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Hi folks, I never thought I'd say this but I'm contemplating tearing the tank down, selling all but my rimless (which I've yet to put together) in hopes of better days (in reefing hobby terms) and so not to sound gloomy & depressing I will point out that this is happening because life's great...

Hi folks, I have a 10G glass tank that I used as a trusty quarantine for several years. It come with a hood, takes 2 cfl bulbs (not included), small hob filter with new filter media refills. Just add heater and a good cleaning (sorry it's a little dirty). Tank has a sticker thermometer on the...

Hi folks, Came across this & thought maybe someone here wants it? if you don't use facebook ask me and I will contact the person & ask them for other means of contact.

Hi folks, me again with my DIY ideas :p Last night I picked up a couple of AGM (Absorbed Glass Mat) marine batteries for 2 of my cars, these cars are a hobby and don't get driven like normal cars, therefore they spend extended periods of time untouched, well this is a problem when it comes to...

Yup, time for my 3rd one. For a little while now my 2nd tank has been in the garage after my 1st tank (after moving into this place) broke. I'll keep it simple for starters because I seek advice on configuration and starting construction soon so I need to finalize my plans. What is not...

Hi everyone, I finally get to start building my new setup. I'm turning a small closet into my tank's utility room and was considering waterproofing the whole thing, first thought was pond liner. DT will only be 57G and maybe another 30 in filtration. 6" of pond liner would absorb the most...

Hi folks, We haven't had a nice technical topic for a while, definitely not one on chemistry. I have been trying to read up on Ionic Balance and whether the literature that I come across in random places across the web may have some merit or more snake oil. This all started when I began...

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Hi Gang, Thought I'd share with you one of my most recent projects. I was commissioned to create the product photos for one of Reef Radiance's LED fixtures and here's what I came up with, what do you think?

Just when I thought I researched overflows to death I come across yet another application where I feel like "hhmmmmm I'm not sure" so I've come to you folks again to help me decide :p Over the past 6 months (or longer) I've been running a remote fuge that gravity feeds into my sump but this was...

Hi folks, Over on Nano-Reef I stumbled on a thread calling out for micro brittle stars and since my sump & fuge are absolutely full of these little guys I thought I might help, charging them a whopping $10 shipped haha. I've never shipped a starfish before and I figured I'd ship them with a...

Hi folks, I have a lovely female ocellaris clown on my hands that I had promised to @Kensington Reefer but unfortunately with my current work schedule, etc. it has been practically impossible for me to get out to his area. He suggested that I offer it to someone closer to me and that's where we...

Often you find yourself simply spending too much and buying too many things to feed your Reefing addiction. Sometimes I end up channeling my compulsive behavior into other hobbies that way I can feel better about myself unreasonably blowing money with the false sensation that it is justifiable...

Hello folks, Let's start with the parameters; Temp: 76.5 (ran it this way all winter) SG: 1.025 PH: 8.40-8.44 (more like 8.42-8.44 but I'm listing the max swing) KH: 8 Ca: 440 Mg: 1160 Only dosing kalkwasser, was dosing vodka and I stopped, the STN started a month or so after! Mg is a little...

A few days ago a bitter individual who decided to start a coral business out of his livingroom (not kidding) took to the web and posted this on 8 different facebook reefing groups: "I'm gonna make it real clear to everyone of you non licensed coral farmers out there in la la land, get licensed...

Hey guys, just thought I'd share the info since I haven't heard of too many people doing this; WHITE WORMS haha So it appears that several people primarily on RC have had great results feeding white worms, they are small and squirm like crazy which apparently fish go crazy for them. They are...

Hi everyone, I have had a yellow wrasse in QT for 3 days now, since I put him in I've been observing to see if he would dive bomb the BB glass since they typically like burying themselves in the sandbed. So far the fish does push against the bottom looking for sand but not violently, it's...

I saw youtube videos and a couple of websites but it seems everyone has their own "magical method" ie; how much air to pump, grow your own phyto or not? thus I want to hear about your favorite method and so on. For so many years now I've wanted a Mandarin & though many fish have come & gone the...

Hi, I've got some curiosities about the limits of kalkwasser. Currently I'm dosing a cocktail of 45ml vinegar/3 spoons kalk/1 gal RO water. Only when lights are off. Previously I simply dumped 2 spoons of kalk in my 5 gal bucket of ATO water. So now I'm keeping a personal record high of corals...

Posting on Becho's (molabecirovic) behalf... This might be the biggest Green Slimer DBTC contribution thanks to Becho's generosity, we fragged a massive colony the size of a basketball & the healthiest I have seen. We have frags at my house in Hayward & more at Becho's place in San Jose. We...