Recent content by jamesw

Hi Alf, Welcome to reefs.org - it's been a long time! I think we first met at WMC '96 in Seattle! If you would still like to speak with Eric I've sent you his telephone number by Private Message. Cheers James Wiseman www.reefpix.org

Holy cow! I just noticed this: Red planet from May: And from today (December): Cheers James

All right, time for an update. Sorry it's been so long - the tank has been in the gutter but things are turned around finally (thanks winter). I had a terrible summer - which started w/ a dino bloom that killed my ritteri anemone and most of my snails, and caused a lot of bleaching (but not...

Well, to answer your original question: live rock is made up of calcium carbonate. Concrete/cement is made up of calcium silicate. Cheers James

Thanks to you guys I just bought some GFO and a reactor. Thanks a LOT! Cheers James

I've been toying w/ making a GFO canister like that using a typical under-sink housing. What do you use inside the housing to hold the GFO? Even better would be a link :-) Cheers James

Looks like a great golden angel. I used to have one back in the 90's but then it started picking on my clams to the point of killing them :-( It is a beautiful fish, but not worth the risk to me. I tried EVERYTHING to catch him. Eventually I just took out the rock piece by piece...

Heat is definitely an issue and so is low dissolved oxygen. It takes a lot of ice to keep the temp down (especially in Houston) but that may work. A limewood airstone (tiny bubbles) hooked up to a battery powered airpump or battery backup is also essential. Cheers James

I like it! Thanks for sharing. James

Hi Ben, Sorry to hear about your tanks - but glad to see that y'all are diving. That's awesome. In places where it gets really hot, I recommend a backup generator, not just a battery backup. Because when the power goes out (at least here in the South) the tank gets stagnant AND hot in a...

I think the Iwakis are some of the finest pumps made. When you go up to a pump w/ a cooling fan, it will always seem a LOT louder than the 30. Cheers James

Len: the Vortech manual says it's optimum to put them on the rear of the tank. Does anybody do that???? Cheers James

Tunze transfers electrical waste heat to the tank. Vortech does not. Cheers James

Have you been to Iriomote - there is excellent diving there, and it's close and frequented by Japanese divers. Supposed to be FANTASTIC diving and maybe you can collect some rock and softies there. Cheers James

Cool. Don't do it man! - you should get live rock - it's not a reef without it, it's coral xeroscape. Cheers James