Recent content by voyto

Your best bet is a combination of snails. My favorites are wild caught trochus, because they are fairly longlived and can right themselves (usually) if they fall over. Astrea and margarita snails are cheaper, but are not nearly as hardy. Any of the others, including ceriths have their niche as...

I have found c. furcata to be a very good beginners coral. It does not require enormous amounts of light. I have colonies in several different places around my tank. With less than 3 WPG of VHO, my c. furcata is happy and well adjusted, even in lower light areas of the tank. A good choice for a...

Witnessed A. Frenatus pair spawning last night. Female has been in tank for three years, male for a year. Host is E. quadricolor (bubbletip)and this is the first time I have witnessed this event. Egg mass is on underside of large acropora colony where they can be guarded from the comfort of hte...

I agree with Minh. I know that I have more invested in my library than alot of newbies expect to have in their tanks.

So, Jeremy, you have seen this same phenomenon with IO? When did you first notice it? It seems to have really accelerated here since the first of the year. Hope the store's doing well. I still have the r. inchoata you sent. voyto

I recently placed a tee and use both outlets from my 3000 series korallin. This keeps pump pressure on the outlet and also allows excess CO2 to bleed off. The supply water for the reactor comes from my main tank and the reactor is at sump level. I tried forever to get the thing to pick up water...

An interesting observation: LFS has an enormous amount of platy precipitation in SW mixing tank. Several inches thick at bottom of large plastic (300? g mixing tank). Very platy on tank sides. Instant OCean Salt mixed to make bulk SW for store systems. Calcium content in SW from this tank is...