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IMO, cutting back the light cycle is a temporary (at best) solution. The only thing it WILL do is stress your corals some. Algae responds to light, true, but it also needs a food source to feed upon. if this food source is available, the algae will utilize whatever light they can get to...

If you have a refugium on your tank, you might try adding Mangroves to the sump. A friend of mine recently added 3 small shoots to his, only to see all types of caulerpa up and disappear over the next week or so. I've also had relatively good success keeping chaetomorpha which seems to...

Hey everyone. Sorry I haven't been around much these days, but RL (that would be Real Life, not ReefLady :D ) has been throwing me more than I can chew ATM. Regardless, I felt obligated to post my experiences with Inreef.Com. First off, I have to give many thanks to Joe, who is a great guy...

BTW, Although not one of my favorite author's, here's a new article by Shimek found in the brand new issue of reefkeeping.com The Grazing Snails, Part I - Turbo, Trochus, Astraea, and Kin -HTH- Cos

They appear to be a "margarite" snail to me too. If so, you'll want to keep cooler temperatures in your tank as these snails are from a colder climate (Southern California coastline). They generally don't fair all that well in a tropical environment as many of our reeftanks are. -HTH- Cos

For those of you following this debacle, an update. The pump is still not here. However, I did finally get a tracking number for my order today! According to UPS, the pump should arrive on my doorstep tomorrow, being shipped out on Friday, the day they promised I would receive it. I also...

Here ya Go ;) Cos

Personally I think it's the water pump you are using. I had an Amiracle counter-current skimmer that I had the same problems with initially. Once getting the "correct" (they recommend 3 pumps, but only use 1 of those) pump, the skimmer worked great. This would only apply to the test runs you...

48 hours later, I broke down and called their 800 #, which was busy for well over 1/2 hour. I ended up calling thier (local) number at the expense of long distance charges before I could finally get a response from this company. Yes, they refused to reply to my emails. I ordered my pump the...

Anyone ever deal with these people, out of Seattle? If so, what were your experiences with them? Any problems? How is customer service/satisfaction? The reason I ask is that I bought a Blueline HD external pump from them almost 2 weeks ago, and still have not received my merchandise...

You know.... Calfo recommends adding a Kalk "slurry" instead of dripping, period. I've gone to using this method on the tank at my shop and it has worked wonders. Remember to use a pH pen the first few times so that you can measure the pH swing in your tank. Too much and you can cause some...

Couldn't agree with that article anymore :) Thanks boomer!

It's hard to say Travis... When you say it doesn't fit my description, what in particular are you refering to? It's been my experience that the cladiellas are by FAR the slimiest and hardest to attach of all the soft corals I've dealt with. The best I can do is liken it to working with thick...

It's surely not a capnella tree coral. FWIW, it doesn't look much like a cladiella either, which would be much softer and easier to pierce through. Slimy is another definite characteristic of cladiella. I'm going with sinularia based on the polyp extension and comments above. Sinularia will...

This thread was just linked to by Travis in another thread, and I was just wondering how that coral is doing for you Jimeluiz? Did it eventually open back up, or stop dropping babies? :) Cos

Well, if the polyps are coming out in the valleys, I'm going to have to change my mind and agree that it is a species of montipora....LOL Sorry :(

I'll bite on this one. I've grown up knowing about freshwater fish since I could start talking. Our basement was a plethora of tanks, in all sizes from 10's to 55's. My dad was a huge African Cichlid breeder back in the 70's, back when breeding them was a still mostly a myth. One thing led...

I'm going to stick my original guess of acropora efflo now that we've seen some great examples of danae growth forms. I don't think it's in the monti family, although I may still be wrong on this one. You mentioned your wife seeing polyps? Were the ployps coming from the tips of the...

I haven't gotten the new pump yet. It should be here by middle of next week I'm hoping. I'll be sure to post back on my opinion of it when I DO get it running though :) If it's just a loud hum you hear, I doubt you will need to replace the impellar. Most likely scenario is the elbow is just...

Hey Katrina, Thanks for that link above on the Panworld pumps. I found the same pump under the Blueline HD series name as well, and bit the bullet and got THIS ONE. Same company, but manufactured for US distribution possibly? Comparable to the Iwaki 55RLT, which is more than suitable to...