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Just placed my order, and all of the discounted prices showed up. Thanks to Reef Pug for organizing this.

I'm in. Pm'd you Reef Pug.

Fragin22 has some sweet corals; you should definitely check them out!

Mike, I do apologize for offending your refined sense of typographic propriety. However, all blame should fall on my shoulders, and not those of Dr. Caldwell. The spaces are not missing on the original page, the one linked to at the bottom of the quotation. I'm not sure how it happened, but somehow they were removed in the act of cutting and pasting. If you haven't been overly offended, maybe you'll take the time to click on that link. Knowing now that you keep a Blue-ringed Octopus, I would like especially to hear your opinion on this. I'm particularly interested in whether you think the observations described in Dr. Caldwell's brief letter do more to advance our understanding of these species, than say, you or I keeping one in a small glass box, where little or nothing of scientific value is ever learned. I'm not trying to be a jerk about this; I am, however, quite surprised at the anti-science attitude displayed in most of the above posts.

Ok, here's what the cruel, horrible man who shot the video had to say about it: Link

Maybe I missed something, but how do you know why this was done? My point above was that this video wasn't shot by some random hobbyist; it was shot by a guy who has been researching mantis shrimp for decades. I think it's safe to assume that he didn't do it for entertainment.

That video is credited to Roy Caldwell, one of the world's leading Stomatopod experts.

Very nice! I'm looking forward to seeing this progress. I think you'll be very happy with the Tunze powerheads. I have a 48g SPS set up as a peninsula style tank, and am using the same pumps: 2 6055 and 2 6025. Because it's peninsula, I only have pumps on one end and they provide plenty of circulation all over the tank. On a black background, they are not at all obtrusive.

Cool, thanks Kacey. If you wanted to trade it for some blastos, that'd be great! I could meet in either North or South Austin...Central would work as well. But the sooner, the better as I have other plans for this tank.

Cool, what kind of frags do you have?

Sorry, no they do not. From everything I've read they are nearly impossible to pair up, and it shouldn't be attempted. (I thought Kacey was only joking about that, so I was just joking back.)

Wow, and your offer was way better than mine. Must be bad timing. I'd love for ours to get together and hang out and mate and stuff, but I'll probably end up using mine in an elaborate practical joke I have planned.

Very healthy, active and colorful. $50 or trade for nice SPS. Local Pickup Only, please. Pics taken without and with flash: I'd say he's a little over 6 inches long, but haven't put the ruler close enough to measure.

That's a very nice coral, and at a great price.

Yes, they are very nice looking tanks. Aquatek on Burnet has plenty of them in stock now.

That is a difficult comparison to make. Ideally, you would have both. If I was in your position, and had removed all fish to fight a HA problem, I would keep tank dark (including ambient/sunlight) for several weeks while skimming heavily. After a week or so of darkness go in there and scrub and siphon out as much alage as you can. Repeat this several times, all the while skimming as aggressively as possible. At the end of it all, do a large water change and see how your nutrient levels are. How is your skimmer working? Does it take out much skimmate?

You probably do not want to remove the skimmer. As the algae dies and decomposes, the skimmer will pull the organics out of the water.

I agree that it come down to personal preference. The best advice is to go to a few stores and see how the different bulbs and K-ratings look on tanks. Remember that the same K-rating may appear different if it's made by different manufacturers. If you want to get really technical, you can read some of Sanjay's reports here. That said, my personal favorite is the Phoenix 14K.

That's a tough one. I would certainly be more merciless in haggling the price down.

I'd like to go. And it's just me, one person. Thanks!

I also use the MD blue 30-$40 one and like it just fine. Remember though, that refractometers should be calibrated the 1st time you use them. Some of them are off by quite a bit when you first get them.

I'm in.

Thanks, FC. I look forward to meeting y'all.

I tried several sea hares before, but to control Bryopsis, not regular hair algae. Either way, they didn't touch it. But they're supposed to be good at removing most algaes. Now that your nutrient levels are lowered, manual removal would probably be best. I know, it's not fun, but whatever you remove should stay away for good. If it's the really fine hair algae then you can attach an airline siphon to the head of a toothbrush and scrub/siphon it off. Good Luck!

Thanks Dave, that's half the reason I moved here. I'd like to check out some of the local reef stores, and figured I'd just start with the list of sponsors. Should any in particular be first on my list? T'anks- Craig