Recent content by dadstank

Thanks. I sent a reply. It hasn't been a manageable issue, just a disappointment factor and sadly cost factor... I recently went away for 12 days and the power went out ~15 minutes after I left and never came back on for the tank. I just spent months rebuilding after a heater malfunction cooked...

I don't know if this is the right place to post this, but I'm not a supporting member so I can't place it in the buy/sell forum... I had my third tragic event in the last 18 months and I'm done reefing for now... It is a 120 gallon (48x24x24) Glasscages tank that sits on a stand made by them...

I appreciate the advice and the offers of assistance, but I've decided that I'm tapping out. I went to Nashville over the holidays and tank ran as it should, but all the clean up/prep work I put in before I left had zero effect. The hair algae grew out of control and nothing is showing any...

Hello, fellow reefers! I just suffered my second disaster this year and I'm just thoroughly discouraged... My tank was started by my father in 1989 and has been in my care since 2004. I kept it in my studio apartment in NYC and flew it by hand to San Francisco when I moved here in 2008... I...

How does one become a supporting member?

I know Aquatic Collection. I love their tail-less Dori.... I've walked their shop twice, but never bought anything besides dry goods there.... Tell me more about the Fish Doctor? Was "Matt the fish guy" at Natural Life Aquarium before it closed? The crash was heart breaking, and even more so...

Hello, all. It has been a long long time since I've visited these pages.... When I took over my dad's tank in 2004, the fish store he used in New Jersey told me that "the only thing that happens quickly, is disaster.". How true that is. I've been the aquarist of this tank ever since, and I've...

Thanks. :) Speaking of local shops, I just opened a new office in San Mateo. Anyone been to "The Ultimate Aquarium" on El Camino?

Its been awhile. Anything from there was always treated as a "renter" to me....

I stopped into Aquatic Collections in Hayward this afternoon. I really like those guys. Great stock too.... They confirmed suspicions it is not uronema, but most likely the yellow got into it with a tank-mate or scratched something terribly hard in the tank. I'm edging on a spiny urchin. I've...

Thanks for the links. I'm going to set up a quarantine tank and try to treat the fish. I'll keep y'all posted.

No new additions in well over a year.....

Hi, all. It has been quite a while since my last post, and I apologize. Tank is running well and everyone is mostly happy. Last night I noticed my yellow tang had a pretty bad scratch on it. Today it looks terrible. I don't have a quarantine tank (I can turn a container into one if necessary)...

Evenin y'all! Hope this finds everyone well... Still need to get my photos out from the weekend up in Marin (apologies). So, I've got an Apex. It is cool from an engineer's perspective and the price was right. But...I just got an ORP prob. In the last 7 days I've seen a high of 24 and a low of...

Afternoon y'all. I as well want to add a huge thanks to Jonathan and Eric for the hospitality. Can't wait to hear the results of the research... I too will post photos once I've uploaded them. Will do my best to make the next meeting.