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In cleaning up all my fish stuff I have some stuff.... 1 full bag of CODEX Lime (kalk). Same stuff people have been order pooing. Can't see trying to take the whole bag with me. 1 3/4 full box of Crystal seas marinemix. Don't feel like breaking it up, but if someone want's it, I can bring it with me.

I have used a reeffanatic auto top off for several years and been very happy with it.

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See topic pinned in the General Discussion. Your help is greatly appreciated. Michael

vinegar works wonders to really soften it up, start it breaking down. then just scrape away. I wouldn't worry too much about a little being left behind. Would only break down over time as buffer- and I believe goldfish like harder water?

The director of Reef Protection Institute has sent a request to us to help him with some books for research purposes. Perhaps they can be collected at the meeting on Saturday to make shipping easiest. I will be happy to take care of the mailing. In the event I am not there, perhaps one of the officers can collect them and drop them by my house so I can mail them off to Drew. In brief, the "Reef Guide" is a small pamphlet similar in design to the seafood guides which are little pocket things to take shopping to make responsible purchasing descisions. In this case, livestock for our saltwater tanks. Here is the letter from Drew. Thanks in advance for your help. Michael >>>>>>>>> Hi there - It was nice speaking with you all on Saturday. Thanks, again, for allowing me the chance to speak during your meeting. As I mentioned, we are getting ready to begin research for the Reef Guide and I wanted to see if WAMAS may be able to help us out. Some of the books we intend to use are quite expensive and in an effort to keep our costs down, we were hoping to borrow them from some of our reefer supporters. If you feel it appropriate, perhaps you might query the club and see if anyone would be willing to lend us the following books listed below. If you feel this would be appropriate, please see if we can scroung up books asap. We promise to return them in the same condition they were sent and will replace them no questions asked if they are lost or damaged. Thanks for your continued support! drew list of books needed: Burgess, W. 2000. Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes, TFH Publications. Cato, J. (et al). 2003. Marine Ornamental Species: Collection, Culture & Conservation, Iowa State Press. Fenner, R. 1999. A Fishwatcher's Guide to The Saltwater Aquarium Fishes of the World, Wet Web Media. Fenner, R. 1997. The Conscientious Marine Aquarist: A Commonsense Handbook for Successful Saltwater Hobbyists, TFH Publications. Michael, S. 1999. Marine Fishes: 500+ Essential-To-Know Aquarium Species, TFH Publications. Paletta, M. (et al). 1999. The New Marine Aquarium: Step-By-Step Setup & Stocking Guide, TFH Publications. Tullock, J. 1997. Natural Reef Aquariums: Simplified Approaches to Creating Living Saltwater Microcosms, TFH Publications. Wood, E. (et al). 2003. The Responsible Marine Aquarist, Marine Conservation Society, Ross-On-Wye, UK. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Drew Weiner Director Reef Protection International 300 Broadway, Suite 28 San Francisco, CA 94133 ph: 415-699-2091 fax: 415-788-7324 dweiner@reefprotect.org http://www.reefprotect.org **a project of the Earth Island Institute**

<<<this came through e-mail and thought some from the group might like to try it. I did not inquire as to if these have been used in salt water yet.>>>> I have contacted many of you already.

Sweet piece! Can't wait to see it color in

All 3 are on the right track. It is what is being influenced in the corals the causes the color changes. Brown comes from zoxanthallae density in the tissue. The more zoax, the more brown. Usually an indication of less light, but not always. I think some corals like a lot of those little guys there for other reasons. All the other colors, by and large are UV pigments. Nutrients tend to produce more browns (higher nitrates in particular). When bleaching happens, what I think is happening is both the zoax and the uv pigments are being purged- the corals generals response to cleaning itself out (though sometimes this goes too far and it doesn't recover). there's my conjectures for you Oh Yeah, and the biggest still remains is #3. Why have different uv absorbing colors? Won't one or 2 colors suffice? For further reading there is a pretty lenghty discussion on this pinned in the coral forum at RC.

I read it last night. Les Kaufman is one of the advisors to the RPI board that I work with.... pretty cool issue in general.

I am running the $35 ARO ballast from hellolights. Krish has one as well. It can run 2 bulbs up to 4 feet I believe. I'm only running 2 75W bulbs due to the space in my canopy. Very simple to wire up.

I've had 2 of them. Both were no problem with corals. a racoon was a different story.

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I think I have done most of the past orders with Jemco. Shipping is dirt cheap- they can ship it surface, and I think last time I had a bigger order than this and it was under $10 as I recall. Second, I would recommend a hammer and chisel for breaking the blocks. I have not met a fish that didn't like that mysis shrimp. The Krill is good for anenomes, from my experience. Oh yeah, I think I picked up spirulina powder from them and rose xanthim or something like that. Supposed to be good for coloration. It was in the batch we did at steve's last summer. Nathan swears by red pepper powder. I had always provided phytoplankton in the past. Glenn is getting 3 ripe bottles from me so if they don't crash, a couple liters is good for the liquid base. Have fun. Only a bunch of reef junkies would make a party out of grinding up dead fish.

Dave, want to stop by and empty my freezer? I have a huge chunk of cyclopeeze and shrimp that I won't be taking with me. I can bring it to work and throw it in the freezer if you want. Also a half bottle of selcon that has been kept in the fridge. the korean market just up the road can't be beat for lots of other goodies to throw in such as fish eggs m

if the tissue is connected, then feeding one mouth will suffice. Some brains will truelly spit so their is dead space in between. If this happens feed both mouths. To my knowledge, there won't be live tissue under dead skeleton separating them. The sloughing mentioned happens though not really as you describe. This sounds like normal coral growth. Eric has a seperate web site on the sloughing mentioned that I think is pinned in his Coral forum at RC.

That would be an aptasia anenome. KILL it asap. Reefcentral has a variety of ways of killing them. a whole FAQ I think.

You have found a place that has them for PVC fittings that size? Where? All I have ever found was hose barb Y fittings and those are not real easy to find in bigger sizes either.

It probably came in some of the rock you snagged from me. FWIW. Yeah I had some big ass worms in the tanks. Freaked me out on a regular basis..... I can not say there were any resulting casualties though. Laughing at the goodies all of you guys are finding.

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that coral is dyed. and will likely die.

You are probably 3rd on the list. reelsteel and greatwhit sent me inquiries= but perhaps they won't want it ? It needs to go when I am actually dissembling the tank or after, as I need lights until all the last corals are out.

e-mail sent with a couple suggestions.

When I break down the tank in a couple weeks, The canopy is up for grabs. No lighting or reflectors, but if someone needs a hood, it is good to go. Currently the gray finish of oceanic tanks. Stand is shot and is going into the trash. Michael

razor blade, exacto knife, scissors, etc- all will be fine tools.