Recent content by marjimbo

A brief followup to my original posting. My leather went through a period of nearly 2 weeks where the polyps did not appear, but the stem varied between very small (1" cube) to a 4" tall mushroom shape. Then 3 days ago it returned to it's previous behavior of opening and extending polyps every...

This site is wonderful. I find just reading the threads once or twice a week has given me more insite than all my books and LFS discussions combined. My question today is how long can I store RO/DI water and mixed salt water. I have a system set-up with a 20 gal rubbermaid tank for each. Each...

Thanks for the notes. I don't know if mine is a yellow or not - colour tends to yellow when it's fully open. I feed DT's every 3rd day (2 tsp for my 30 gal of water).

Hi y'all (my mom's from Georgia). I'm new to this hobby/passion/curse, and would like to hear input on leather coral habits/characteristics. I have a small specimen (fully expanded he is 4"-5" in diameter) who seems happy some days and very reticent other days. On good days he folds out to full...

Thanks Reefnutz and Seamaiden. I had moved the Star to my Q tank but he seems to be going downhill quickly - it's now on the bottom with two legs bottom side up. I think I'd better just remove it. Thanks for your help

Thanks to all of you for your input - some good information there.

Hi Has anyone got any input on a sick Blue Linckia Star. I've only had mine about 2 weeks. I checked him carefully at the LFS and could see no problems or parasites. He hasn't moved around much in that time (but always moving a bit), and today he has white damage to one leg, near the tip - like...

Thanks for the comments. My tank will be glass, but I'm going to get the holes drilled by the manufacturer. I also need some info on sizing the baffle to get the required spill over flow. Does anyone know of some literature on this??

Hi! Can anyone help me with some sources of info on sizing holes for drilling the tank for overflow and return, suggested piping sizes and dimensions for the overflow baffles required in the tank. I'm planning a 125 gal. setup with a basement sump. I'd like to have flow rates in the 800 - 1000...