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Can someone fill me in on about how significantly an electric bill would vary between using 400+ watts of t5 vs. the same ammount of light using metal halide. Would you also let me know the approximate price differential? Thank you for your help.

Anyone in the bay area looking for some fish stuff? I'm in Rohnert Park/Santa Rosa, and I have a ton of stuff for sale First off, I have a gift certificate to Caesars Tropical fish for $227.00 that I'll sell for $175. I also have a tank setup + dry goods for sale: -100 gallon acrylic black...

I know this doesn't exactly involve reef chemistry =). I'm trying to figure out the upper limit on the efficiency of a heat engine operating between the boiling and freezing points of water... anyone know? Thanks. Jon

I wanted to give people the heads up about "hymerb" on ebay. I never received product. I ended up having to repurchase an item from "aquariumlights".... BIG thumbs up.. really impressed with service/pricing. No flaming intensions, just trying to spread the good word to fellow enthusiasts.

Thanks for the great suggestions. I put a candle in a shallow dish.. and I have it going right now.. sitting on the floor. I'm watching it, and will not leave it burning when I leave the apt. or sleep. How long should this technique take. I'd like to avoid the borax cleanings if possible -...

Hey all... hope you can help, because this situation has not been pleasant. We lent out vacuum to a friend, who has several pets. Unfortunately, we think because the bag was never changed in the vacuum.... we now have some flees hopping around our apartment. I have a nice collection of bits...

My turbastrea has been doing fine feeding a couple of times a week for nearly a year now. Just try your best to get each polyp fed everyweek - the more the better. No need for each to be fed EVERY DAY though. Mine seem to like liquid life w/cyclopeeze.

Unleased... you sound as I did long long ago... and arrogant little bastard unable to distinguish left from right. Learn from those more wise like Greg... it will do you good.

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I got a Crocea about a week ago, and I'm pretty sure it has a "pinched mantle". I've been reading about FW dipping as a temporary solution. I only put the clam in less than a week ago, and I don't think it's latched to the small rock I put it on top of yet. Should wait until it latches its...

The jug wasn't too expensive... maybe I should just get a new one. I would go about just putting it into the tank and testing... but I'm really not sure how to go about correcting any problems that arrise. If I put in both parts equally.. if anything odd does happen, I am assuming it will be...

URGENT- I did something stupid, need chem guys! I was dilluting some new large jugs of Bionic (the ones that get shipped as concentrate)... and I left the room for a while (too long) to come back to a bottle of the Ca part that had been filled the rest of the way with RO/DI, and actually had...

Should Gonis be gradually raised up in the tank, or can I just put it in the top 1/4 of the tank from the start since it likes bright lighting anyway? Thanks

Before I got the goni .. i was reading a thread about how they do alright if you spot feed them the Liquid Life with Cyclopeeze. Thats why I thought I would give it a shot, because I feed that regularly, and would have no problem spot feeding. I acclimated both, and the tang seems to be doing...

I need some urgent help .... I just purchased a Naso Tang + Gonipora. I had some replacement water madeup for the tank for after I drip acclimated them in buckets..... to make a long story short... thats not available anymore... so .. Should I just drip acclimate one, and acclimate the other in...