caferacermike

What color is it? The green/yellow ones are bad news, the rest are supposed to be ok.

I think it sold a long time back and now lives in Dallas.

I got my piece with about 12 heads on it maybe 6-8 months ago and placed it on the sand bed directly under a 250w halide, about 20" below it. I have been target feeding it and adding tons of calcium to the water. It has grown to about 50 heads and about the size of a grapefruit.

"Porous" Sorry but it's been killing me.

Keep one thing in mind if you decide to do it, "safety". I've been hearing a lot of stories as of late about how some home owners have been hooking up web cams to watch their dog, baby sitter, cat, gimp or whatever all day while at work or play. It appears that high tech thieves and burglars have been using our webcams to watch us. They can tune in any time to get a feel of who you are and what threat you might pose, you inadvertently show off your goods to them, and they quickly figure out your time schedule. Using some high tech tricks they can then zero in on your home and set up outside with a laptop just waiting for you to leave. One story I read recently was about how someone placed a webcam pointed at their front door. This was to "film" any intruders. Oops, the intruders figured out exactly where the camera would be located and could watch the home owner input their home security code into the keypad.... Ok so you tell me it's only going to be on your fish tank. Keep a few things in mind. Your tank is a huge mirror reflecting back what goes on around it. At night with the lights off in the room and the TV on would bring back excellent views of the living room and family. At 6:00pm the tank might not appear to reflect back anything at all but what about at 1:00pm when you are at work and the sun is in a different location? In fact I can clearly see myself in my 125g tank while I type this. As far as what to use and how to set it up, I have no idea.

Sounds like you are trying to rent from Uhaul and were told that you do not have a class 3 hitch which is a requirement for them. They are not universal and only fit the vehicle it is designed for. If you were just looking for a ball to use on your bumper they are only about $6.

Well that is exactly what they are supposed to do. Research is so important before purchase.

Limestone really isn't that great for a reef set up. It makes a good base rock to support you more expensive rock. Limestone has about only one good quality, being that it is made of calcium it can help buffer a tank keeping the PH high and leeching some trace amounts of calcium into the tank. The only way to truly make it "live" would be to introduce some quality live rock into the system to help propagate the living organisms that come on the ocean rock into your system. Otherwise you just have surface area with bacteria on it. You are missing out on all the beneficial worms and other waste eating critters.

Sweet deal on efflo. Mine have always been $200. Need to find some time to drop by. Busy busy busy.

Yep

The idea is to wrap the rubberband through the middle of the coral thus creating a clear line of demarcation for the coral to split along. Not so much just popping it's head off like docking a dog's tail.

Write to them Dave. Your idea is a good one and maybe they can change the format with very little work. Think of the credit you'd get. It never hurts to send a quick EMail. I once designed a blade for a hockey stick and sent off drawings. About 6 weeks late I found 4 dozen of them with name laid under the resin propped up against the door of my house. Koho not only used my idea, but Eric Lindros used the blade as I designed it to play for the Penguins. The next year I kept receiving game used sticks and jerseys from players that used the blade I designed. SO give it a try.

Never been a fan of the Vortech after seeing it fall apart in one of Fishypets old tanks. The Vortech is no different than any of the Tunze 7201 type streams, it is only a pulsing powerhead. The Tunze wavebox actually works with the tank to raise and lower the water inside of the tank. The longer the tank the better, at least with the larger wavebox. The Wave2K is a neat product and actually works very well. Plus you can speak directly to the manufacturer who will build one to suit your needs. The only bad thing is that they are large and obtrusive. It is basically a large paddle in a box that turns over via a motor attached with a fan belt. There are corresponding slits in the box so as one side of the paddle spins over the slit it intakes water, as it comes back around to another slit the water is then forced back out. I've always preferred the Tunze wavebox. The nice thing about the wavebox is that you can still run your K4's in the background for added flow while the wavebox continues to wash the tank back and forth creating cross currents.

diamond gobies get very large so I don't think you see them with the shrimp very much. Plus when I had one it liked to roam the entire tank much more than a watchman or jawfish.

What about emerald crabs, porcelain crabs, decorator crabs, arrow crabs, or sally light foot crabs? Somebody is way to quick to dismiss your crab. It kind of looks like a strawberry emerald and if it is you really scored big. I have since replaced all of my hermits with emerald crabs, yep 50 of them. They do a much better job of picking at the rock for food and algae than any hermit I had, plus they don't eat any of my snails nor do they fight each other. See if you can't pull the crab away from the rock and take a picture on a neutral background such as a white dinner plate.

Medusa worm, peanut worm, or bristle worm. "Blind Jimmy's" peanut worm "Ken-Ichi's" Medusa worm "Roberto Sozzani's" Medusa worm Medusa worms are the same as spaghetti worms. "daledaquila's" bristle worm

I got some that looked just like that on one of the group orders. It was advertised to be about that size but arrived about the size of a quarter. Good for you Clint. I much prefer buying colonies to frags.

It all depends upon the coral type. If you are working with that mushroom then failure is almost certain. After you glue them down they shed a slime coat and drift away. As you said before, isolate the mushroom on some small rocks until it has attached itself. Once accomplished then glue that rock with super glue gel wherever you'd like. With SPS frags you can apply the glue directly to the coral. When I mount SPS frags I remove the coral from the water for about 1 minute and lay it on a towel. I keep plenty of small pieces of dry reef rock near the tank, when ready I will pick a small rock and glue the frag to it. I generally bring in a small bowl and fill it with tank water, place in the area of work. Take the frag, dab the end that will be glued with a towel, place a small spurt of gel on the rock where you want the frag, place the frag in the glue for a few seconds and then place it in the bowl of tank water. The glue will begin to harden in seconds under water. After about 2 minutes remove the rock from the bowl. Dry the bottom of the rock. Place some gel on the rock and then place it in the tank. Work the glue around until it begins sticking to the main display rock work. In a few weeks the frag will encrust onto the small piece of rubble. By gluing the rubble, you can break away the rubble piece and move it around the tank if the need should arise.

Yeah some Acans grow out like a brain coral with all the tissue connected and some grow out looking like giant blastomussa.

I used to super glue frags to the wall and when the encrust will then grow all over the glass. Another method is to encase a neo magnet in 2 part putty. Glue the frag to the putty and use a magnet on the other side of the glass to hold it up.

Well Andy, I'm sorry for being me. You'll be better off without me then.

I believe that most of the color rated hobby bulbs are meant for a horizontal orientation. I'm to understand that they don't last long vertical.

Any chance we can see that template you made?

Well Andrew keep in mind that clean water is the most essential tool to a healthy tank. Maybe you should consider doing more frequent water changes? It does not surprise me at all that doing a water change could cause a shift to brighter colors.

I have resigned effectively immediately from my post as meeting coordinator. I hope that Princer feels as though she would like to atke up the position as there is no longer a coordinator of this fine club. If you read my post you will see that I did not in any way whatsoever BASH MAAST. No in fact what I did was to state that unfortunately I will not be attending the event and why. This reduces the amount of PM's about the subject I get. Last years event was horrible and all you need to do is visit the thread from last year to realize this. Folks were sitting in their rooms on the internet logging into both forums asking, begging for information about what was going on because they could not find the events. In fact there was a huge discussion about how the bonfire never happened because the person responsible did not bring the wood. So I stand by the fact that last years event was a failure. Now go back and read my reply stating that I was blessing this years event and that I felt it was much better planned out than last years event. It was obvious that the group was trying to learn from their mistakes and take corrective actions which I was giving them a pat on the back for, and publicly at that. Please also note that I told members to go check it out. So if someone could please point out where I was being an [redacted] I'm all ears. However due to the negative feedback in this thread and being scolded by Princer for not being "professional" at my post at ARC and that somehow I was making an attempt to somehow "make a rift between the 2 clubs", which is complete and utter [redacted], that comment has cost the club it's organizer. So you drummed up ill-will where there was none. I hope everyone is now happy and can get on with "it". Whatever it may be. Mike.