WreckDiver

+1 on the German Blue Polyp

+2 but no loupe either. Float then 5 Mins in Revive Rinse with tank SW 15 Mins in Lugols Dip Rinse with tank SW 30 Min Interceptor Dip Rinse with tank SW Place in tank If it is a Montipora then they get another dip in Levaminsole

Do you know how much their boxes of RC are. WIth my 273 gal system I go through almost a bucket a month and ordered 10 buckets from Drs F&S when they had it for 31.99 and only 18.00 shipping for all 10 but now am down to my last 4 buckets and looking to restock soon. It would be well worth the drive from Richmond for a bulk buy since all the LFS's down here are getting 49.99 - 59.99 per 160G Bucket and no one has the new 200G boxes.

I use a Deltec KM500 Stirrer and High Purity Kalkwasser from BRS (Bulk Reef Supply). While ther is not much difference between Mrs Wages and other Calcium Hydroxide products, I just do not like the yellow sludge left from Mrs Wages. With a good pure form of Calcium Hydroxide, there is no problem at all with getting the solids in the sump. They can actually be beneficial as they will raise the amount of calcium that is added. You do not want it to go straight into the display, but if it goes in the sump then it will mix before hitting the display. I have been dosing a milky kalk solution (flow from top off mixes up the kalk in the stirrer before ir drips instead of just the clear liquid) for over a year now with impressive growth and coral health. Also the saturation level for Kalk in RODI is 2 tsp/gal.

No, but similar. It was Dried Puccani from my LFS. They had a couple pallets of it and I dug through it till I found the largest pieces that would allow me to aquascape how I wanted with three distinct pillar type structures with a lot of open spaces and caves.

Yeah tell me about it, and most of that is growth. I have added quite a few frags recently but all of the colonies are the same ones from a year ago and have doubled or tripled in size. I have even sold two 8" acro colonies so I would have room for some nicer corals.

Here is a couple build picts and a link to my photo gallery with the Build picts and the pump room. I am planning on taking some newer picts here shortly, just have to borrow my friends camera again as I tried taking some the other day with my P&S Digital 8.1mp camera and compared to the DSLR picts they just suck, so I cant bear to upload them to my Gallery. My Gallery This is what the tank originally looked like when I bought it After I reskinned and refinished the stand and canopy After painting and adding the 4 way closed loop Tank Plumbing and Closed Loop Beginning of the Sump Room Skimmer First additions after cycling (August 2008) and here it is almost 1 year later (July 2009)

For the windward side, I don't think Larry's Wild Side Diving will take anyone that does not have their Advanced Cert. It is not really bad once below the surface. but getting there and getting in and out of the 6 man zodiac in 3-4ft seas can be rough. Once you are down to about 30ft, it is pretty calm with just a little current, probably around 2 knot current at worst. Vis is nothing like the 100ft commonly seen on the leeward side though, I would say 20-30ft vis maybe 40 on a good day.

I have had the Phils since approx June 2008. It has easily doubled if not close to tripled in size since I got it. Here is a poor picture of it back in July 2008 in my frag system. It was moved from there to the 180G when it was setup in August 2008 and has grown to what it is now.

Believe it of not the camera and housing is just a Canon A630 with the Canon Underwater Housing for it rated to 130fsw. The whole outfit cost around 500.00 then I have a Sea and Sea digital strobe. Looking at getting a Canon D40, housing, macro lenses, and 2x 50W HID strobes, but that outfit will cost some major mullah. Camera and lenses will run around a grand, strobes are 1500.00, and the housing is right at 2500.00. I do both Boat and Shore dives in Bonaire. I love going over to Klein Bonaire and diving off the beaten path. I also like going over to the windward side of the island and going out with Larry's Wild Side Diving. It pretty rough and hardcore with only a 6 man zodiac, but there are a lot more pelagics (Large Open Ocean Fish) on that side of the island. My favorite diving place so far has been Bonaire, but have a trip in the works for 2010 to go to Raja Amput, Phukett, and the Great Barrier Reef. Hope to have the new camera setup by then. Reefs are cool for diving but my passion is WreckDiving. I love going into the shipwrecks and exploring, just make sure you are certified for it before you try it as it can be VERY dangerous if not done correctly. One wrong move and you can silt yourself out and not know which way is up,down, in or out. I always run Wreck Reels when I penetrate a wreck so I can find my way out in these situations should they happen. As for sand tigers, I find them to be the most gentle of any of the sharks. I have "petted" many of them on the wrecks and have NEVER seen any sort of agression from them. Bulls on the other hand, I have had two VERY close calls with. The last one was so close I thought I might get my leg bitten off. I had kicked the 9ft Bull Shark 3 times in the nose with my fins before he finally swam off and I got the H-E-double hockey sticks out of the area. I really do not like Bull Sharks. Grey Reefs and Lemons are OK but very skiddish and unpredictable, Tigers and GW I have only seen in the distance and that is just fine with me. I do hope to take a trip to South Africa and do some cage diving with the GW's though

Those are from a couple of different wrecks but both are around 115 fsw. till rather shallow compared to some I have done. Deepest dive so far is 265 ft. Yeah those are sand tiger sharks. I love Sharks and diving with them. I have dove with Sand Tigers, Lemon, Grey Reef Sharks, Bulls on a couple of ocassions (very scary adreniline rush there, have to keep your eyes on them at all times), Seen a Tiger Shark while diving in the Bahamas in the distance (about 70ft away) and even Saw a Great White off NC about 4-5 years ago (that was a quickly aborted dive ) yeah there are a lot of Gorgonians on the wrecks off NC, but not a single coral of any kind. Lots of Volitan Lionfish though.

Bonaire WreckDiving in Morehead City, NC

Ora Phils Granulosa, My little non purple Tyree Purple Monster (its started turning purple now that I have lowered it about half way down in the tank) 30,000 Leagues Lokani Oregon Tort, Teal Gomezi, Pokerstar Monti, Rainbow Monti, Chesterfieldians, , Pink Stylo, Tricolor

Here are a couple of my prize LPS corals Lord Acans, Dragon Soul Prism Favia, Blue Eye Favia, Japanese Micromussa's, Micromussa Amakusensis, Tyree Alien Eye Watermelon Chalice, and Another Unamed Watermelon Chalice

Submitter: WreckDiver Location: 90G Reef Tank Camera: Canon A630 Subject: Splendid Mandarin Hunting pods in the Zoanthid patch.