FarmerTy

I moved from SoCal to Austin with my nanocube. Granted it was tiny and all I had were softies and a monti or two but it came out fine after a 24hr drive. I figured at the time if you can ship corals overnight and they are fine, no different then driving them overnight. The main issue would be to have a ready and cycled tank in Austin for the corals. Maybe you can pay a LFS to hold corals for you once you arrive and can cycle a tank.

Hi 10gReef, These are moguls (SE - single end) that are for sale. I just mentioned the DE because that is what I switched to and don't need the SE anymore. Let me know. I am available Thursday evening and Saturday afternoon. -Ty

My money is always on the RBTA winning... unless its against a powerhead. I would clear the path of destruction until it settles somewhere and is happy. They typically like to attach their foot in a crevice and extend outwards towards the light. -Ty

I switched to DE last year and have these unused bulbs sitting around. $30 takes them... save you shipping and then some. -Ty

ARCers tell it how it is around here! Haha

Wait... so I am all the crap leftover after making Tim's tank?

+1 Epoxy would blow up any skimmer. I'd be more worried if it didn't blow your skimmer up. I had a reef octopus in my 65-gallon. Was a big fan of the skimmer. -Ty

Didn't I mention the uglier, less talked about twin?

PBNJ, check out his build. I thought I saw a video and some pics. May be older but give you some idea. Last time I saw his colonies were much bigger. -Ty http://www.austinreefclub.com/topic/21647-wizardx322s-190-build/page-2

I wouldn't have any room for them. I may have to evict all my tangs to make room. Plus, I've bought so many things from Tim over the years, my tank is like his less pretty, shyer twin of a tank.

What a freakin' steal! He's got like at least over $1500 worth of coral. Some of the best SPS colonies I've seen in Austin.

Oh for sure. If you had a choice of beef jerky or a ribeye,.. I don't know about you but I'm eating me some ribeye!

Congrats on the pods! Just a heads up, in a 24g, the mandarin would destroy your pod collection in about a week or two. They constantly eat and there is no way you could possibly keep up with their appetite in a 24g. Unless you intend to buy pods on a monthly basis from one of the online retailers. If you want one, get either an ORA mandarin that feeds on non-live food or get a spotted mandarin (the green one with target-looking markings on them). They usually take to non-live food more readily.

Hippo tangs are the biggest chickens of the sea. Leave him alone and he'll start associating you with food. He'll still be the first to run at the first sign of danger but after awhile he'll be much more used to you.

I despise six line wrasses.

I was gonna say... hold up the bandwagon real quick and look into the issue first. There are many discussions out there pro or con for a grounding probe. Let's take a look at the topic a bit. It's not just as simple as grounding probe = path for current to exit my tank. I'm no electrician and hopefully someone with more knowledge of this will chime in. Richard linked a couple of good articles there. Let the discussion begin! -Ty

+1 Yeah, Roland has some great, easy-to-keep SPS in his tank.

Sorry to hear. You had a great looking setup. There are frags up for sale all the time you can capitalize on for sure when the new tank is ready!

An apex controller, auto top-off unit, or a RO/DI unit... IMO 3 of the must-have's in the saltwater world if you don't want to be a slave to your tank! -Ty

I don't know if that's a common practice in the hobby, or if there even is a fixture out there that even does that. Probably have to be custom unless you know of a company that does this, specifically for saltwater reef tanks. I know that do it for boats to "pimp" your ride out but that's all I have ever heard of it. And those lights will probably not do for a saltwater reef tank, wrong spectrum I would imagine. I say enclose the hood and add fans... viola. Way cheaper option as well. -Ty

Just a question, what is minimum time before judging? Seems it would be an important part of the contest to have a functioning and sustainable pico. Anybody can throw a bunch of beautiful things in a small box of water, snap a pic or record a video and viola.. best pico ever. Or does the monthly submissions account for the proof of sustainability? Just curious is all... I gladly bow down to anybody who can keep 3 gallons of water stable. I am still working on 150 gal. :-)

My guess on the digi polyps receeding when moved higher had more to do with too much light (you'd be surprised what LEDs can put out) than too much flow. I got digi's being blasted by current almost directly and they are fine.

Sounds about right to me for the fuge. I initially started off with rubble back there as well but it became a nutrient trap because I couldn't get enough flow back there. Something to think about... just make sure there is good flow through the rubble. If you want to see any color other than brown and muted greens... phosphates... phosphates... phosphates... keep it low and get a test kit to confirm. I didn't see any color until I got into the 0.05 ppm range. My tank started at 0.300 ppm... it is currently at 0.009 ppm... actually a little lower than what I want. Natural seawater (NSW) is around 0.032 ppm if I remember correctly.

Sweet... let me know if you have any questions about how I did it before. Good luck! Esacjack, I PM'ed you. Didn't want to fill up their build thread with off-topic discussion.