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neat -- i'll drop by next time you guys have a meeting and pick a bottle up =) maybe pay for membership =P I went to marine depot.com and bought a salt mix kit -- 99 bucks for a bucket of salt + the refractometer, power head, heater, thermometer. neat =D

ahh that's great, sounds good to me -- i'll attempt to pick one up, as far as them being jerks -- I'm guessing i'll have to stick it out. I read online that they were false peppermint shrimps and true ones. how can you tell the difference?

thanks for the info -- i'll take that into consideration and not worry and also move on. With the pics that I've included though, if they are Aiptasia, then the other 3 pics of the same rock just in different flash/no flash formats should be the same. one of the pics has another anemone...

sweet -- thanks i'll check it out

I got a Hydrometer, but i'm sick of the inaccuracy of the thing. anyone know where I can buy one that's easy to use and most important easy on the pocket books?

(all are thumnails --- click on them to get a larger image) Here's a pic of the green stuff: I got a new question about some white growth on the rocks. can't ID it on the live rock -- anyone got any clues?

I have some green stringy stuff growing on the glass, any idea what that is?

thanks for the info -- right now, I only have a calcium supplement and also alkalinity buffer, not sure why the tank is sitting at 8.0 PH instead of 8.1+, since the rest of the values are within parameters.

Moar Rocks!! New tank look -- just added my last 7 lbs of rocks today, brings me to a total of around 26-28lbs of Live rock. (These are all Thumbnails -- to get a better picture, you can click on them.) Live rock Aquascape Growing and Thriving Star Polyps I got a...

Test for week 2: Week 2 of testing: Test Results this week: Calcium: 460ppm Nitrate: 0-5ppm Alkalinity/Carbinated Hardness: 12dKH or 214.8KH Phosphate: 0ppm Gravity: 1.023 Temp: 78 PH: 8.0

thanks for the info, i'm going to test the Ph tonight - as far as the inhabitants, I hope I don't have to go fishing for them. I hope I don't lose any though. I definitely don't plan to put live stock until my rocks are nice and purpley along with 1 final test to ensure the water is safe.

they are on both -- except the ones in the front, that's just all sand -- I don't think I plan to get any burrowers, but I might get a small goby or something. Here are my current tests from the master reef test kit from API Calcium: 500ppm Nitrate: 0-5ppm Alkalinity/Carbinated...

well here's an update: I got some hermit crabs, which are doing well- but a lot and I mean a LOT is dying off right now. more than I expected -- a lot of the rocks have lost their green and white luster and a brown coating is happening -- but at the same time, I'm seeing patches of red...

I love my freshwater setup -- I have a 90 gallon FW fish setup, completely planted -- not as heavily as some tanks, but it's still well done. 5 Otocinclus Affinis 2 Blue 3 Spotted Gourami 2 Yellow Gourami 2 Lavender Gourami 1 Pearl Gourami 3 Pygmy Gourami 3 Sunset Gourami 1...

google is my friend -- after I found that there are aquarist clubs in the area, I decided to google everything around the area and find a club stable around the area. this looks like it's it. I enjoy every day of it so far, and it's great -- i'm definitely going to be taking it slow...

awesome I'll definitely PM you after I find out how lol. but yeah, i just got 7 lbs of more live rock and re-aquascaped the tank, it doesn't look at amazing as some of yours right now, but I think that will come with time. I'm just hellla stoked since i have star polyps growing. (I...

Hi, i'd be an idiot for saying no, but currently considering my tank is only 4 days mature I must decline for now =). I will take your offer once I know my tank is up to speed and I can keep them healthy. Plus I would love some more knowledge on it. I just don't want to jump and say yes...

I'm in the santa clara area. right off of lickmill. I don't want to do fish only, but i'm not 100% into coral either, I want live rock and fish with some small coral -- my main interest is fish, so some easy to take care of coral is great. I'm just excited for my star polyps growing in...

sweet -- I just went over that article in one of the links you gave too -- thanks for putting my worries at rest. On the tank journal there's a couple of pictures of star polyps growing in my tank -- progression is fast too. day 1 I saw 3-4, day 2 I saw like 4-6 and today there was 14!!!. I...

awesome -- thanks for the info. From my freshwater experience, from what I've learned, and you've mentioned -- is patience. I'm pretty sure i'm waiting for the tank the cycle before I can add fish, but my biggest concern would be does the methodology change between fresh and salt...