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CONTEST WILL OFFICIALLY START: July 1st, 2013 and end November 1st, 2013. ChicagoReefs.com Sizzlin' Summer grow out colony will be CHONG BONG palythoas. The palys will be fragged and mounted to identical frag tiles. They will heal up and be available for pick up the week prior to the start...

CONTEST WILL OFFICIALLY START: START July 1st 2013 and END November 1st 2013. This grow out contest will be of ‘Neutron Bomb’ palythoa supplied by RareReef.com. The palys will be fragged and mounted to frag tiles. They will heal up and be available for pick up the week prior to the start of the...

After speaking with the Vendor of RareReef.com, I got a coupon offer extended to us. - If you see anything you like, 25% off by midnight eastern TONIGHT with FREE SHIPPING (shipped with growout paly) use code: GRENADE and state "Ship with Dan Boyles" in comments box.

Alright I happen to come across what i thought was a pretty unique/cool paly. I was able to possibly secure a 20 polyp colony if we are interested. This would be a 'premium' grow-out, and with only 20p be limited to the first 20 individuals (please do not PM/Post you want a spot right now...this...

Stocking 120L Help I keep going back and forth in my mind regarding stocking my 120L (60x18x26) Mixed Reef, thus I'm looking for some input. Looking for a variety of color, all reef-safe as well as invert safe as I have 5 different species of shrimp. Tangs: I already have: ~2'' hippo, ~5-6"...

Well Well Well... Where has the time gone? We are nearing the last 2 weeks of the Official ChicagoReefs.com Spring 2013 Paly Grow-Out Contest - I've had a great time hosting it, meeting each of you, and seeing the progression of not only your frags but also your tanks over the last 3 months. I...

GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY FRIDAY!!!! Chat has usually been pretty slow in the AM Hours... I am so gitty with excitement for the swap tomorrow and I have no one to talk to about it. So... EVERYONEwho posts in this thread (1 time only please) BEFORE 9AM will be entered for a raffle to receive a...

Alright... Tired of having my 120g reef be a frag tank (those of you that have seen it can agree... 5ft of eggcrate lol) Plus Im sure my fishies would love their swimming space back. Thus, I am hoping to set up a grow-out tank in the very near future. There is just enough room to fit a 20L...

Will has gracelessly allowed me to display one of his ATOs, thus I will have over 75 frags of Zs & Ps along with a few sticks. Below is a list of Z/Ps that I may have - some I will have several frags of, some just one or two. Others are fraggable but I didn't due to space - Thus if there is...

As a community we all like to let each other know our personal experiences during sales/trades, as well bring up issues than may have occurred. These threads typically get off topic quickly, or turn into personal attacks. Thus, I say we start actively using the Feedback Score/iTrader that is...

For everyone that has some rare, magical, mystical pulsing Xenia ... ever wonder why it pulses? http://reefbuilders.com/2013/04/30/pulsing-xenia-mystery-solved/

One of our local K9 Officers (that I train with regularly) currently is fighting stage 4 brain cancer. We have arranged a benefit in his name to assist him, his wife, and children with the financial burden of treatment & recovery. Facebook Community Page...

I purchased a 3 bedroom, 2 bath, full basement house last year located in Franklin Park, IL (10mins from Ohare, 25min from downtown, still close to the burbs) and have had 2 of my high school buddies living/renting out the two extra rooms. Unfortunately, one of them has to move out to help with...

So... Had a party Saturday Night, girlfriend wanted to go to bed so we did. I have no idea what really happened in my house afterwards, nor do 2 roommates remember. But among other things. my bottle of patron was empty... empty bottle of crown royal, and empty bottle of Bacardi. (We have a...

My buddy's dad is most likely shutting down his tank due to work travel - He's an old fart :bootyshake: and doesnt have too many 'reefing friends' so I may give him a hand selling some stuff. Trying to get an ID / reasonable selling price pp on these guys... 1) 2) (not blue tubbs - these are...

Anyone else go to the Green Day Concert lastnight at Allstate??? :rock: I know I saw at least one other reefer in the crowd (...smelled awhole lot of others :hippie: ) and I already had 2 delivery guys say they saw me there last night as well - Figured there might be more that went. I was down...

Well… I had plans to upgrade the 29g to a 75g – Got one for free from a buddy and had it all set up. Then I got an offer for a nearly free 120g, I obviously couldn’t resist and jumped on it. It’s a 60x18x26 120 gallon tank w/ 2” plastic center brace. The stand that It came with was more of an...

CONTEST WILL OFFICIALLY START: March 11th, 2013 AND END June 11th 2013. ChicagoReefs.com member Jay "JayJigga" has generously volunteered to donate a colony of Everlasting Gobstopper palythoas for this grow-out contest. The palys will be fragged this week and mounted to identical brand new...

Anyone have experience with it? Appears to be an "all-around" staple for all types of fish (and coral) with added vitamins, etc. Since you mix the powder up w/ water it's highly customizable - you can add other vitamins (meds if done properly), pieces of nori, even reef chili etc. It also holds...

EcoSystem Miracle Mud - Who's using it? -Experiences? Anyone local have it?