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http://reefbuilders....-coral-listing/ Could really use everyone's help on this one which is incredibly important to any of us that owns a reef aquarium. This proposed ESA listing could have a detrimental impact on all of us. I encourage everyone to please submit your comments no later than tomorrow evening. Thank you! Commentary here: http://www.reef2rainforest.com/2013/04/04/commentary-noaas-20122013-66-coral-esa-proposal/ OPINION By Matt Pedersen, CORAL Magazine Senior Editor

Good advice above. My question is this just a frag tank with say, some egg-crate to hold plugs or discs; or are you intending to house a wrasse or few fish to patrol the tank and be a small display & tank to grow your frags? Depending on quality of water in your 120 I would use 50/50 of some water from 120 system and the other half new mixed water. Are you buying extra new rock for this 29 or going to take a little from your system? Assuming you have a sump on your 150 you could put a few pieces of rock in that for a week to speed cycle of new rock. End of day, what are your long term goals? The old saying is nothing good happens when you rush things with a reef tank. Unless you really need to move the coral frags to make space, it may be better to take it slow and make sure it is stable rather than put frags in first week and have a system crash. When ready, I would also start first week slow with a few frags and see how they do before filling tank with frags.

Updated post to add second speaker. Will get is talk topic posted soon. Will also coordinate with Tony to see if we can get him to sell MACNA 2013 tickets at the meeting. VENDORS & MEMBERS who want to set up a small display. Please let the Officer team know you plan to come (1) so we can plan & provide you a booth space; (2) so we can update this post to list Vendors & proide you advertising value.

Welcome Wade. We may have met at Boston MACNA back in 2004 if I'm recalling correct that Reefs.org had a booth. - I believe Tom (Origami) said at annual meeting that we have about 550 paid members. If you have any desire to moderate again - with your resume and experience - you would be a welcome addition to the WAMAS forums team.

Good question. This topic comes up every few years. Lots of members have experience with angels and have posted good advice above. We have one member who has over 50 angels in various tanks in his house ... copps. He has given a talk to the club int he past on keeping angels and has even spoken at MACNA & other clubs on the topic. You can find a few of his posts here: http://wamas.org/for...gel#entry199344 http://wamas.org/for...gel#entry123404 You can do your own search, just use advanced search feature in put in copps as author and you will get some hits. In the past I kept flame, coral beauty, majestic, emperor & regal in my 215 tank. Had tank crash last spring and lost them. I now have trio of flame angels, multi color, juv. emperor, juv. queen, and juv. blueface & juv. regal in my mostly sps dominated tank with few lps and 3 clams. The flames are the ones that "nip" at corals the most. But they also nip at the rock as they spend the day swiming from end to end searching for pods and things to eat in the tank. But all the angels I have kept over the years all swim the reef rock in my tank searching for pods and stuff to eat. So you will see them nip at the pods they find. If your corals are healthy, you should not suffer any harm unless the fish is constantly picking on one coral all day long. My reward for keeping trio of flames is I get to watch the two larger pair attempt to spawn. Once you get fish past QT tank, if you do that, you should get or make some kind of acclimation chamber you can put in your tank and leave the new angel in there for a day or longer. This will allow the current fish to see the new fish but the will not be able to attack it. Over time their interest in the new fish will slow and you can then release. Put a pvc pipe section in chamber to give fish place to hide, this will allow new fish to get used to your water and not be totally stressed. I put a sheet of nori in my tank daily to allow the angels and tangs to graze all day. Also feed frozen 1-2 times a day and hit the tank with flake or pellets another time. Good luck on your new addition. And yes Juvies are somewhat easier to get to adapt to eating tank foods. Some adults are feeding specialists and don't accept our offerings.

Looks like its time to call in sick & make the trip on over soon.

Thanks for the help today. Lots of nice fish and corals in stock. Candy hog is doing great. Nice trip to manassas and fun day visiting .

http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index.php/current-issue/article/76-tank-of-the-month All good tanks. I love SPS so I enjoy the tanks and shows the work the members invest. Here is one from Copps RC TOTM in Jan 2011 so maybe Dec. 2010. Looked as good when I was there last fall.

First article here: http://www.sfgate.co...p#photo-4232044 Another article here: http://www.sci-news....ticle00894.html Way to go Rich Ross!

Via Bruce Carlson

WAMAS SPRING MEETING - Oakton High School, Vienna, VA - April 14, 2013 (Sunday) The Spring Meeting of The Washington Area Marine Aquarist Society (WAMAS) will be on Sunday April 14, 2013 from 1:30-5:00 p.m. at Oakton High School, 2900 Sutton Road, Vienna, VA 22181 (immediately outside Washington, DC). Go in through Door 5. Special Guests and Highlights: - Speaker: Todd Gardner - "Frontiers in Marine Fish Culture" - Speaker: Tony Vargas - "Successful Reef Aquariums" Vendors on site: - Artfully Acrylic & Incredible Corals - Dr. Mac's Pacific East Aquaculture - Exotic Reef Creations - Jan's Natural Reef Foods WAMAS Members selling/trading (table display) - Captain Ron - Copps - DaveS - Gantz Aquatics Along with lots of frag swapping and a great raffle, this is sure to be a meeting NOT to miss! For further information on the WAMAS Fall Meeting, visit our web site http://www.wamas.org/ Who: WAMAS (Washington D.C. Area Marine Aquarist Society) When: April 14, 2013 (Sunday) Time: 1:30 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. (EST) Where: Oakton High School (Door 5) 2900 Sutton Road, Vienna, VA 22181 Agenda 1:00 - 1:30 Sign-in / socialize 1:30 - 1:45 Club business 1:45 - 2:45 Todd Gardner - "Frontiers in Marine Fish Culture" 2:45 - 3:00 Break 3:00 - 4:00 Tony Vargas - "Successful Reef Aquariums" 4:15 Raffle! Miscellaneous - food & drinks provided Todd Gardner Talk: Frontiers in Marine Fish Culture - Todd will be discussing the challenges involved in the propagation of marine fishes, based on more than 20 years of breeding experience. From the basics to the most recent breakthroughs; from research and development, to commercial production, Todd will address how the direction of aquaculture technology is impacting our hobby, and most importantly, how the average aquarist can contribute to the advancement of aquaculture. Bio: Todd Gardner grew up on Long Island where his aquarium-keeping habit, which started around age 6, was encouraged by his parents and an abundance of local marine life. In 1988, Todd began attending East Stroudsburg University where he founded the ESU Marine Science Club. In 1991, while working as an intern at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Todd became acquainted with the techniques of algae and rotifer culture, two skills that would open up a whole new world to him. In 1993 he graduated from East Stroudsburg University with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and marine science. After graduation he spent a year working for Blue Earth Films, assisting in the production of a National Geographic Explorer feature film about coastal marine life. His job was to collect and maintain as many interesting creatures as possible for filming in aquaria. It was in those tanks that Todd experienced his first successes in the spawning and rearing of marine fishes. He found fish culture to be so addictive, and such a worthy cause, that he felt he had little choice but to devote his life to it. Todd spent the next 3 years working for Bill Addison at C-quest, the world's largest marine ornamental fish hatchery, where he worked on developing technology for the production of new marine species. His most important contribution was the development of a technique for commercial scale production of the Pseudochromids (dottybacks), allowing for the first widespread availability of several species including Pseudochromis fridmani, P. aldabrensis, P. flavivertex, and P. springeri. In September 1998, Todd decided it was time to get more serious about aquaculture research and with some regret, left C-quest behind to pursue a Master of Science degree in biology at New York's Hofstra University where he completed a thesis on the early nutrition of the lined seahorse, Hippocampus erectus. Todd currently lives in Calverton, NY with his wife, Ashleigh and son, Finn. He works at The Long Island Aquarium, a small but highly regarded public aquarium on the east end of Long Island where he cares for a number of exhibit tanks, leads collecting excursions, and continues his aquaculture research behind the scenes. To date, he has raised more than 50 species of marine fish. In his spare time, Todd dives, photographs marine life, writes about marine life, teaches college biology courses, competes in triathlons, and plays music. Tony Vargas Bio Tony Vargas started his aquatic adventures at the age of seven, with Guppies in a pickle jar. Shortly thereafter, he was breeding a large host of freshwater tropical’s. In the early eighties he took a giant leap forward and assembled his very first salt water aquarium (fish only). Moving on to more challenging waters, in the mid 1980′s, he took another leap forward and experimented with marine invertebrates and corals. Moving forward in the late eighties a handful of aquarist including Tony were among the first in United States to successfully keep and maintain Acropora alive in captivity, long term. Tony began to share this experiences and knowledge with others through the many articles he wrote in a column titled “Feature Coral” for FAMA magazine. One of the Acropora articles in FAMA was acknowledge in Carden Wallace text book on Acropora titled “Staghorn Corals of the World.” Today, Tony SCUBA dives around the world taking underwater photos and observing many of these creatures in their natural environment. With his writings he has effectively communicated his experiences and observations. Tony has traveled the States and Europe giving lectures and consultations on corals, reef fish husbandry, and complete system design. Recently, Tony has completed work on his forthcoming book titled “The Coral Reef Aquarium.” This book focuses on the basics of reef keeping, how to properly assemble a coral reef aquarium (five great examples), and the long term care of these critters in a captive environment. Forward by Sanjay Joshi and Preface by J. Charles Delbeek. Directions: - NOTE: HS is about 1/4 mile from Vienna Metro stop on Orange line Here's a map from Mapquest[/b] Map link Special thanks to theses sponsors. Please support them & say thanks next time you shop with them. You can find their website address by visiting their forum or the sponsor page on the WAMAS website. - Air, Water & Ice - Aquaholics - Aquatic Obsession - Artfully Acrylic & Incredible Corals - Avast Marine - Blue Ribbon Koi - Dr. Mac's Pacific East Aquaculture - Exotic Reef Creations - Fantastic Frags - Fins & Feathers - Jan's Natural Reef Foods - Petland - Premium Aquatics - Reef eScape - SaltwaterWorx - www.FishNReef.com - Quantum Reefs - Rob's Aquarium Service * Save your receipts from our sponsors and get raffle prize tickets

Vendor - no. But he is just about the most passionate person in the hobby who goes the extra mile to care for his tanks and knows how to provide a good home for his corals & fish. His also one of the few in the hobby who can tell you the family-tree-history of every coral in his tank.

We hope you had another great year. We look forward to seeing all the posts showing off all the new tank gifts you may receive this holiday season. Whatever you celebrate, enjoy the time with your family. Regards, WAMAS Officers & Moderators PS: Don't forget the receipts for raffle program. If you get a gift certificate to a local store or one of our sponsors, save your receipt. You can check out the program details here: http://www.wamas.org...ew-member-perk/

http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/04/world/asia/pitcairn-marine-bounty/index.html?hpt=hp_c2 Anyone see this article?

Don't let these post change your mind. I had an AC III and now have the Apex. Once you play around with it for a few minutes it is easy to flash firmware and get outlets working. The only tricks are some home networks need a few adjustments for apex to work without a firewall blocking. And the new firmware & android / iphone apps coming out this fall will make it that much better. I have fios so I went into the router settings and change a port forwarding setting. I also gave my apex its own IP on my network. Then using canyouseeme.org I can get my ip address and ping apex to log into web-interface to adjust settings and see graphs. Good luck getting yours to work the way you want.

I rune Tunze streams that I got before vortex came on market. Not sure if you need separate vortech controller or if that just gives you "extra" control options for wireless units. http://www.neptunesystems.com/vortech-wireless-module-wxm/ If nobody here helps - try Nepture forum on Reef Central.

what pump you using for return? ... what is your flow rate? I would think your tank should be able to take 450-600 gph in overflow rate with the all glass mega-flow. Maybe you don't have the turnover rate needed. Just guessing here. I wouldn't say your tank it to cold until you hit below 72. Most websites recommend keeping fish b/w 72-78. But the big daily swings of 3+ degrees can be stressful on livestock. You should be fine with temp probe in tank.

I would also check location of temp probe and make sure it is not close to heater or down-stream of heater. If you have extra outlet on apex, then worth it to use two heaters - one as backup (set a half degree off main heater). Light on the heater may not mean it is actually working - does it feel warm? Any external fans running when lights on? You could use apex to turn fans off at night so temp doesn't drop as much.

Bump -updated bio. We are still working to get location confirmed.

Congrats on the spawning pair. Unless you plan to raise them, I don't see the need to remove the branch from your tank unless the parents are protecting the next and attempting to kill other fish. After a set number of days the eggs will hatch and they will become food for your tank. If you could determine what day the eggs were laid; and how long the eggs take to hatch, you could then move the branch to a separte tank the afternoon before they are to hatch. Many who have raised clowns have done that - removed the tile or rock eggs on at 8th day and put in new tank to hatch. Right now the parents are just tending to the eggs and probably picking out dead eggs. Best to let them do their job up until day the eggs should hatch.

http://www.macna2013.com/ MACNA 2013 will be held at the world renowned Westin Diplomat Hotel of Hollywood Florida. One refreshing destination with two unique experiences. Choose beachfront surf and sand or a more intimate stay surrounded by manicured golf course greens and an indulgent full-service spa. Breathe in the scents of lemongrass ginger with green tea and indulge in the calming effects of the full-service Spa at The Diplomat featuring Aura Salon. Challenge yourself with an early morning tee time on the 18-hole golf course, managed by Troon Golf

http://www.wamas.org/forums/topic/51980-anyone-else-going-to-macna/page__st__25__p__439393__hl__macna__fromsearch__1entry439393 is another topic on it. looks like: -me (Craig) -copps (John) -dbartco (Doug) -Reef eScape crew (Phil) -Naga (Jeff) -Avast (Justin) -Dr. Mac's crew ... and you, Max!

dr foster smith - code is "DFS15OFF" if you want to save $15. I just got my ticket so I can go supervise Doug.