Believe what you want about "shared stomachs" but I fed my sun corals for years with the feeding hats, not caring if every polyp got fed but rather just raining down a wash of food upon the colony, and my sun corals thrived and grew steadily. :)
Holy cow...what a nightmare! I can't imagine what you've gone through, and am so sorry for what you've experienced.
The live sand and rock should be kept in a container of seawater with circulation and aeration. You can not add any inverts at all, even snails, because inverts cannot tolerate...
Minh,
I hear ya about the TDS meter...I just bought one for $22 from www.h20instruments and it saved me from trashing all of my filters prematurely. I figured it was "about time" for another filter change...the meter keeps me from guessing now.
I keep a thick sheet of plastic on the surface of...
Please join us for a fun and educational event, the Marine and Reef Aquarium Society of Houston's annual Collecting Trip on Saturday, May 25th, 2002! Aiding us in the identification of collected marine specimens will be fellow MARSHians Eric Borneman, James Wiseman, and J.C. Whitney. Everyone...
We use the Kent Marine 60 gpd RO/DI/Hi-S unit and tap off the RO side for drinking water. It's a simple matter of installing a little valve for when you want to fill a pitcher for drinking/cooking water. You can also buy a "completer kit" which allows you to store the RO drinking water in a...