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I have the RK2 from Digital Aquatics and like it bunches. Small and very powerful with its customizations. The Aquacontroller Jr is another one about the same price with some differences in programming (I think it ends up being more once you make them comparable) and the rk2 is about to come out with a firmware update that will allow data logging which should be great.

Welcome Ben. So what kind of tank are you thinking of starting?

Amen to a playoff but it isn't going to happen this decade... Rutgers is good, I love their coach and heart, and anything can happen in a college game (see UT last weekend) but their conference is the weakest of the majors. If Rutgers makes it undefeated it will help the conversation for a playoff but their chances of playing in the title game are under 5%.

That was close but does anyone really think at Louisville was the 3d best team in the country? Can't wait to see what Bohls writes... confused4.gif Hook'em

So you are just selling the tank, rock and frags? No lights or "back of house" stuff? If you part out, I would like to look/buy those red palys. maybe that frogspawn and your other rics/zoas. Dylan

I have no idea what could be causing your high nitrates in one tank but not the other, but I would be worried for my corals at that level. I would reduce feeding that tank and keep doing WCs daily until they start to diminish. You may have hit some kind of tipping point in the corner tank that shot the nitrates up much faster than the wave. What brand of test kit did you use?

Dang, and you are so close to me. I am out of town unfortunately. Sorry but it sounds like you have very knowledgeable help. 5g water jugs for the fish is my advice (so long as they are smallish) with an aerator (these you can borrow if you'd like - I have two). If you need jugs, I have those too. I don't think there is that much "good stuff" in the water but if you can save on having to make new water at the new location, it helps. Let me know as I take off Friday for Lubbock.

Sean, Something like that sounds like maybe shipping damage from Champion? I noticed that the packaging left much to be desired - just paper on top, nothing on bottom of the outside box. Inner one looked ok but I was expecting bubblewrap or the like. So far, mine is just controlling the heater and this weekend I will get more into it. Garbriel, is there a way to cancel the STANDBY mode without going into the menus again? I accidently hit the UP button w/o being in a menu and it killed my return for 10 minutes. Not a big deal but I would assume there is a way to reset it. Ideas?

I took advantage of champion's 10% off and got the rk2 for about 250 shipped. About 3 times what a temp controller would cost but the upgradeability man! That is what I will tell my wife when she flips out at the bill blob7.gif

The weather is about to turn and I am going to have to put in the heater (big EJ 250) and I don't have a controller for it. They run $60-$180 for multi-stage ones and then comes the RK@ and AQjr. Do I spend the money on the big controller and grow into it or get just a temp controller and wait until I need the bigger one? The rk2 is actually 10% off today at champion.

I have some pulsing xenia if you would like it (PM as well)

My bubble sends out small feeders all around where each bubble was during the day. I will try and get a pic tonight but here is the coral during the day. You could try blowing some food across the bubbles after lights out and see if it sends the feeders out at that point. What are you feeding them, anyway?

Fragging a bubble looks like serious work (I saw an article on GARF that was extensive). How large is the skeleton? In low to medium flow, mine does very well and has grown substantially since May. I feed mysis and coral food at night once the tentacles are out and it is rocking along. Good luck with it.

Hey, Euclid. If the guy who buzzed me first doesn't want it, it is yours, along with the xenia frag

I have the piece on the left side of the tank on the sand available for sale/trade. It probably weighs 3-5 pounds I would guess. I would love a head or two of nice branching hammer or frogspawn or $15 (open to other trades too -zoas or lps)

If your bubble algae looks like this, I would suggest not getting the emerald crab - mine did not like it at all (unless you just like them, which is fine. I like mine but it doesn't do much except scurry around and eat coralline.) http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-02/hcj/...es/image002.jpg Borrow a flathead screwdriver, remove the rock (I put mine in a cooler to catch the drips - you could use a bowl since the rock is prob small) and take it to the kitchen table. With a good light shining on the rock, use the screwdriver and gouge the rock behind the bubble and make sure to get the bubble and what connects it to the rock. Take a decent divot out. What you do not want to do is pop the bubble. I tried it on one rock and it has grown throughout my tank to huge proportions. If you have another pint of saltwater made, you can use a turkey baster to blast the rock clean. You may need to repeat as you see it come back.

John, If you can make one, some or all of the fragging/propogation demos and could then show some of what you learned at the next meeting that would be great. Reefcast had Isis on who said that the demos would be low capacity to keep most of the attendees listening to the speakers so maybe she can give you some advice on how to sign up? I guess it could be like the ACL fest and you have to stake your claim early and camp out until they open the room.

Thanks for the link, Gabriel, that was amazing. How long before Liveaquaria.com has that submarine flasher wrasse available for sale and what do you think the over/under is on price?

2 and 3 were actually made! I cannot imagine the gloriousness and shear idiocy that "Episode 3" gave the world. happy3.gif Come on, Dude, if anyone knows of a critter that can do this it is you. Of course, it may have been a natural hole that this crab decided to clean out and make it his own. confused4.gif

I was feeding my LPS last night after lights out and had a red LED headlamp on and noticed what appeared to be a small crab in what appeared to be a newly excavated hole in a large piece of live rock. Whatever it was would not come out with the light on it (even the red one) and so I never got a good look. I left the tank for 10 minutes and when I got back, it was gone but the hole was very apparent (about the diameter of a Sharpie pen and maybe 1.5-2" deep). What kinds of critters can do that to live rock? I don't know if some other animal drilled it out and this crab-thing was just using it as short-term shelter since he wasn't there this morning, or if this crab-thing did it. Of course, having an unknown crab in the tank creates its own issues if it isn't reef safe but I will to see it in full view before I can speculate on that.

Thank you, ladies.

Both frags are spoken for but let's see if they come pick them up.

I have two frags available. For free/karma bank deposit/misc frag... They grow fast in my dirty tank and I am not at the point of killing any coral yet.

Wow. That is easy blob7.gif Don't I feel a bit dim though confused5.gif

I have a xenia stalk that has come lose and is in very low flow in my sump right now. What is a quick way to get it to attach to some rock? I was going to move two pieces of rubble and gently pinch the stalk between the stones until it sticks to one or the other but that will take some time. Will it hold up to super glue gel you think?