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The pump may be cavitating. Do you have a ball or gate valve on the return side of the pump? If so adjust, to reduce flow and that should remove the bubbles. Either that or air is getting into the return lines? Do you have an siphon holes drilled in the return nozzles? If so, where, that may be a source of air depending on where you drilled them (just at water line, etc.) Lee

What part of austin are you? I have some buckets and water containers you can borrow. Have a tub for holding your live rock as well. Lee

Short answer, not at all. I love hermits and have some awesome ones in my display, but the purpose of a refugium is to provide a safe haven for critters that would normally be eaten in a display. In general, sand sifting stars, shrimp, crabs, and cukes have no role in a refugium. Lee

Sent you a pm. Lee

Not without putting it in some tank to cure for a while beforehand. You could put some in a tank and add one small live rock and give it a while to cure. Lee

PM responded too. Lee

(2) 12lb bags of Florabase by Red Sea - $10.00 each (2) 20lb Bags of Eco-Complete African Cichlid - $10.00 each (1) Very large Texas Holey Rock - $25 (1) Smaller Texas Holey Rock - $5 I will take cash or paypal ([email protected]) Lee

Got Rock? I do! & Sand, Salt, Light -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As payment for some work performed, I received about 500 lbs of Rock. This was live rock and in a tank two days ago, but I didn't have enough tanks and saltwater to keep it in water. I dunked each piece in saltwater and cleaned them. I have some very large piece, lots of medium size pieces, and an overflowing 20 gallon tank of nano size pieces and a very small amount of rubble. Hope it goes without saying, this should not go into an existing system but would be perfect for mixing with some live rock. There are some awesome shapes and sizes. There is Fiji, some branches, a couple of shelves, and a couple of pieces of rock from Africa (can't remember name) that has the small looking bubbles all over (calcium formation - not an algae). Pricing is as follows: Large & Medium Pieces - $2.00 lb Nano Pieces - Nice - $1.00 lb Rubble - $0.50 lb Here are some photos: I have 120 lbs of the Tahitian Black/White Sand. 40 lbs is new in bag and the remainder is in buckets and was used in two tanks I had. - $60 (3) 50 Gallon Reef Crystals Salt Mix - $20 (1) Oceanic Instant Salt Mix - $5 I will take cash, paypal ([email protected]), or trade for Tunze 6100/6101 or higher. Lee

If you get to where you just need a bigger tank to hold for a while until someone buys it, I volunteer my 225!! ; ) I would love to get it but really need to buy some equipment first!! Lee

Wow, beautiful gigas!! Looks like the clown is playing with his life hanging out in that thing!! Bump for beautiful clam! Lee

From what I understand, the owner skipped town with the cash and some critters, he left some dogs and like behind and will be charged with cruelty. Sounds like you are just a bit late!! Lee

I'm in as well:

You can check out mine at http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthre...mp;pagenumber=1 Lee

I think for your bowfront the lighting combination you mentioned with the T5's will work nicely and give you good coverage. Bowfronts are a beast to light well. Lee

You can use a cube of ice and rub it on the foot, that often helps get it off. Lee

Seems like a year ago there were gobs of people selling frags of these. I do mean the VERY neon green version that were being sold at some of the meetings and on-line. Anyone have some of these they would sell a few heads of? Send or post a pic if you have some. Thanks, Lee

I know he broke his leg a while back and they have been having a tough time of late. Lee

And the limestone around here that is used in FW tanks and that sometimes gets used in SW tanks is not really that porous. I nice porous rock will weight much less than it looks like it should way. You would be better off to either use Marco Rocks or to just buy a little bit of rock from a time as people post it for sale from an established tank. Lee

Glad to see the club growing. Welcome and what part of our area are you in. Be sure and list any modifications you have made to your tank, post pictures, etc. The folks here love to see that stuff. Lee

If even you used the existing sand, if the sand gets disturbed it can trigger this. Diatoms are normal and you should go through them fairly quickly. Don't necessarily need any cleaners for it as it is part of a normal cycle process and moving an existing tank does trigger some things that will cause diatoms and cycles. Lee

Hey, welcome to the most expensive club you have ever joined!! ; ) You already know that though. Lee

It is yours. I will PM you my phone number to call and setup time to pickup. Lee

You may pick up the sand any weeknight after 5:30 pm. I will PM you my cell phone number. Lee

Porous is referring to the density of the live rock. Good live rock is very porous so that a rock actually weighs a lot less than it would look. The more porous, the more surface area for bacteria to grow which is one of the major biological filters in our tanks. Also, the more porous generally the easier to mount corals and such to the rock, the more places for inverts and fish to hide. Calfo's book "Reef Invertebrates" gives a great description of live rock. Some rock is formed from dead acros and you can tell by the shape, some from dead staghorns and some of all kinds of dead corals. Florida Live Rock (aquacultured now) has a lot more life but a great deal of it is not necessarily desirable. Lee

Kind of oak looking, if you spend some time on the top you can have a really nice stand. I was just using it for a 30 gallon that was holding live rock. I mean, why not give it a try rather than me throw it away? Lee