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Does anything eat grape culpera (sp)? This stuff has absolutely over ran my tank. It seems that I have to remove a 64oz cup full every 2-3 weeks. I've ran out of room in my refuge and have nowhere else to put any excess. It's really bothering me because it's starting to choke some of my zoos...

I've been away for a while (tons of stuff going on in my life right now), but check out what I brought home this weekend! We went to the hospital Thursday for induction and our son, Michael Lloyd Thompson III was born on Friday the 13th at 10:59 AM. Unfortunately he had to stay in NICU for a...

Has anybody used the Kent Nautilus skimmer? I found one on ebay for about $140 and it looks like a great skimmer, just thought I would check with anybody here first. If anything, it has to be better than the current seaclone I have now, right?

It's been a while since I've been here (various reasons: kid on the way, softball leagues, remodeling, OVERTIME, etc.) and everything has been running great on my reef. No loss of life at all. However, I'm going to have a little extra money to play around with and rather than add any SPS or...

O.K., let's see if I can make this short: The other day, my wonderful wife told me I could have around $80 to spend on my tank! This was a major surprise for me, but she said she knew how much overtime I had been putting in to pay off bills and save for our first child (due in late August)...

To my surprise, I came home to find my firefish in my tidepool sump! I gathered by his stiffness and lack of response, that he didn't survive the trip down the tubing! It's really kind of depressing seeing as this was one of the cooler fish I owned, and he had been doing really well for the...

I've been reading the various posts and articles on deep sand beds, and removing them. Here's my concern, when I first entered this hobby (back in 99) the general consensus was to go with crushed coral as a substrate. Well my tank sprung a leak in late 99 causing me to start from scratch. CC...

Here's my dilema, for Christmas last year, I received a CPR hang on refugium. I went out and my LFS said that regular argonite sand would be find and not to waste my money with "Miracle Mud". Well, my mom was cleaning out here garage yesterday and found a box with "Marine Depot" on the side...

Over the last couple of days, I have noticed at least three of my scarlett hermits have died. All I can find are the carcasses and no shells in the immediate area. Is there something possibly eating my guys? The only culprit I can think of the coral beauty angel, as this is the only new fish...

Well, I was bored last night so I got a wild hair and decided to do some new aquascaping. I have to admit that I got the idea from a previos tank, but am pretty happy with how it turned out. Let me know what you think, positive or negative, I'm always open for suggestions.

O.K. here's the deal, I have a rock in my tank that has been in there forever (I'm talking about two yers). It's black and white striped and cube in shape. I looked on some geology websites and have narrowed it down to either Granite, Diorite (Igneous), or Gneiss (metamorphic). My question...

Nothing new here, just trying out my buddy's DC. You'll have to excuse the patch of cyano on the sand, he came over before I could "properly prepare" for photography. I'm also thinking about getting rid of the return pipe and putting in something different. I know, it's a terrible eyesore...

I just recently upgraded my lighting from 440W VHO and 110W PC to 440W VHO and 2- 250W MH (10K). After about three days under these new bulbs, my acro started bleaching. I moved the coral to the bottom, but it is still slowly losing tissue. I haven't noticed anything picking at it, and it was...

I was on ebay the other day and stumbled across some MH bulbs. They were 250W 10K and had a buy it now price of $38 with shipping running $8.80 for any quantity. I went ahead and bought two to try them out, but has anybody here ever heard, or purchased these bulbs before? I don't know how to...

I found out my new light for Christmas are from www.aquaticlight.com Has anybody ordered MH from them before? I'm getting 2 250W, but I don't know what type of bulb to get (brand, color, etc.). Also, I'm afraid my canopy doesn't sit high enough. Right now, my VHOs sit about 11" from the top...