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There is also the problem of abrasive action of the sand. Due to the vibration and motion in shipment there will be a significant mortality due to mechanical abrasion. The sand particals are sharp! There is a school of thought that this can be minimized by reducing the amount of water as much as...

This may be just a "Southern" phenomina but most of our grocery stores carry "Canning" supplies. I guess 'cause we do alot of gardening and "put up" the surplus yield as preserves. Ask your Wal-Mart where their "Ball canning or Mason jars" are and the other supplies ( including the lime )...

It is a fine unit and will do the job for you. I have one running on my 240, collect about a quart of material over a 2 wk period depending on how I feed. I run any overflow into a gal. milk jug and dispose periodically. You can fabricate a top out of one of those little plastic potted plant...

While JAWBONE may be a very fine person - I suspect his manner of "disposal" - send it to ME for PROPER disposition!!

I built my own, enclosed with three sliding panels on each side. Hey, it's a large tank - 240 gal Oceanic - and me, I'm cheap!

Has anyone noticed how much "character" and patience reef keeping builds in us?? Good things happen soooo very slowly but bad things -- so damn fast!! Really sorry to hear the failure but do concur that you should being things back slowly.

In fact, in my experience, radical distrubence of the substrate will release a lot of the "bad" stuff being generated and used by the "good" guys living there. Best to leave it alone - it is doing a good job for you!

This particular one was not just in the water but a point source on one of the rocks - it flashed and then slowly faded, so my assumtion is that it was an animal distrubed by my activity. Like a very large lightining bug!!

Let me ask another -- those who do feed at night or at least view their reef with the lights out, how many notice bioluminescent activity? Last night I was feeding and "Bang!" a nice little flash of light that slowly diminished ( but to fast to identify the source ). I knew it occured - just...

Anyone feed the reef at night? Noticed any different results? Do you do this regularly or once in awhile?