Recent content by Ray039

Sixlines are little buggers! The bigger they get the meaner they get. He will eventually kill your Fire Shrimp.

Well not totally free. Final cost is $0.50 You guys may have seen this already but just in case. A ton of BRS members were all over this today! IntelliTEC Digital Water Purity Tester http://www.buy.com/prod//q/loc/63024/204941998.html

Hi Gang: I have 2 Aqualine 250w 10/13K mogul based MH bulbs for sale. They only have about 4 months on them so plenty of life left. $40 ea or 2 for $75 I also have 3 250w 20K XM mogul based MH bulbs. Age unkown, great for spares or sump/fuge. $20 ea Paypal accepted and of course will ship...

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The larvae stage is when they are free swimming and yes they can land on other corals and make their way to your acros eventually. I have way too many inverts to try and pick them out. My four shrimp alone have been in the reef since the beginning so digging out their caves would be the only...

Marco Rock is great stuff. Marc maintains an excellent reputation up here in New England!

I started in the hobby (3.5 years ago) with 90 lbs of live rock from Foster and Smith. The die off and the ammonia was HUGE!! I covered the tank with garbage bags and lights out for 6 weeks. That was the longest six weeks of my life! :D I still have the same rock in my tank and it's doing...

If you're going to treat the entire tank you'll lose most of your inverts. Better to remove th einfected coral(s) and treat in QT. Before: After: I followed Marc's methods from http://www.melevsreef.com/redbugs.html . Worked like a champ for me. 4 weeks later and still no sign of Red...

I use the Hamilton ballasts with Aqualine 10K's.

I was looking at the Reeflux 14K. They're priced pretty reasonably too.

So now that I'm back to my metal halides, I'm trying to find just the right bulbs that will provide good growth and be pleasing to the eye. I had the 250w 20K XM bulbs in and they look amazing. Very blue/purple which I like. Problem is growth is next to nothing. I now have the Aqualine 10K...

Very cool mushroom rock. Love it!

Red Slime is not an algae. It's a bacteria.

I would agree and say leave it alone. Do some research on Xenia and you'll see that it's perfectly natural for them to "melt" away and come back. It'll be fine. Check your MG levels. They should be around 1300-1350.

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