Recent content by purplereef

I'll keep an eye out on the tubing. I picked up a large Korallin reactor a few years ago, but never felt like it performed as well as my old MTC (marine technical concepts) dual chamber reactor. IMHO, dual chambered calcium reactors seem to be the most efficient in melting aragonite.

Hi Rich, all good here. I'll have a look at some of the newer dips.

As I said, it works for me. I agree with the prior posters, it is harsh. It's supposed to be. It's not for everybody, and I was just offering up my own experience.. I'd rather throw away a few bucks on a coral, than have a full tank infestation like I had in the past. It's only money, and I...

Just be patient.

My only evidence is that I don't have any signs of AEFW after more than three years. Prior to that, they achieved plague proportions and took out some very old,large, beautiful colonies. I can only assume that I broke the reproduction cycle. Dipping once a week for months seems very...

First one is probably A. Millepora or A. Prostrata. I'd have to look in JEN Vernon for the second one.

I just purchased a GEO Kalkwasser reactor to replace my DIY reactor which served me well for the past 8 years. The DIY started having issues where the vessel to pump interface started weeping, and since I didn't want to deal with it, I just broke down and bought a manufactured one. Anyway...

There are undoubtedly eggs that you can't see. If you care to take your chances, dip them, and then re-introduce. I use a particularly harsh dip of potassium permanganate (KMNO4). It stains the corals brown for a while (like an iodine stain), but it will kill the acropora eating flatworms and...

I think that we got Rick-rolled on that last one...

This is what I was worried about. Another $50 lost. :( I've seen similar results with Salifert's Phosphate test. At this point, I really don't trust any of their qualitative tests (tank water + add some liquid, and then look at the color). The titration tests seem to be more accurate to me.

1.024 is in the range, so I'm not overly concerned, but I'll look into raising it over time. I'm running 4 x 400 watt Radiums, so I'm pretty sure that I have plenty of wattage.

Up until very recently, some of my corals have had just drab colors (specifically the red millepora/prostrata). My params for dKh, Mg, Ca, salinity are all in the NSW ranges. One of my friends suggested that I check out my iodine/iodate levels. Does anyone regularly test iodine ion levels...

Reminds me of this: http://www.oregonreef.com/sub_worm.htm By the way, if you haven't seen his site, Steve Weast's tank is bomb. I think that the Oregon Tort may have got its name from his colony. Not sure of this though.

I use this one. Been rock solid for 5 years.

He's gotten rid of any and all majano anemones which were seriously in plague proportions. He did what a fortune in Joe's Juice couldn't. He also got rid of my zoa's and yellow polyps (which I never liked anyway). Unfortunately, he took out most of my ricordea florida. I guess a small...