Recent content by dhoch

Well the wavelenght of the light is the difference, but I belive the 420 will look more purple and the 460 is blueer Dave

Tim, While the flourscent bulb might work, something a little brighter will probably give you better algae growth in your fuge... Dave

regal, You want to test the ph coming out of the reactor.... one simple way to do this is to let it drip into a cup and then test the ph of what's in the cup... Many people monitor their tank's ph (like myself) rather than their reactors effluant... I do check the effulent ph every once in a...

130 ppm calcium on a salifert test? Thats what 5 drops? On a serious note... are you sure you are performing the test correctly? Have you independently verified the test? Dave

Yeah he looks evil when he's that big. (he's actually about 1-2 cm) To give you a sense of scale he's on a CD case (the center part) you can see it really well in pics 2 and 3) so he's not much bigger than that. I found him in my refugium (with some live rock) crawling in the chaeto (so he was...

Here are 4 pictures of a crab I found in my refugium...I put him in the sump...What is he... is he safe? Thanks (and feel free to use the pictures for the hitchikers id).

Len, Thanks... That's why I'm trying to achieve. I don't seem to have the sharpness and crispness I want with most of the pictures I am taking now (but they are a big improvement over what I was doing). Dave

Ok, I did it. I went and got a Nikon D70. I picked this over the Canon because I have more friends/family using the Nikon camera mount (i.e. I can borrow their lenses). I have not yet purchased a lens yet, but have been using a Tamaron 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Telephot Macro Lens (loaned to me by a...

So you guys think a fixed focal length lense for macro as opposed to a zoom? I'm thinking of two lenses to start... One for Macro and one zoom for more general photography. Dave

Ok, So I'm going to bite the bullet (just got a bonus and the wife is going to let me buy the camera) and get the D70. THe question is what Macro Lense should I buy? Suggestions? Dave

What about lenses for this camera. I really want a decent macro lense and a more all purpose zoom. Thoughts? Thanks, Dave

I'm in the market for a new digital Camera. I have looked at a number of them (and gone to dpreview extensively). Cameras I am considering: Nikon D70 Canon EOS 300D Nikon 8800 (new) Canon G6 Canon Power Shot Pro1 I'm basically trying to weigh the flexibility of the SLR...

Try to find an experience person, even if he is not the one to do the daily care, that can come in and look in on the tank if the non-experienced person has trouble/questions. Dave

Well for those of you who are following this I'm sure it's the lighting now. Two days ago I again removed the Anthelia from my refugium and placed it back in the main 125 tank (this was tuesday evening). By the time lights out it was allready starting to look bleached. I took one of my old all...

Well, the tank was a FOWLR that the coral decimater (French Angel) has been removed from to another friends tank, and is for the most part without corals. The Anthelia was not near any of the other corals (Torch coral, 4-5 diferent zoos and a gorgonian). Is Anthelia a low flow species? Does...