Recent content by jcarlilesiu

Awww.. great idea. A battery backup system. I need to look into that.

Hi Everybody, Been a long time since I have been able to get on this forum. I have had a 150 cube reef setup for going on 10 years now, however; the last 5 years included moving, starting a new company, and adopting two little girls. As such, the tank and fish are doing ok, but nothing like...

Starting a business is time consuming! Finally had an opportunity to do a water change and get some tank issues straightened out. After 2 years, I finally replaced that stupid Marineland Durso pipe with the siphon break above the water level causing all kinds of problems. Also moved the two...

Last night, went to bed, looked at the tank and all was well. Woke up this morning to half of my softball sized neon green birdnest RTNing. No changes, everything else looks good. Didn't have time to test anything before work, but pulled it out and snipped off a bunch of frags hopefully some...

Looking into our tank today, and in the crevices of a piece of live rock with a lot of large open areas, Tammy has noticed several creatures swimming around at night. Today, I took a flash light and looked in there, and there is definitely a school of babies. They are swimming and are quick...

I guess I never posted a link to my youtube channel for the aquarium here. Well here it is, however I haven't done a video in a long time: http://www.youtube.com/user/jcarlilesiu?feature=mhee 150 Gallon Reef - YouTube September 18, 2010.wmv - YouTube Dreaming of Sushi - 150 gallon reef -...

In the last few weeks, we have had a little flare up of cyano in our tank. Not sure why. I suppose with the holidays we might have missed a couple of water changes. Anyway, last night, Tammy did a really good job of siphoning out as much as she could. We made the decision to do a 72 hour...

I have reviewed the owners manual and quick start up guide but can't find an answer. If you look at the wetside of a MP40 there is a section that is solid (does not contain openings for water to enter behind the blade). I assume this is to be facing up to eliminate the creation of a vortex...

Ouch. Some people have no respect for others property. Toss a planter through our windshield? Thanks. Merry Christmas to you too.

I am an android junkie and found an app that allows you to keep track of aquariums. One of the features is a logging app to keep track of parameter changes. In the log, there is an option for "ALK" and "KH". Isn't that the same thing?

Hey all. I just wanted to let everybody know that I have recently launched my own architectural practice. Its exciting, but also keeping me busy. I don't know how many people are in positions of needing help architecturally, either with their personal residences, businesses, or if they are...

Our tank has been running and fairly stable for over a year, but as coral continues to grow and we add more hard coral and clams, we just can't keep parameters up with water changes alone. Alk: 2.5 meq/L Cal: 320 PPM Mag: 1125 With a water change yesterday I was surprised with the levels...

One of the first SPS coral that I got was this red whirlybowl montipora. It was purchased from the SPS tank at Old Orchard, and a few months after purchase was showing decent growth. Top right corner After moving things around a bit, I decieded to keep it at the top of the tank and allow it...

Me and Tammy took a drive up to Milwaukee today to check out this sponsor. We took a bunch of photos which I will upload shortly. This store has a great assortment of various animals. The best part is, they don't just stock the basics. You will find some unique fish. They have a great...

Some of you have noticed the newly implemented reputation system we are testing out on the forum. Essentially, its a uncontrolled method of helping the forum to have credible and well thought out posts. Users can have their "reputation" increased if other users feel that their post was helpful...