Recent content by ravenmore

I'm eventually planning on alternating 2 x 250 watt iwasaki's and 2 x 400 watt XM's over my 55+. I figure 1 bulb per every foot of tank will keep the colors from "banding" in the tank. Any bulb that is more "blue" will be less intense because it doesn't have the other spectrums present. More...

btw - I have a photography website if you guys want to check it out. It's www.harrisimaging.com - it's kind of just a random assemblage of my old portfolios. All the aquarium stuff was done with a toshiba pdr-m4(RIP), a camera that doesn't hold a candle to any of these cameras we are talking...

This is probably getting waaaay to nit picky for the topic starting this discussion, but..... The best lenses aren't generally Japanese, they're German. Zeiss, Leica, and Schneider probably have consistantly the best glass out there. You'll find these lenses in a range of consumer level...

The E-20 is more of a pro grade camera. It had some quirks, like unusually long write times or not enough buffer memory....it's been a while since I've looked into it. Plus it used to be very pricey - something on the scale of $2k - although it might have dropped substantially by now. You might...

Well the 4500 is a good camera, and probably the best bang for the buck from Nikon, but it is a 4 megapixel camera, and the 5050 is a 5 megapixel camera. Also, the 5050 does take compact flash memory, but it also takes smart media memory and the new XD memory format. It can use the compact flash...

They're all good cameras - I researched and researched for a long time. I was looking real hard at the 717 - I passed on the nikon's as they were too much $$$ for what you received. I eventually ended up passing on the 717 because the memory sticks only went to 128 MB. I finally chose the...

I think it's a cool idea - pun intended. My MH is driving my electricity bill through the roof. I don't think its from their direct electrical draw as it is from the amount of heat they throw into my apartment. This causes my ac to run non-stop and, during the really hot months here in Texas...

I've heard any heat to the broccoli can destroy some of the vitamins in them. I used to freeze it and then put it in the tank - that softened it up enough. See: BTW - broccoli can cure hlle. That's why I was feeding it to my tang. resized your pic to 800 pixels wide for better display, and...

my tufa started sprouting all kinds of stuff right off the bat. Within a few months you couldn't tell it from the marshall and manono island live rock I had in the tank. Specifically, I'm talking coraline algae, various pods, vermitid snails, spaghetti worms, small white brittle stars, and...

Pickling Lime and Kalkwasser are the same thing (calcium hydroxide). The thing is pickling lime is $1.50 for a 1 POUND BAG. There is an outdoor home flood light sold at Home Depot made by Lights of America. The 65watt version of the light is actually a 6500k Power Compact light that is "weather...

Hi guys, Tufa is a mineral deposit. It forms only under water and can be EXTREMELY porous and light. It is mainly comprised of calcium carbonate, good stuff for a reef tank. It's soft enough to be carved easily. Any rock that has previously had life on it could have dead, dried out organic...