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Those links about HOB filters converted to fuges are cool. However, they are for the AC10 and stuff. How about topfin Powerfilters or Whisper powerfilters(the two brands are very similary in design)? Anyone tried that? The inside is much more inconvenient than that of the AC's. Thanks. I am...

everytime I buy corals from Tropical Fish Store (Gaithersburg, MD), I never buy full price. I get about $7 credit on each frag (1/3 selling price instant credit). I usually bring 4 - 5 frags. I don't need to guarantee that the frag sticks to the rock. I can bring them ASAP after rubberbanding...

I have a CUSA Orbit 4x65W PC daylight/actinic. I am due for bulb changes (it's been 6 months running). Can I get 96W bulbs and use that into my CUSA Orbit that housed a 4x65W set of bulbs? Does the fixture have enough power from the ballast to support an upgraded wattage? I just want to...

It's weird. I have a CUSA Orbit 4x65W PC fixture. With my small heater on (this heater was meant for a 29G but is being used in my 55G) the temperature is between 80 - 84F. The weird thing is, that heater still turns on even though the water is reaching 84F. So I turned off the heater (for two...

The folks at the LFS mentioned that almost all xenia owners end up in a crash at least within the year. Also, when they mention that, they describe it confidently as "die back". What is a die back? I know what a die-off is. But a die back sounds a bit too gramatically weird. They say that most...

Can anyone help me? I can't see any of the pictures y'all post on your comments. I only see the filename.jpg then the number of views. Any tricks that I should know? How come suddenly I can't see them?

It's weird. Everytime I feed my maroon clown and BHT marine flakes, my zoos always catch a few of them, then slowly closes up into a ball. Then when they open, magic, it's gone. :lol: Is there any drawback to that?

OK, so my Bubble coral is healthy. So are the rest of my softies and inverts. The only thing is, there's this one bubble out of the whole coral that is dark brown in color, extended way up, and looks dead. I can see liquid in the dead bubble. OK, so what's up with that? Should I snip that or...

Here are my xenias as they start to move and execute their plan of attack to take over the universe....of my fish tank. Week 1 Week 3 Sooner or later I will regret acquiring xenia. But for now, wow, they are fun to watch!

Well, here's another dumb turbo snail story for me. A couple of weeks ago, a turbo snail died after being sucked into a powerhead. Well, tonight, I found one again. I mean, so these things don't have instincts or something? I feel bad for the loss. But cmon. Be afraid of the suctioning water...

Hehehe. I didn't know this is how shrooms reproduce. I wonder who the daddy is? Hehehe :lol: Lower right of the big shroom.

Here they are. Bubble Coral Pachyclavularia sp Parazonathus gracilis Xenia elongata Capnella sp Green Stripe mushroom Blue mushroom Green hairy mushroom Assorted polyps Finger leather Maroon Clown Blue Hippo Tang 4 Turbo snails 6 tiny blue legged hermit crabs One million or so copepods :evil...

OK, copepods are good. But now, they're all over my rocks and sand. Should I be concerned? I have a maroon clown, a blue hippo tang, softies corals, polyps, shrooms, and a bubble coral. I also have two peppermint shrimps and 4 turbo snails. Do I need to be worried about overpopulation of pods...

I bought a xenia and a kenya tree last Friday (3/17/06). The xenia is now happy and waving in the tank. The kenya tree is in clusters. A part of the cluster is opened up. The rest still look like tiny grapes attached to the tree. SG 1.026, pH 8.1, Temp 79F, Ca 420, Nitrates zero, Phosphates...

Whew! Did a major clean up today. I replaced 20G of water from my 55G reef. I pre-made 20G a couple of days ago. Calcium and buffer adjusted, temp controlled. I cleaned up all of my HOB filters with a tooth brush. I took them apart and cleaned them part by part. I took my Prizm skimmer apart...

I have a 2.5" Blue Hippo Tang. It is very happy and plump. But wow, I thought the 4" porcupine puffer that I used to have was a poop factory. Get a load of BHT's man. They POOP! I have a 2" maroon clown now and a 2.5" Blue Hippo Tang. Ive been running my setup for 1 year and 4 months now. check...

My Trates used 2 b 160ppms. I did a 3-week aggressive clean up. I cleaned up all my filtration, skimmer, rocks, I removed all of them and syphoned the bottom, and I did enormouse amounts of pwc. The pwc was this: 20G pwc once every 3 days, then 10G every other day, then 10G every week. My...

I forgot to leave a small detail regarding my ongoing battle with Nitrates. To recap, I have a 55G FOWLR with two Whisper 60 HOB powerfilter, a Prizm skimmer, and an Aquaclear 4000 PH with in-tank filter attachment. I also have 70 lbs of LR and I use Aragalive for substrate (with a thin layer of...

Hello folks. I've had the flame angel for more than 4 months now. It's been grazing off of algea on the rocks. It loves to stay behind rocks, which I thought would be normal. Finally one day, I saw that the gill flaps are a bit elevated from the gills. The mouth has some sort of cotton-looking...

Is it normal behavior for a well-fed BHT to be pausing....pooping....then going after their poop as a snack? What's with the disgusting habit? Is that normal? I feed marine flakes, spirulina flakes, frozen brime, mysis, nori, and formula two. This bugger eats well. Talk about witnessing the...

It's actually amazing for me to find out that the maroon has claimed the side of the Aquaclear 4000 PH/internal filter as its territory. It's probably the suctioning feel to it that attracted the maroon. What's even more amazing for me is the fact that this juvie maroon protects that area...

I apologize for bothering y'all with this question and it is embarrassing for me to ask this. But can a FW Nitrate tester (drops) be used for SW (and I know they SHOULD be used in FW since it said it on the label:FW). This may help other newbies also. Because if it is OK to use FW nitrate...

I have been in this hobby for quite some time now and have never had any freebie luck. There's this coworker of mine that isn't even in the hobby yet, ok. Then another person from work had a son who disassembled his 90G 4ft tank with PC light setup. Her son's wife died just recently and he is...

I watched the world's largest aquarium documentary on the Travel Channel recently. Wow, I didn't know that the largest aquarium is in Valencia, Spain. It's huge. I also like the corals and the fish that they were showing in that show. Anyone else saw it?

Sorry I am lame. So GSP's and figure 8's can be housed in marine specimen? At white size to they accept marine? And since they're pretty small, are they advisable puffers to small tanks (55G and up)?