Aurora

Anyone run their pellets inside the skimmer? I've always thought that a small nylon bag of BP would work great if you have a large skimmer. Plenty of flow and air for bacterial growth on the pellet.

I broke the cover/cap that goes over the impeller housing on my Sicce psk-2500. It's not a part you can buy but an easy swap if someone has a dead pump lying around. If someone knows where I can find a replacement cap, it'll save me from having to order a new pump for my skimmer.

Looks like you have enough interest for 2-3 pallet here. Sounds like you have a great reason for an open house. Order a couple of pallet and have people come up to pick up their salt and buy some corals. I can't see you loading 2 pallet by yourself and deliver them to everyone. Last thing you want to do is pull your back from lifting all that salt.

I'll take 5 boxes of IO...can pick up at your place.

I live in Rockville and work in Frederick...do you have an address?

I'm looking for a coral that I fragged extensively a few years back. I had a large table of Sarmentosa and brought several frags to Exotic Aquatics over a period of 2 years. They were very popular and disappeared from the store pretty quickly. I've since lost the mother colony. Does anyone on this board still have a Sarmentosa that they got from Exotic Aquatics about 3-4 years back?<br style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 255); ">

Utility sink in the same room as your sump is a must to really reduce the work on tank maintenance.

That nem is asking to be divided....LOL...

Are you driving all the way to NY to pick up the fish?...LOL>>>

Nylon string may degrade overtime from UV/light exposure if you have MH but the algea encrusting the string would also protect it. I like the idea of suspended rockwork. I achieved mine by building a tripod using Tonga branches and suspend my rock on this tripod pushed into the sand like what the OP is doing with his Tonga branches and leaned the rest against the suspended rock and the back/side walls. I have eurobracing and had thoughts about buillding a net using thick nylon lines attached the the back and side kinda like a hammock and suspending my rocks over this nylon net. The only trouble is I won't have a central clearing and it'll have to be one continuous group of rocks. My coral love ledges and overhangs and seem to grow best at the adges of my rockwork.

I picked up my package of 4 acan from the store after ordering them online. I don't think the frags are WYSIWYG, at least not in my case.

If you can't get to them with your fingers and pry them off the rock, you can inject them with kalk. Kills everything inside the bubble.

If you have the room, Moorish Idol looks awsome as a small school.

Some of my fondest childhood memories were of tropical beach vacations that involved exploring the local tidal pools. I still remember a mesmerizing scene of a deep clear tidal pool amonng the rocks chock full of tiny glass shrimps.

I think the article is accurate in many ways. We need to see the other side of the picture. We as reefers take our time to research and learn about our fish and corals. Most reef tanks makes good habitats. For every conscientious reefer, there are ten people who wants to take Nemo home in a glass jar. How many times have you seen fish sold in LFS that you know wont survive in your tank. They are in the store because they can be sold and some bloke is gonna buy the fish and kill it within a year.

I don't any reason why you can't do that. It's coated in plastic and shouldn't be a problem.

I see them listed on Craigslist all the time...

I'd consider wrapping a blue LED 120cm strip around the tip of the cannon for blue light supplement. Search for blue LED light strip on Ebay. You'll need a 12V/2A transformer to drive the strip.