Recent content by Gumbo

I e-mailed Matt on Dec 30th and haven't received a reply either. Since no information or updates regarding this project have been provided recently, I'm assuming this project is effectively "shelved". From a project management perspective, this project can be classified as a failure.

Some colorful zoanthids might be nice.

Who wants to bet that salt manufactures will claim they have reformulated their mix since this study began.

Does anyone know where the article/results will be published?

I use a Maxi-Jet 1200 to pump water from a garbage can up to my sump. I wouldn't say it's super fast, but it works reasonably well even with 4 feet of head pressure.

5 ml water 4 drops PH liquid swirl 10 seconds put open test tube on white part of color chart and view from above.

Thanks for the link Galleon! I really like the look of sand/CC glued to starboard. I think I'll plan to do the same. Anyone think .5 inch thick HDPE isn't thick enough? I'd hate to have have it start warping.

Wow...After pulling some "fleshy leathery" macroalgea from my rocks and inadvertently fragging a big caulastrea, I come back to this thread and need to research tectonic subduction. :lol:

Actually Righty, I'm hoping you're right about the sand bed reaching max capacity. At least I know how to fix that! :wink:

Well, my 150 gallon tank looked best when I had a plenum system installed. Unfortunatly, I jumped on the Southdown band wagon a couple of years ago when my tank's center brace broke. I decided that I needed to replace the tank anyway and the whole concept of a DSB was appealing. The sand bed...

I was wondering if anyone running barebottom has experience placing live rock directly on the bottom of their glass tanks? I know some are recommending starboard, but do you think that's a necessary insurance policy? I've got about 180 pounds of rock in my 150 gallon tank.

I'm still getting "The page cannot be displayed" message.

It's been down for at least 6 hours!

I had one type of pyramidelline attaching to astreas that has no desire to attach to my clams. From what I've read in Ron's column on RC, these parasites have a particular host and don't cross over. Astrea hosted rice snails won't bother clams and those attached to clams won't bother other snails.

My Foxface, like my powder Blue Tang, loves a variety of seaweed. I feed Julian Sprung's Sea Veggies, Palmaria palmata (red) and Porphyra yeoensis (green) most of the time. I'll occassionally add Porphyra umbilicalis (purple). Lettuce belongs in your salad, not your tank! :wink: