Recent content by joesam

Just a few more. You stare at an empty wall in your work office and wonder how you would get RO upstairs. You start refering to your inverts by the cutesy name your wife gave them when the they come home from the LFS. When you loose your wallet the first place you look is your "fish room"...

Emerald crabs are great for green bubbly, yet when they finish it off the are quick to crab anything else. I had one in my 65 it pulled off slabs of purple coralline and help my Xenia spread all over by pulling chunks off of it. Solution: Put the bad boy(s) in your sump/refugium when they...

They shells slowly grow back. Its starts out looking like a yamaka :).

it might be crowded as hell.. but OMG it is breathtaking. I've been to baltimore, chatanooga, san diego, and a couple other large ones, none of them compare to the spacious and diverse layout. My wife and i are planning on renewing our vows in the ball room next year. Worth every penny.

so the rock is not a natural reef rock... thats new.. thanks along with a little blurb about tampa bay, can someone suggest a good rock souce that ships rock in water or that has ALOT of life.

Anyone used this company? http://www.tampabaysaltwater.com/ --ECO-SENSITIVE LIVE ROCK Rock from an upland site is deposited on our five acre lease, allowed to grow for a number of years, and is then harvested for use in your reef tank. Our aquacultured live rock is absolutely beautiful...

Has anyone heard any news about a "prebuilt" - Hamilton 3' Deluxe Aluminum Hoods w/ Two Metal Halides :?: I want 2 bulb MH lamp and i cant find any that are in the 250W - 400W range other than this one. Heres the catch... 36" L tank 24" Deep. So 400W is what i really need. :? thanks guys

what does this thing eat other than, well... other nudis Gymnodoris aurita or sometimes called strawberry sea slug thanks anyone

OK heres the deal: Im trying to set up a small tank to go into my home office and im re-using most of my mechanicals from years past (sump, blowers and all the rest of the crap) but I really don't have a good light souce for a 65 gal. Im a big fan of MH lighting but for a reef tank of this...

Anyone else see a pattern here? Patience is a big part of this hobby Shrimp

must be the biggest yellow tales.... ever :roll: . Would it be better to worry about the the shrimp getting a claw on them? :lol: j/k

Maybe, If he has been eating flakes or some other composite or any steady diet for a good amount of time he might refrain, but dont be surprised if he at least samples it. Keep in mind, if the fish is set up to eat xenia and other soft corals the best way to keep the fish trained is to keep the...

Not such a bad idea, although I have restrainded myself from using online sources to purchase additional "thingies" :D for my tanks. The whole idea of not being able ito guarantee the quality of the end product or that it might even be misidenified. One horror story of someone ordering...

Bored at work, I find myself sitting here reading these forums and further edge-i-mikating myself on my obsessive hobby. When out of nowhere I realize I have no freakin bristle worms. My LR/LS/Sea water came with all kinds of nifty particulates that have spawned into an amazing system and...