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Well...it's a sad day - the 120gal is about to go lifeless as my entire house is being heated to ~140 degrees due to a pest problem. (before spraying the house) Typically they ask for aquariums to be removed but since it suck a pain to physically move this tank, they said emptying it half...

We were finally able to get a nice macro lens and wanted to share some shot from around the tanks - enjoy!

Come stop by, I'll have a ton of stuff at great prices ;) Hundreds of zoa frags - Ranging from chunks of no names stuff, to mid level, to higher end AOG, Vivid Rainbows, Red/blue/Purple Hornets, agave, Seductions, PZ Stuff, king midas, Fire and ice, LA Lakers, Utter Chaos, Ultimate Chaos, Crazy...

Figured we all love swaps and this one isn't too far away (roughly 3 hrs from Chicago) plus I know we have something Southern IL members that have a hard time making it up to Chicago.

I found a great thread featured on facebook regarding getting better cell phone pictures of coral posted on Manhattanreefs.com As we all have found out, most cell phones do not interpret tank lights, specifically blue LEDs properly which gives us crappy pictures. It turns out that with a simple...

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...

Finally deciding to take the plunge and plumb my sump into the basement. I'm getting tired of carrying buckets of SW up the stairs and WCs being a pain/time consuming thus sometimes putting them off. Also, having my frag tank on a separate system has caused issues in the past, plus everytime I...

Grow out contest thread was posted in announcements but not showing under 'new posts' or "what's new?" sections... Link to thread: http://www.chicagoreefs.com/forums/showthread.php?18212-ChicagoReefs-com-Official-2014-QT-1-Paly-Grow-Out-Contest

CONTEST WILL OFFICIALLY START: February 10th 2014 through June 10th 2014 ChicagoReefs.com Official 2014 QT:1 Paly Grow-Out Contest colony will be Diablo 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...

Pretty cool http://reefbuilders.com/2013/10/09/longfin-ocellaris-definitively-clinches-title-guppy-marine-aquarium/

I know a lot of people start w/ Damsels weather its to cycle a tank (not recommended due to stressing/posioning the fish) or as a noob not realizing damsels are a$$holes. Once in the tank, just like many fish, you likely need to tear apart your rock-work to catch them. Mr. Saltwater Tank just...

Freaking Crazy/Gorgeous Palys! LEFT: “Krakatoa” - last sold for $600pp RIGHT: “Emperor” - last sold for $300pp http://reefbuilders.com/2013/09/25/record-2425-2polyp-palythoa-frag-reminds-zp-collectors-business/

I posted some of these in my build thread but figured I'd make a new page for just pics. Surprisingly, all these were taken under CoralCompulsion Par38 14K Full Spectrum bulbs using an iPhone w/ an olloclip macro lens and are unedited. Enjoy :) Magicians/Happy PEs PZ Yakazas Seduction PE...

Considering dosing a little iodine for my z/p frag tank (possibly display as well). Specially because my z/ps are currently both extremely pissed as well as bleached (due to various DT issues). Thoughts for z/ps? Beneficial? Dosing amount? does carbon suck it up? do you guys test for it?

So I know that Hanna Checkers are suppose to be substantially better, but yesterday I got two very different readings from my tank 0.33 & 0.24 (yes... i know its high) - thats a 0.09 difference - so based on that span, i could test 0.00 or 0.09 - I feel thats way to broad. Only thing I can...

Alright ... I severally pissed off my tank. Last week noticed some HA on my eggcrate frag racks so I thought i minus well re-generate my 2 bags of purigen. In the meantime I thought I'd try out a bag (1 unit) of chemipure since I had taken out my carbon to change it out afew weeks back and...

:birthday: Happy Birthday Jay! :birthday: Let us reflect on the good 'ole days when he was still allowed to play with scissors... and therefore cut his hair... Then the privileged was revoked:

Well... decided to break things ...again - haha I ripped up the old/disgusting carpet on the stairs and am looking for a carpenter to install some new carpet, was hoping a reefer had the tools & expertise - not a very big job, and i doubt will take very long. Just a standard staircase, I...

They just release two new models, the A4 and A8!!! These offer different dimensions & LED layout (rounded) - Again you can fully customize the LED layout & optics - We have a group buy started...these can be orders at group buy rates! Current Group Buy Thead...

Came accross this little iphone accessory that might be pretty cool for taking some macro shots (I was thinking specifically z/p's) and is only ~$55 verses a $400-$800 DLSR w/ Macro Lens. I'd just move the frag onto a rack right in front of the glass and obviously mke sure the glass was crystal...