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I looked at the threads. They match exactly. I do feed my tank heavy (zooplankton) because I have good sponge growth, so I hope they will do fine. When I bought them they had no colonial tunicate tops on the stalks and the LPS ( which ID them wrong ) said they were hardy. I will inform the store...

I bought this at LFS and they called it a Blue Palm Soft Coral. I have not been able to find anything out about this coral under this name. It was just a bunch of fingers when I purchased it and with in a weeks time it has sprouted the pom poms on top of the stalks. This is very fast growth...

I asked squeezix for 2 LFS's that he liked in Ft Laudedale on another post and these were .

Could you post your LFS in this thread I started? List of LFS's in southeast Florida. I would be interested in the names. Thanks

It is very difficult to locate marine fish stores in your area if you are looking outside of your city. If you could list your LFS with address and if you like them in Southeast Florida it would help locate stores that people might not know about. ( Jupiter to Miami area ) I shop mainly at...

Yes, you are right. I just got my answer from DR RON and he said the same thing, that it was an advanced snail. Do you know what kind of snail you saw?

It was suggested that it might be egg case of a snail by Dr Ron.

Looks like an encrusting sponge. See Chondrilla or chicken liver sponge. It comes in brown,black and orange colors. It can encrust corals but is safe for a reef tank if this is your critter. This is what it looks like to me but I am not an expert, just a flunky. This quote is from research...

Its white, feels rubbery hard, not a stoney and has a hole in each segment. Its from Florida . :?:

Seven Ephors, doesn't the higher 10k also go deeper in the tank so if you had a higher tank depth the more blue 10k would be better, also deeper water inverts would like it more? Just ran across this while researching MH's hight above surface.

Why do you think the coral is dyed? Their is a Fire coral ( Heliopora coerulea ) that has a blue skeleton when it dies. Could this be your blue coral?

Thanks for the input Annelido del Mar. I didn't think about the MH's giving anything a sunburn. I was not planning on having adjustable light hights but I might have to or the brightness maybe to much at first. I run 4 96watt PC's now and I wonder how much stronger it would be to add MH's all at...

Yes AGT I love where I live. I am not saying it is the only or the best place, just supporting a life I am happy with. It's not meant as a put down to someone else but as a thank you to my country. Now back to my question. I want to know how high off the water for heat reasons. The lights will...

I am building a new canapy for my reef tank. It now has four pc 96w lights and I use a 1/3 hp chiller for a 140 gal. tank. I would like to know how high up I should have the bottom of the new MH light's from the water surface. I was thinking of getting Custom sealife's 2 bulb 175watt spots to go...

Scubadude, Hope it turns out great for you. What about winter? I live on the east coast across from you and the wind and couple of days of cold in the winter might be to much for thin wall milar. What can you do, heat each tank separate or will your underground pipe be enough? We get a lot of...