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Fishin for ideas here... I have a purple/pink stylophora (that's what the previous owner said it was) that isn't looking so hot anymore. It has grown like wildfire over the past year - probably a 2" frag to several large fingers, see below. This is a pic from when it was doing well...

It's been a while since I posted- work and life have kept me way too busy to lurk or post on any forums. Last I checked in, I had finished up a nice LED fixture to my cube which has been running beautifully. Corals were growing like crazy- got an appleberry monti that was encrusting on my rock...

I think this is my next project. I can't find a skimmer that fits in my tank (BC29) in the only suitable constant-water-level chamber (chamber 1) that fits with the magnets that are already in that chamber. The closest thing I could find is the AquaticLife 115, which some people have used...

Anyone have any experience with these? Good? Bad? Catastrophic? I've always been totally opposed to both drilling my tank or using siphon overflows but I want to hear some opinions on how reliable they are. The idea I may run with is to install a float valve that shuts off power to the...

Some white/pale areas have recently appeared on my Favia. There is also a place where it had fresh growth on some liverock that has receded a bit. My first thought is the lighting is too intense... I just did an LED upgrade and they're still dialed down to about 50%. All parameters are within...

Save me the "wear gloves, doofus" advice... I've learned my lesson. The tip of my thumb where I (might) have touched a Zoa (tub's blues, if it matters) is slightly tingly. I think it felt like that within a few minutes. No open wounds. I don't know whether it is...

Well... it's finally finished, and I posted a lengthy writeup on my reef blog. It's about five pages long, but it still seems to be only a quick summary of what actually went into the project. Read more at http://thereefexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/02/led-project-complete.html. Let me know...

I'm looking for a new timer for my lights. Unfortunately I don't have a controller setup yet, but was hoping that there are some low profile ones out there somewhere. For the 2% of you who don't use a controller, what do you use as a timer? Standard brick-with-a-dial-on-it type of thing?

Anyone else have icons on the forums for "unread posts" when there are in fact no unread posts? Even after a refresh/clearing cache?

And how deep is your sand bed, if you do? This is not meant to be a sand vs bare-bottom (I see the virtues of both) but want to figure out whether I am going to have problems by not really paying too much attention to my sand bed. Any interesting techniques? My sand is 1-3 inches deep...

So my tank has been up for well over a year now and has been going strong. I first set it up in November of 2009 and have only lost one coral so far- my orange Yuma, in a move. With proper positioning I've kept Monti cap and two species of birdsnest with success and rampant growth, even if they...

Eunice sp, if I'm not mistaken, and this one was huge. Apparently someone brought this in to Aquarium Concepts and I had to snap a pic. Not something I'd want to find in my tank, that's for sure. :)

I am looking to build a gravity/vacuum fed ATO, but I can't really seem to find the right container for the job. I need something aesthetically pleasing and absolutely air tight when sealed. It'd be nice if it was something easily drilled. Any ideas? So far I am thinking a large...

Hello all... glad to be here. It seems like a very good community and I look forward to meeting some of you at the swap, participating in some DBTC activities, and learning ever more about the hobby. I have about a year and a half of experience with reefs but have kept fish most of my life...