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Well its been one of those frustrating last couple weeks in reef keeping. AND before anyone says anything, in the 40 years I have had saltwater tanks (off and on) I have never quarantined a single fish nor have I ever lost any to any disease. Until Now :( I believe the Achilles we got had...

Well I got home from being in Texas again late last night. I had 3 boxes waiting for me. Two 32" Reefbreeders Photon V2+ lights and 1 Lumenbar in Royal Ice. Got them on this morning and started playing with programmin. Wow what a difference in color! Also had a Box from Jeff at Lifereef with...

Anyone around here or on the forum have seahorses? Not looking for exotic ones or anything but would like to have a pair possibly. Have only seen them in 1 LFS which wasnt really local to me.

I am already tired of the touchyness of my aerofoamer beckett skimmer so I am considering upgrading. Whats everyones opinions on a skimmer large enough for a 450 gallon system with a large bioload? I say large because I know it will be in the near future. I would like it to have a neck cleaner...

Anyone have a decent sized canister filter they arent using? I need one to clear the water colum of tiny sand type particles floating around. No matter if I have the pumps on or not it absolutley will not settle. Only way I know is to run a canister to help remove them. I hate to go buy one to...

Anyone have a par meter in the NW burbs they would be willing to rent out or let me borrow? I do have a apex if someone had the apex par meter. I would leave a check for the replacement price to help ease anyones minds. Just want to get a idea of my numbers at different places of the rockwork...

Hello all, I have been away from reefing for awhile and tankless. Today, I have verablly purchased a 300 gallon system that I intend to pick up tomorrow and get started! Its a 300 gallon Mairneland tank with corner overflows. I have alot of stuff left over from years prior that I will...

Going on a cruise in a couple weeks and go thinking. I want to dive but then again if there isnt any good diving spots I dont want to drag my stuff along. So, does anyone know of any good diving spots in Aruba or Curaco? Figured there might be someone on here that has been there. Anything that...

Well I acquired this chalice as a TINY little chunk. It had a "name" that I wont mention right now. I am not sure the name is correct. I have included some pictures for your opinions on the name. What do you think it is? couple of pics are with flash. Let me tell you.....the pictures from my...

Well after a 2 year dry spell I took my regs and bcd in for servicing because we are going on a cruise this winter and I will get to dive! I am looking to upgrade to a wireless wrist computer. Does anyone have any suggestions or thoughts/experience with these. Seems there are a lot of different...

Hello all, Been off the forums for awhile due to being gone for work but still in the game but with problems......... I have a typhoon III RO/DI that I put all new filters and membrane into and that got my water to 0 tds like it should. Low and behold after 1 week my DI is exhausted and i am...

Well I am having a few spots of hair algae show up on some of my rocks. They are on LARGE rocks so I cant really remove the rocks so I am looking for suggestions on removal? Is there any inverts that anyone would suggest to eat it? Anyone got anything they want to loan to eradicate it? Looking...

Does anyone have a eshopps 120 skimmer? The reason I asked is because I have this skimmer and I am fighting a micro bubble issue. The skimmer dumps a ton of micro bubbles into the sump and there is so many of them they seem to make it past a bubble trap and into my display. I don't know of...

I have noticed that I have things that look like sesame seeds on my rocks in places. They look just like them. Same off white/tan color. Anyone ever seen anything like this? Thanks

Stolen from another forum but very funny non the less! http://www.flickr.com/photos/60081575@N06/6888716473/

Its getting closer to spring time! Who's got bikes and who is looking to get a bike? I have a custom BIg Bear Chopper for sale if anyone is in the market for a bike!

Looking for some advice on my RO/DI setup for my tank that I am having problems with. The system is originally a AWI Typhoon III system. I noticed that my water was way up in TDS so last week on Thursday I replaced ALL filters, Membrane and new DI fro BRS. I also added a prefilter (inline) for...

Just glanced at my TDS inline meter and noticed that I am at 53 ppm TDS! The filters are just over 2 months old and approx 150 gallons of water. Is it possible that just the DI is exhausted? The TDS going in is like 170 ppm. The membrane is not new. Is there anyone locally priced good or am I...

I bought a 120 cone skimmer and put it online in late November. Yesterday out of the blue I noticed my skimmer had quit running yet it was still plugged in. I removed the skimmer and checked everything and put it back in the sump. Plugged it in and all was fine...........for about 5 minutes and...

Here is a pic of what I have in my tank. I have been told they are harmless unless they get large BUT I have searched and searched the internet with no conclusive evidence as too them being harmless or not. The reason I say that is everyone talks about having a couple in the tank that they see...