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I had a friend who moved up to bean town awhile ago (Casey) And I think shes doing the same as you moving back down south. Good luck on the move if your going to ship any corals for the move you're more than welcome to send 'em to my house!!

how are his prices?

Glad to see your going to join us seriously the best $20 spent in the hobby. When are you planning on moving (Back) down to DC?

count me in! I want to learn how to Force/split a RBTA

more like Sushi heaven!!

second that question... can I pay at the door also?

that's cool, I wondering what is the ideal environment for the little fry to survive?

holy crap thats huge.

I second that, they also have a decent supply of schedule 80 parts... not to mention hard to find gate valves for those skimmer mods we all like.

I'm willing to help, just let me know what you need me to do!

Sara, try to get a refractometer for testing your salinity. It is much more accurate.

that has to be the strangest thing I have seen in someones tank... dude that thing is cool looking, I mean it looks like he has cheetos on his back!!! I know I'm a dork.

WELCOME Sara!!!

nice count me in, I have always been told to use ro/di to calibrate the refractometer but this seems more acurate

kngfisher, that is a crazy amount of coraline algae all over your tank!! looking good! I really want to take you up on your offer but since I have such a small tank the xenia will take over in a month!!! BTW your tank is awesome!

Welcome aboard!

i had to trade the wife: 5 days walking dog, 3 days washing dishes, one week of neighborhood walks and one weekend away to the country for a picnic and hike. Dude this what I call commitment... H-E-double hocky sticks yeah I'll be there!

I have a small colony of watermelon Zoanthids (30+ polyps)

Welcome to WAMAS! glade to see you have found the best reefer club on the east coast! It took only a couple of days before I was up and running so fret not things will be done right for you. Hope to see you at our next meeting on June 23rd!

Dave this is an awesome project! If you ever need help doing something let me know I would really like to see your setup someday.

Relax, this sounds about right for a fresh cycle of a tank. Your best bet is to increase water flow (add a couple of powerheads to prevent deadzones) increasing the water flow will also prevent cyano (red slime) from growing. While you are cycling try reducing the amount of time your main lights are on (I cut my light time from 8 to 4 for 2 weeks when I first start a tank). If you have a protein skimmer run it 24/7 if you don't have one I highly suggest getting one. By just doing those 3 things you can make it through the cycle phase without too much stress of a ugly tank but keep in mind you will have algae blooms but the key is to minimize the fuel in which algae needs to grow. Yes you can siphon off the brown algae off the rocks, I have used a powerhead to blow it off the rocks and then a turkey blaster to get the out of the tank. Phosphates play a major role to growth of algae, you can run carbon and phosaban combo in a media filter to help reduce phosphates and polish the water. Well then again this is IMHO, good luck... BTW Welcome to WAMAS!!

Welcome and hope you find yourself at home here! You'll find WAMAS is a great source of info and friends...

Please mark me next in line! Thanks

wow, great corals! I really like the colors of your clams. Very nice.

My wife gave me a date for the tank tour. If anything it will be a great excuse to come out to my house eat some burgers and drink some beers for lunch! so please RSVP to me via PM to let me know if your gonna come so I can buy enough food and drinks for everyone! Please clear you lunch schedule for July 28, 2007! I guess I will fire the grill up around 12 Noon and will have ye old nano cube looking good fer yunzs to view! My address: 8411 Lazy Creek Ct. Springfield, VA 22153 Map quest works just fine to my house, if you need additional directions give me a call: 703*459*7759 (Cell)