Recent content by mooner

Yes. What happens is skin oils get on the bulb from your fingers. The bulb gets MUCH hotter under that oil an it begins to form a glass "bubble" and the pressure/heat pops out the glass. Not sure this is what happened to you here but I know it will happen to high wattage halogens and the like...

420puff, Don't give up, man. I had the exact thing you did (search out my nightmare here on RDO). At the time my tank was about 4 months old. I got an aweful outbreak of brown/green snot dinos. Here is what I did and it took over a month to clear it up: All my params were excellent and no...

Ha! You all weren't kidding about the urchin "decorating" itself with stuff. So far it has adorned him/herself with 2 large vacated turbo shells, a horseshoe crab shell and several rocks. It looks like a vagabond wandering the streets of the reef neighborhood sporting all its cherished...

Just picked him up today because my daughter has been wanting one as much as I have. Very interesting creature. Acclimated him for 1 hour and took care with the alk equalization as recommended. I was wondering if any fellow owners could recommend foods and do's/dont's for this guy? Thanks in...

Julian Sprung has several books and the two I would recommend: Inverts, A quick reference Guide and Coral, A quick Reference Guide. For fish...not sure.

Good question and here is the answer: I use the one sided razor blades that have the metal support thing on the non-sharp side. It's the kind that goes in those hardware store scraper gadget things for scraping paint, etc. Well, if you use a hacksaw to cut the slot in the PVC pipe it will be...

Yep. I get the giant IO bucket for the fact that it's cheaper, you get a free rio mini and easy to use. That one will seal like a champ if you have strong fingers to get it back off.

I have heard similar on another thread today. No worries...I am not going to get one as it sounds like a bad idea. I do not want to take on any fish I cannot care for and house correctly. It's Flatworm Exit all the way. Thanks for the post.

Yes, Alk additives and top off with kalk if you are not already doing some other calcium additive. That will raise Ph also and its easy to mix in large batches.

I envy you! The dream tank with someone elses cash stash. Do it justice and post results!

Tank is fine but I fear if the flats went away there are not enough pods to keep him around. I will do the treatment. I have already begun the siphoning/removal of the worms. I will do this 'til I can get the Flatworm Exit in from mail order. I checked every LFS and they have none. I have the...

Hmmmmm. Well sounds like you are in a bit of a bind with that French. Perhaps a note here on RDO for some nearby reefer to house it for you? I have no idea what to do with it unless you can somehow keep it in there during all this but that will be very harsh on the fish and the cycle will most...

The tank is nice! Try your best to save it. I will suggest this as if money is no object but within reason. As if you were starting from scratch: Take all the fish to a LFS to hold for you. If he dosen't want the rest try for a swap or credit. Scrape and clean the tank. I'd start fresh with...

I am having flatworm problems and really would like to clear it up or at least keep it under control without chemicals. I was told by my LFS that this guy loves to eat them and will keep them at bay. Any advice? Thanks.

:!: I have them too. I noticed them a week or so ago and they are all over my sump glass. I can see them now and they have that obvious horseshoe shape on one end. These are brown and about twice pinhead size. I have hundreds of them and probably thousands. They are even in the main but far...