Recent content by jm23

I mentioned in on my photography thread, but if you want to see some incredible photos check out my favorites under Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/120398397@N06/favorites/ Each artist has hundreds of more photos that you can find by clicking on their screen name and checking out their...

Since I have reached 1000 posts here on this forum, I thought I would celebrate by giving back to this great community. Frag Pack: -Sunset Monti -Tyree Neon Green Toadstool -Green Torch -Purple with Green tip Hammer -Sunny D's -AOG -Tubbs Blue Zoas -Ricordia (Photo to follow when the lights...

The reason I titled it Genesis' instead of jm23's is because that is my user name on the other site I am on. I have debated switching my screen name here, but as this community is already on a first name basis I probably won't. Regardless the signature you will always see on the photos is...

I was playing around with a tripod and my camera's settings today. The first photo below was taken with an Fstop of F57. It came out pitch black, delete right? Well hold on a second, just for fun I increased the exposure in Lightroom all the way and that is what the second photo is. The third...

Well I noticed yesterday that my male potters angelfish was breathing a little heavy, but all the other fish were breathing normally. Well today he was belly up! I bought the pair from reefwise a month or two back and they have been doing great and eating like pigs. The male's stomach seems...

I was wondering if we could bring back POTM. I always enjoy seeing everyone's photos. Also could we condense all the previous POTM threads with only one thread with the past winners and unsticky all the others to help clean it up a little.

How many of you have looked at your aquascape and said "I think I should move that one rock a little to the right"...three hours later all you want is your aquascape to look like it did before you stuck your hands in the tank. I know I have been there a few times, but with my most recent setup I...

Well based off an article I read about the lighting intensity depending on solar elevation, I am going to try a new schedule and see how it goes. Here is the graph in that lengthy article showing how when the sun hits the water just before midday and right after midday that is reflects...

(A little early on the topic, but 200 Kleenex into my night off work I have had some time to think) If you could hop in that DeLorean with Doc Brown and go back to when you were first setting up your first saltwater tank what would you tell yourself to do differently? I would have told myself...

I have read all the articles by Randy and searched the forums for any ideas that might explain what is going on with my tank but I am baffled. 10 weeks ago I restarted my 265 gallon DT and 80 gallon FT with new Dry Rock and Sand. Before the restart I was dosing about 144 ml of each part a day...

There are so many beautiful fish and inverts that are often labeled "Reef safe with caution". Sometimes this refers to the fish possibly eating your clean up crew (CUC), but other times it means that it has a tendency to munch on your corals. I think here on Chicagoreefs, quite a few of our...

Which do you guys prefer when viewing a thread Flickr or upload through Chicagoreefs? I personally like the larger files Flickr allows me to upload, but I don't know if you guys prefer the smaller versions, so that is why I am asking. Flickr: Chicagoreefs:

(I wanted to start discussions on some topics that I have been researching, going through, or just find interesting. I hope to continue these thoughts on a semi weekly basis and hope you all will chime in. I also want to note at the start of this, that many of these ideas have been discussed...

Wondering where Travis has been hiding now that he has moved to Illinois???

Well just like Noah I had a great flood, ie AEFW, high nitrates, and Ich. So, I saved what coral I could and started over with new rock and new sand and put all my corals into a QT. I soaked my tanks in vinegar (I think it took 14 gallons from Sam's Club to get the coralline algae to come off)...