tomtom2245

Those are absolutely gorgeous looking! Wish I had room for one.

As for extra water movement, check out the koralia nanos. They have a very small footprint and would work great in your tank. You could go with two of them at different locations to really add some turbulence to your flow.

Oh, and another thing, get rid of the Kenya tree ASAP! He may look all cute right now, but when it grows up it's the devil. Drops little branches all over the place and before you know it your whole tank is covered in them.

14gal is not too small at all. I actually started out with a 10gal and did just fine. If you're wanting to start keeping some corals, I would upgrade your lighting. The stock power compact lighting in the biocubes just doesn't cut it. Rapid LED has a nice upgrade kit that integrates right into the original canopy of the biocube and works great.

Man, sorry to hear that. On the other hand, that is a real nice looking nem you got there.

Once all of that ammonia converts to nitrites and then once all of the nitrite goes away you should be good to go.

Very nice. I have some dendros as well and love watching the food move down through the inside of the polyps, but you can only really see it on the smaller ones.

So I think the reason for "burping" is due to the fact that a clam could get turned upside down or at odd angles during shipping/moving out of the tank that it would not normally get exposed to in the wild. This could cause air to get trapped inside in a way it's not used to expelling, such as during a low tide scenario.

That would be sweet if it actually comes out and works as advertised! Curious what the price would be though.

Thanks guys! Does anyone by chance know if the chalice in the last pic has a name? I really love it. Don't usually see another chalice with orange that is a bright as this one.

Had the camera out today and decided to snap a few shots of the tank!

I wasn't at the meeting but I have a few quick photography tips for you guys. For those with DSLRs, it's best to put the ISO around 400 or less, f-stop around f/11, and if you put a piece of white PVC in your tank it really helps when setting the custom white balance. Most cameras nowadays have the custom white balance option and that is the quickest and easiest way to get all of the blue out of your pictures. Whenever you use it just make sure to point the camera at something that is as close to white as possible, hence the PVC. Also tripods and turning off all your pumps to make everything sit still works wonders. And lastly, when you put your camera on the tripod, use the timer in your camera, usually 2 or 10 seconds. This helps get rid of camera shake caused by you pushing the shutter button.

I agree! I mean I too love all the conservation attempts but sometimes it baffles me when people get upset when a an animal in captivity attacks. Look what orcas do in the wild with playing with a seal before they eat it and all of their hunting behaviors and it's a wonder there aren't more incidents in captivity with creatures such as these.

I'm going to have to go with the Midas blenny as well! But nothing beats a cuttlefish IMO!

You know the simple solution to the lighting issue? Make it a non-photosynthetic tank!

If you want a really good customized clean up crew you should send John at reefcleaners.org an email. He will come up with an amazing cleanup crew that fits your tank size, stocking, and preference. And the amazing thing is, the customization is FREE! Plus his prices are very reasonable. It's the only place I get things like snails, macro algae, or hermits.

Off to work! Good luck everyone!

b34 b36 sold

The first Squamosa Clam 4"-5" $45 I guess # B17 (with spots) sold.

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Are there any mushrooms and zoas coming up?

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