Djplus1

There's a map somewhere on this site.

It's probably the Hikari Mega Marine Angel Food. It's practically all sponge and no other fish other than angels seem to want to touch it.

BRS has a note next to their bulk package that basically recommends the large pack only if you are a big time water maker and says it will go bad if you try to store it for any length of time.

If they do need another pump, make sure they get the Cobalt MJ900 or MJ1200 for that matter, not the Marineland.

I'll have to keep up with this thread as I am in the process of switching three separate Apex's to Fusion in the next month or so (whenever I decide that I want to have an awful emergency that effects three separate tanks at the exact same time, LOL).

Just to note, I got a TINY foxface from Quantum, having already made an agreement on the new home for the fish. I kept it (quarantined for Alan sort of) for maybe 6-8 weeks in my bubble algae tank. What I'm trying to say, I guess is that you SHOULD see noticeable results within that time frame.

Why are you testing? Any weird unexplainable color loss or something? I was thinking of getting that kit once, but nearly every comment on forums was basically, don't bother with testing those.

I used a combination of a Blue Tuxedo urchin (still in tank) and a small one spot foxface (re-homed to AlanM) once the issue was under control. I haven't had the foxface in the tank for many months now, but I would say that the combination resulted in a net reduction of bubble algae by about 95-98%. There are still a few stray bubbles, but I can probably count under 20 total vs the thousands that were in clusters all over the place. The tank looks MUCH better now (bubble algae wise at least).

I'm not trying to be "that guy", but you do seem to ask a lot of questions for someone that does this for a living and also seem to be unaware that your "clients" could very well be on this forum reading stuff like this. Ignorant they may be, but public shaming is probably going to result in a cancelled contract.

You're looking for someone to do tile work. The stands that they are seeing are most certainly plain 2x4 wood stands made with plywood and/or cement backer board to affix the tile to.

That's not something I would normally expect to see on one of those sites!

What he said. Do it quick before you see any more. You could make up a vinegar bath and scrape the base with a brush while submerged. That should kill it before it spreads.

Personally, if the shipper is on the east coast, I almost always choose the USPS option. It's almost always is faster than the UPS or Fedex option and usually cheaper. If I NEED it overnight, I generally go UPS.

USPS is wacky. My brother sent a large envelope with seemingly enough postage from Montgomery Village to Germantown (about 5 miles) and got it back stamped insufficient postage from Capitol Heights. He just transferred the contents to a regular sized envelope with the same amount of postage and it worked fine.

Unfortunately, those pics don't do this any justice as they suck. I'm hoping mine looked better so people can get a good looksie.

I'm not sure if anyone knows what I'm talking about, but if you've been to Shark's Underwater Grill at Sea World in Orlando, you may have seen this. I have seem to misplaced my SD card with the pics for the moment (the reason I have not already posted something). The premise of said tank is that it is a reef counter of sorts. Basically the visible part is the part you set your drinks/plates on (look down orientation) and not visible at all from the sides. It's not very deep (by the looks of it 6-8" max, maybe even less). The lighting appears to come from under an overhang on the bartender's side of the tank (submerged?)as there are no visible lights from you while sitting at bar. It is definitely a reef tank with real corals, small stuff mainly, shrooms, acans, etc. with a few small fish, some clowns, some helfrichi fire fish, some hawk fish, you get the point. I asked the bar staff and no one knew anything about the set up. My questions are, is my guess about the lighting correct? If not where would you light such a tank? How do you keep the viewing pain algae free? How difficult is something like this to pull off? I would seriously consider making a bar tank like this at some point if it was somewhat economically feasible. I will try to post pics if I can ever find that card.

They don't get THAT big. I like to put a flashlight on my tank at night after dumping some food in. It is seriously the creepiest thing. You don't see any usually during the day, but setting a trap at night with bait or just dumping some food with lights out brings them out by the hundreds. Try it, you probably have 10x more than you think.

It better, being that everyone on the planet other than reefers know eggcrate as light diffusers.

Is that last one (3) still available?

Do you have an urchin? My once super purple tank has become only slightly purple due to the addition of an urchin.

Because they're creepy.

They're good. I've got hundreds, maybe thousands.

My Synchra has been working like a charm with zero maintenance for over a year and I bought it used from another member. You should probably clean ANY pump once a year at the longest so I would say that the Synchra is fine regarding "long term" reliability.

Def don't store. Make smaller amounts. I always make about 16 oz worth or so at most and chuck it.

Unless something is bonkers with your Apex, you'll immediately notice the new probe work just fine. It's almost certainly an old faulty probe.