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A new member is coming to buy my tank tonight. But, he'll need help moving all the stuff over the next couple nights. He lives in Centerville, VA. Please e or PM me if you could help either with the move, or with the set-up in his place. The tank in my condo is at: Horizon House Condominium #725 1300 Army Navy Drive Arlington, VA 22202 http://www.mapblast.com/map.aspx?L=USA&amp...2c+VA+22202|L1| My cell phone number is 7O3-52l-4323 Any help would be greatly appreciated, 'Ric

A new member is coming to buy the tank tonight. But, he'll need help moving all the stuff over the next couple nights. He lives in Centerville, VA. Please e or PM me if you could help either with the move, or the set-up in his place.

If you see it in a photo, but it is not on the list, it's not there. I'm not trying to be a jerk, but I haven't been keeping track. A couple things I do remember is that the Gorgos and Candy Cane (SWAPed them) corals are mostly gone, the frogspawn and torch, and I haven't seen the blue striped cleaner gobies in a while. If you go to my 54g Tank Gallery in my signature line you can click on each fish in most of the pictures and it will pop-up that fishes latin name if you are not sure which is which. ...if there is something in a picture you are particularly interested in, let me know what and I will let you know if I still have it.

The buyer backed out, so it's available again!

I initially tried to get rid of the Majanos with Joe's Juice. It works very well, but eventually they will come back. The ones in my tank had some pretty nice colors, so I stopped trying to get rid of them. They have not taken over the tank like Aptasia as some people say they do. They started to take over a giant rock I have at the top of the tank, but then a colony of Palys grew huge and beat them back. They don't like the Palys. I also got some peppermint shrimp, so maybe they are keeping new ones from coming up? All in all, I don't know what the big deal about them is - unless the ones I have are not really Majanos. They are pink and green flower anemones, basically. Other than growing, what is their downside? 'Ric

Dear fellow members and prospective aquarists: (this is also posted in Members Only Section) I have to admit I have been putting this off (and off, and off...) Fact is we HAVE moved and I have to go back to our old condo to feed and take care of my guys. I knew this day would come and that it would have to go, but I don't have to like it. As an Architect, I put a lot into the design and aquascaping of this reef (my wife might say way too much!) and loved every minute of it. Now, it needs a new home - one that will love it as much as I do. I really wish I could move it to the new house, but that's not possible for a litany of reasons I can't go into. So, here it goes: (please don't ask me to part it out. I really want this system to go as it is, if possible.) REEF VIEW FROM RIGHT: REEF VIEW FROM LEFT: The Cast of Characters: 5

I added a Potters Angel to my tank as well. My Purple Firefish was spooked, and is still a little skiddish, but they co-habitat fine now. Try to squirt some food off to the side of the tank as a diversion for the other fish, then a little right in front of (or even into) where the Firefish is hiding, then step back away from the tank. He may go for easy pickings if he's still alive. 'Ric

Is it tax deductible? If, so, I assume the donors get fair-market-value receipt letters to tax deduction purposes?

I've heard that Green Brittle Stars were notorious for getting big attacking fish. I have a Red Brittle Star that's about a foot in diameter and have had no problems...so far. 'ric

Submitter: Eric Mucklow, 'Ric Location: My 54g Corner Camera Used: Canon 40D Subject: Lovin' a New Host!

Good points, all. I haven't tested my Phosphate myself in a while, so I'll double check that. The flow in the small tank is very low compared to the main tank. Sandbed in the small tank was laced with mature sand, and I've had it going for a while. The Mantis Shrimp has stirred it up A LOT since I added him recently. Maybe that triggered something. I take it that there's nothing that eats it that the Mantis wouldn't eat, right? 'Ric

My main tank has had a patch of red slime or two, but nothing that has ever grown much or lasted long. BUT, even though it shares the same water, slime has taken over a small 3g display refugeium I have as a satellite tank for my Mantis Shrimp and Upside-down Jellyfish. I got some anti-red-slime stuff, sucked out as much as I could with a turkey baster, treated the water, then did a 20% water change, all twice now. It

I agree. If reinforcement had to be added to keep the tubing from kinking too much, it seems that would indicate that it was putting a lot of lateral force on the fitting. I have mine set up with it's own pump from my up-draft DSB sump to my fuge. The out tubing makes a bit of a circular loop so it doesn't pull sideways on the fittings. But, I think I'll look it over again to make sure after reading your post. Another thing to note is that plain PVC pipe will degrade and become brittle over time when exposed to UV light. The fitting should have been made from the type that has UV inhibitors mixed into the formula to prevent ultimate failure. If the manufacture's barb fittings were used, they are probably the correct type of PVC. If an off-the-shelf fitting was used and it had been running for a while, that could have been a factor, too. But, I think this info applies more to what you replace the barb fitting with. I recommend getting a "real" replacement made for UV connections from a manufacturer rather than a Home Depot one (unless the latter specifically says it's UV resistant in its specs. At least your tank is in the basement. I worry about something like that happening to me on the 7th floor of a high rise. The liability exposure from the units next to me and below me is not very comforting. Even though I consciously try to design my system to be as "fail safe" as possible I've already had a couple spills of a couple/few gallons of water each that luckily didn't cause any damage beyond my unit ....that I know of ...yet. 'Ric

What power? I have tried a few different types. Each seem better at some things than others. For example, tripple lens 5-15x gets up close, but the subject has to be so close to the lens its not very practical for things in water. Something I use a lot is just a pair of cheap reading glasses. I got the highest diopter they had at the Harris Teeter Pharmacy; 2.0 or 3.0 I think. Not much mag, but useful for scanning for ich spots, etc. 'Ric

Does your shrimp come out much? When I first got him, he was all over the tank for the first few hours. Now I've had him for a week now, and in that time he's moved from a cave to a burrow he dug under a piece of dead coral. I've been feeding him a couple frozen mysis shimps in the evening and a couple pellets before I got to work in the morning. He doesn't come out, but I can see his little beady eyes looking out at me. When I come by later the food is gone, so I guess he's eating it rather than the regular scavangers in there with him. 'Ric