Recent content by jdizzle707

Cool. I've had quite a few people offer me trades that weren't particularly interesting and they were too far away. If you are nearby with plenty of asterinas, I can loan you the two if you are a bar member :-)

Hey Gang, Asterina wiped out completely and now I need to find a new home for my beloved harlequin shrimps. Any takers? Hit me up at 707-652-4509. Thanks JD

I've been using Kalk in my ATO for months now and I wonder if I'm not doing it properly. I just mix 1 TBSP of Kalk in 4 gallon of RO/DI in my ATO every weekend. I know its not efficient but I find it hard to believe I lose all the CA++ from the kalk solution. I remember too little from...

Reposted from reefscapes.net When Calcium Hydroxide solution (Kalkwasser) is slowly dripped into your aquarium, it captures free Carbon Dioxide present in the tank water and converts it to Bicarbonate ions (which is a good thing), like this: Ca++ + 2(OH-) + 2(CO2) Ca++ + 2(HCO3-)...

I've been using Kalk mix in my ATO but I've been running a little low in CA so out of curiosity, I thought I'd check the CA concentration in my Kalk mix. I didn't even put 10 drops of the second API solution and it already turned blue. WTH?!? Compared to my tank, I get around 19 drops and...

Oh wow! One of my other frags did the same thing and landed on an open brain. Same result. I have to get a frag rack or start gluing frags to rocks.

Lol I was kidding... The tissue around the base and in one of the braches looks bare. Hard to tell from the photo. But my favorite nevertheless!

Hey Jeremy, Love the suharsoni. I was really surprised people passed it up the first 3 rounds but maybe because it looked like it had AEFW? :-) It's yellowish with a nice green shade towards the tips. How fast do these guys grow? Jd

Made me develop a new appreciation for the hobby. Here are some of the frags I collected at the swap. Branching Purple Monti Digi from Rick Brackett and Acropora Suharsoni from Tuberider German Blue Polyp Digi from Tuberider (Newbie Freebie Table) Bali Green Slimer...

Thanks gresh... I'll mark that stupid screw just to make sure it doesn't move around... Its frustrating

Whats up with this refractometer jumping around? Calibrated it to 35ppm the other night and I come home today with reading 40ppm. I use the pinpoint salinity reference and I shake the crap out of it before I drop it in. Any thoughts? Thanks JD

NM He stopped breathing :-/

All that matters is that I scored two corals from jeremy! lol I'll post my list later with crappy photos JD

I came home after the swap and found one of my damsels stuck against the overflow. I peeled him off but he is not moving too much besides fast breathing. I was thinking about putting him back in the tank in an isolated container but should I worry about him getting sick due to stress (i.e...

I have a couple also. One is a wild caught GBTA with purple tip and the other a clone of Dolphin's purple nem with neon green tips. The GBTA is a little lighter than most I see from the LFSs although he maintains a good size. The purple BTA almost died when I first got him thanks to my crazy...