Recent content by ChaoticReefer

Here's a few. Police chopper circles your house few times a year to check you out. UPS delivery man calls you "Boss" even thou you two know each others 1st name by heart.

It was fine last night if you were already logged on, it seems. But I had trouble on trying to log back on this morning using irc.afterx.net. So I went to their website and got a direct link to one of their servers and it worked. Try: /server moonshine.tx.us.afterx.net

He is some goofball that lives in central California. ;)

I want a post with experience, not from some one that got their first sea hare five minutes ago. :wink:

Any ideas on what might eat it?

Can anyone ID this brown macroalgae? If you want to take a look at other pictures of the algae: http://ww2.chaoticreefer.net:5000/~bill/23nov2004/ But be warned, the picture files are on the big side. Thanks.

Looks like a plumbing nightmare to me. ;-)

How are clown gobies around anemones? I am just wondering. I have tried them in the past but before I had 15 BTAs.

The difference between 250w DE and 400w SE is that the DE has a less lighting area for the high par then the 400w. So all of your high light coral have to be all bunch up in the center if you are running DE. DE bulb is not cooler then SE to touch. The SE spreads the heat out over a larger area...

A normal pH daily cycle can swing between 7.9 and 8.3. Also, I have seen outstanding tanks with pH high as 8.4 and 8.5. So I won't get too worried, you are within the range. Also you might be testing at different times of the day. If you test pH right before the lights come on and 8 hours into...

Are running any carbon too? An acid builds up and makes your water have a yellow/green (mostly yellow) tint.

By "aging" it doesn't really apply to your tank's age. Anemones can survive in tanks right after the tank has stablize from cycling. But what "aging" really means is based on YOU, the hobbyist. Anemone is not recommend until the hobbyist has a year under his/her belt. I am sorry to say FO...

Also, high flow rates keeps FW in check. It most likely doesn't cure the problem, but it keeps them in neglect numbers. I have had FW and couldn't think anyway to get rid of them (there was no way I was about to tear appart my tank and dip everything) so I decided to go with the high flow route...

Yes, your main system alk should go up. And yes, your main system pH should drop, but don't expect a much drop with 280g system, you have good surface flow on you system, pH change should be almost neglect. It doesn't sound like that you have set up your reactor correctly. 1) Your reactor's...

Actually, 50/50 does sound way too high. Out of all the people I know that have tried them only two them went after corals. I have had three none of them have attacked corals. They do their random nibbling that doesn't hurt anything, but not pure out attack. And I think most attacks are on clams...