Recent content by hossfly

come on guys. I DID follow the links and found out it is by most considered a tunicate, that is the proper picture and it said it was a filter feeder. but there was NOTHING I could find in these links answering the questions I asked. "location and current" for this one. I tried doing searches in...

has anyone else noticed the "attitude problem" of some of these people? does the word "raod rage, and gong opstal mean anything? maybe if your taking this stuff so serious , you should take a break for the site for a while and get outside, or at least watch our tank for a hwile and chill. as far...

come on guys. I asked for help not a road map. some say tunicate some say others. If you KNOW what it is then please tell where in my tank it will be happiest. what current leverls and lighting levels. I know enough to feed filter feeders.. thaks for help, I need to place it in the proper place...

had a great weekend. spent LOTS of money.LOL. now I need to know what ever can be told about one of my purchases,something called a "lollypop sponge". looks like a coral to me but I was told by the sales person that it was a sponge. and it just looked too cool to let it pass because I was 5...

one is supposed to like the glass but avoid the rock, one likes rock. which is which? gonna add ,but need the ones for rock more, thanks to my new MH lights and the increase algea bloom which resulted from it.

I now how you feel. After running "VHO's" for several years,I thought MH would be THE way to go and finally decided to shell out the bucks. So far it has been a big mistake. I too, had a terrible algea bloom that has taken over the tank. I have done 3 water changes in 3 weeks time and it...

this argument will never be settled. I personally don't figure the difference between live rock handling the "bio load" and the "bio balls" doing the same job,except that eventually the live rock gets "stopped up" and the bio balls don't. it all depends on what is "in vogue" at the time. I've...

mine had a slight yellow cast to it but it may have been because I was so used to the vho's. when I added the vho actinic back to it . it's great ..

I'm encouraged by these responses. I really thought some would dish on me just because I've questioned the changes recommended by so called "specialist" . Out of the many reef stores I've visited over the years, I can count on one hand and have fingers left over , the ones I really felt...

you should have an led screen on it. if you use that, you should get what you see. use a chair or stool to hold the camera steady. if you chose to try a flash than be sure to get it at an angle so you won't get reflection of the flash .try to either open the lens up and get closer to the tank...

I've been a reef keeper for around 15 years with varying success on several different tanks. I started out with a 45 tall and an underground filter with a hang on wet dry. still the best tank I've ever had. used "trition bulbs" which were the best thing at the time. live rock was rated as...

I agree with the others. first thig is to change out the water. contrary to most opinions , you can't change out too much at one time if it has been prepared in advance. I made TOTAL water changes when moving a tank and the next day things looked better than ever. but change it and you should...

I'm assuming that these "sea swirls" rotate the water current. is that right? haven't read anything about them. I've seen filter pumps that do this and they are around $75 a pop. whats the scoop on these?

the thing was this. she claimed the corals wouldn't survive for more than a few hours in a bag. I have for YEARS bought coral and rock on a saturday afternoon and didnt get home until sunday night and NEVER had any setbacks at all. this being a holiday weekend, i didn't want to chance a 3 day...

went to another state to visit daughter. found a couple nice peices of coral i wanted and then since it was a holiday weekend and gonna be three days before we came home I asked about that. the girl said no way would they survive 3 days in a bag. I asked about oxygen and she said they just...