cube that I filled with 8lbs of lr from the lfs. I have killed one with my glass scraper and like 6 seconds later my snail popped up from the sand and starting eating on it. I know...

Hi all. I bought a HUGE Ritteri Anemone 4 days ago and all has been well.. He is so big in fact that he looks like 3 or 4 stuck together and is grey with yellow tips - really beautiful and worth the 140.00! 8O Anyways - he stayed wide open with the occasional deflation of tentacles for a few...

Any that you have are a possibility. Please email or pm me. Thanks Spencer

I can't seem to find that post that links to a page with pictures of different metal halide bulb brands and Kelvins and I have seen it here before - anyone know what I am talking about? I just purchased a 2 month old 48" Coralife Aqualite Pro with 2x96w actinics and 2x150w HQI Metal Halides. I...

Coralvue T-5 Retrofit Kit for sale. 5 weeks in use and no salt creep, etc. Included are 2x10kbulbs and 2xtrue 03 actinics with reflector and ballasts and already wired with black wire loom and twist ties going to all connection posts. I will detach the connections but will enclose an easy to...

I have 2 Florida Condis and 1 small Pink Tip Haitian. Water params are a steady 5 day readout: Amm 0 Nitrites 0 Nitrites .5 (been going down with the addition of macros in refuge) Temp 78.5-80 Calc 400+ I ordered them all 6 days ago from saltwaterfish. I acclimated them properly and all was...

Got two true clown percs from liveaquaria a few days ago and were super active and healthy looking and I inspected for a long time and found no spots or injuries. Today I come home and just one of them has was looks to me like white fleshy material at the corner of his mouth and at the dorsal...

My water is pretty clear... just have what looks like room-dust and trash particles floating around now for a few days. I have 2 mj1200s and a return nozzle rippling the top of the water to no avail. I have tha filmy (clear but just like a thin film) over like half of the top of my tank. I...

Just wondering what are the pros and cons of each. I noticed that the retro kits or stand alone sockets and ballasts that support Double Ended HQI are a good bit higher than Mogule.. what is the reason for this? Are the HQI bulbs a little cheaper that make the cost of operating down the road...

This is my first time posting in this area... I have been seeing these little semi translucent spongy/hairy looking grass-green colored things multipliying and moving overnight. They also have white tips and seem to all form a circle. I just started to notice a couple a week or so ago and now...

Figured I would post some designs of sumps and refugiums for people getting started since they are scarce and scattered. If anyone would like to contribute, please attach :)

Got a few more beginners questions... Tank has been cycling with rock/sand now for about 3 weeks. I have been running the powerheads, return pump through sump/fuge (havent added lr rubble yet to sump where return enters and skimmer is turned off Tank params 75grr temp 79.5 salinity 1026/35...

What are the other websites that have the live sand activator/grunge pods/stars/bacteria for purchase that are similar to Garf? I have been looking for over an hour and can't seem to find them although I know I have previously visited two or more sites just like Garf...

I have a oceanic RR 75g. Overflow is 1" into a 28g sump running at about 18g. I have a 1" U pipe I made of PVC that drains into a 10g tank that is cut about 8 inches from the tub top that drains over the 10g fuge. Both ends of the U pipe are under water. I then have 3 glass baffles that are...

I will be ordering rock within the next few days for my normal dimension 75g tank. My LFS states that I should place my rocks without sand with flat pieces against the back glass in the tank and THEN place sand in the front of the rock and right under the front rocks giving the effect that sand...

I just purchased the CoralVue dual ballast 4 bulb T-5 Retro kit from captivereefs last week. Can anyone explain how to wire these to the ballast or point me in the right direction? They came with no instructions. tia Spencer

Anyone have the wiring diagram for the CoralVue T-5 4 bulb retro kit? I bought this last week and it did not come with any ballast wiring diagrams. I called Friday and they were already closed. It has 2 ballasts btw. Thanks! Spencer

Wow, I just woke up and was outside looking at our unbearably cold swimmingpool at our apartment complex... Around here (the outskirts of Baton Rouge, Louisiana - somewhat, "the sticks") some people fill in their swimmingpools with dirt when they no longer want them. I was thinking - what if...

Ok here is what I have so far. I have a few questions before I build though and I dont have the refugium glass tank yet - I'm going to buy it tonight. I have about 24" of room max next to the tub so I will probably have to get the 10g tank. 1) Where should I place the cutoff ball valves in...

I have a previous survey going on what lighting I should get on my standard 75g 48x19. Most people said 2x250 mh and PC... BUT, I am starting to look at the costs of T-5 and Darin at captivereefs has a 4 bulb t-5 retrofit with everything to fire it up for 225.00 It also has space to add MH...

Ordered my 75g Oceanic RR tank with the hardware (minus the glass tops) and Oceanic Cherry Stand/Canopy today at the LFS! I decided not to go with the lesser priced OceanView (which looked excellent, especially for the price but I was not impressed with the glue/seamwork) In fear that I would...

Looking at a 100g 5' long OceanView Tank.. awesome price, nice cuts on the glass etc. Can't seem to justify why I want to spend 300.00 more on the same size tank custom drilled by Oceanic. Anyways - the only problem is that the bead on the insides of the tank are hand-laid vs. machine laid...