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Are you using some kind of phosphate remover? I lost a number of caps due to overdosing phosphate remover. Looked very similar. Dave

Ok you were correct. I found it... Dave Lin moved it to the officers section(?)... anyway I will cancel the december one. Dave

There was no voting on the top down... it was done from a submission standpoint but no voting. Dave

Again remember winner gets raffle tickets. Dave

Remember winner get's $20 (or is it $25 worth of raffle tickets)! Dave Voting closes Friday at midnight. Dave

Allrighty then... I'll make the voting threads for teh last couple of months. Voting to close friday as we need to get the winners their raffle tickets! Dave

Long time no hear from or see.... Glad to hear that you are back though! Dave

Actually I have blasted the rock a fair amount... it's part of my regular treatment regime... It could be OTS, but why only selective corals... if it was ONLY ones that had been in my tank, or only new ones, or there was some pattern I would belive this, but I'm not convinced. As much as I appreciated the response, did you read my entire post? (I have allready dipped many corals in iodine allready... which is all that Lugol's is... I actually used Tropic Marine's version, but it's 6 of 1/2 a dozen of other...) I also have a microscope and have seen both red bugs and AEFW before under microscope and neither are present. For PO4... no, I have in the past (search for a thread about what it did to a red cap of mine).... Mag 1230 is low? (I thought 1200 was target... I can increase it). Carbon as I mentioned is something I am seriously considering. Sand bed replacement which would tie to the Old tank syndrome, may be the issue, but wow... that seems like a lot of work for something that I'm not sure will solve the problem and may stress corals and live stock more.... This would be a last resort. Dave

Theory is that there is some kind of build up in the system (since I can't find any "pests") that is causing the problem... carbon (and potentially a poly filter) might remove it. Dave

I've noticed some of my SPS have show some tissue loss at the base. Two of these colonies then went STN on me... with me unable to save frags. Params are all good: Calcium: 400-420, Alk: 9.7-10.5, Mag: 1230, NO3 0.1-1, no Ammonia, or nitrite, Salinity 1.025. P04 = 0. pH 8.0-8.3, Temp ~79.8-80.0, Good skimmer (deltec), Refugium on off cycle, Water changes: ~30-45 gallons/week (in 2-3 15 gallon changes for a 180 display + 29 refugium + sump... ~10-15 gallons in sump) I've treated (without adding anything new in terms of corals) for Red Bugs, and have dipped suspected coral in iodine with no detection of AEFW. Currently I'm stumped as what could be causing it... it's only a couple of colonies. A net search turned up something called Coral Shut Down Syndrome? I'm thinking about running carbon (which I don't run on a consistant basis). Anyone with any thoughts? (LPS are doing fine, Anemonies (RBTA) no problem, nor issues with the couple of clams, inverts or fish... no softies in the tank other than a small # of zoanthids). Thanks, Dave

I'll be there Dave

Not sure where you got that link from, but it's wrong... http://www.wamas.org/join.php and you should be good to go Dave

This has been fixed. Dave

Ok... after some discussion and thought from myself and the Membership director. This information has been removed. You will STILL have to fill it out when you sign up for membership, BUT it will not be accessible via the board. Sorry for any trouble I've caused. Dave

Chiton... not sure of the type (harmful or benign) Dave

Some of you may have noticed there are a bunch of new fields that you can edit, and in fact MUST fill out if you want to change your profile (First name, last name,address, city, state, zip).... We are moving to more automate the process of signup and this is one of the steps. If you MUST modify your profile you WILL need to fill these fields out, but sometime in the next day or two, those that are WAMAS members (or were), AND we have this information on, will have it auto populated. IMPORTANT:!!!!Note, these fields are private, you can see them, the officers & board administrators can see them, but not the general population. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks, David Hochheiser WAMAS Treasurer/Webmaster

I know electrical interferance can be a problem... but I've never experienced something like that. You might send curt (neptune) a pm Dave

Raf and antonio may have gotten it from me... NOt sure though... I've had it a while. Dave

Some of you may have noticed there are a bunch of new fields that you can edit, and in fact MUST fill out if you want to change your profile (First name, last name,address, city, state, zip). We are moving to more automate the process of signup and this is one of the steps. If you MUST modify your profile you WILL need to fill these fields out, but sometime in the next day or two, those that are WAMAS members (or were), AND we have this information on, will have it auto populated. Note, these fields are private, you can see them, the officers & board administrators can see them, but not the general population. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks, David Hochheiser WAMAS Treasurer/Webmaster

G, Yeah I did...but I thought it was going to be more than that... one part cost ~300-400 and that was used on ebay. Dave

James this the coral you are talking about: http://www.danj.com/reef/corals_detail.php?coral_id=66 Dave

I have a number of frags of: LPS Frogspawn (1 ($5), 2 ($10) and 4 ($15)heads): http://www.danj.com/reef/corals_detail.php?coral_id=1 Green Headed Hammer (2 ($15) and 4 ($40) heads): http://www.danj.com/reef/corals_detail.php?coral_id=67 Green Candy Cane (2 2-3 head frags, $15 each): http://www.danj.com/reef/corals_detail.php?coral_id=66 Zoanthids: 1 4 polyp frag ($10) of: http://www.danj.com/reef/corals_detail.php?coral_id=73 1 4 polyp frag ($20) and 1 6+ ($30) of rpes: http://www.danj.com/reef/corals_detail.php?coral_id=16 2 4-8 polyp frags ($15 each) of blue zoos: http://www.danj.com/reef/corals_detail.php?coral_id=101 Softies: Devils Hand $10: http://www.danj.com/reef/corals_detail.php?coral_id=102 Hairy Mushrooms 2/$5: http://www.danj.com/reef/corals_detail.php?coral_id=34 SPS Frags: ($10 each unless otherwise noted): Green Stylo: http://www.danj.com/reef/corals_detail.php?coral_id=17 Red with Green birdsnest: http://www.danj.com/reef/corals_detail.php?coral_id=18 Red Cap ($5): http://www.danj.com/reef/corals_detail.php?coral_id=8 Green Cap ($5): http://www.danj.com/reef/corals_detail.php?coral_id=36 Purple Cap ($5): http://www.danj.com/reef/corals_detail.php?coral_id=32 Monti Hispadia: http://www.danj.com/reef/corals_detail.php?coral_id=19 Green-Yellow Milli: http://www.danj.com/reef/corals_detail.php?coral_id=57 Superman Monti: $25: http://www.danj.com/reef/corals_detail.php?coral_id=38 Blue/Purple Stylo $15: http://www.danj.com/reef/corals_detail.php?coral_id=61 Green Birdsnest: http://www.danj.com/reef/corals_detail.php?coral_id=94 Lilac Stag: http://www.danj.com/reef/corals_detail.php?coral_id=96 Psammacora Contigua: http://www.danj.com/reef/corals_detail.php?coral_id=98 MACNA Acro $15: http://www.danj.com/reef/corals_detail.php?coral_id=77 I also have a Derasa Clam (3-4" or bigger)... $40, but going a different way with clams: http://www.danj.com/reef/inverts_detail.php?invert_id=5 Also I have an RBTA 4-6" when inflated....This might be better as a pickup but am willing to bring it to the meeting if requested...Only 1, first come first served. Pics of parent(?): http://www.danj.com/reef/fish_detail.php?fish_id=12 $100 OBO. Dave Dave

I was wondering if anyone had checked out ELOS test kits? I should get one of those phosphate test devices... wish there was something like that for alk/calcium & magnesium. Dave

There are a bunch of ways to do this. Assume that the pumps timers are MJ1 and MJ2 Oscilatting each one on for 10 mins: OSC 010/010 ON/OFF Then MJ1 ON If Time > 00:00 THEN MJ2 ON If Timer MJ1 = ON THEN MJ2 OFF Random each one on for a random 1-10 mins: RND 010/010 ON/OFF Then MJ1 ON If Time > 00:00 THEN MJ2 ON If Timer MJ1 = ON THEN MJ2 OFF The easiest way to turn them off is a feed mode, in which case add the following commands: If FeedA 000 Then MJ1 OFF If FeedA 000 Then MJ2 OFF Then to turn them both off put your AC unit into feed mode A. You can also (if you have a III or a III Pro) build one of the switch devices that I have. Dave

In the email section of the neptune you can control what timer the emails trigger on. typically this is ALM, but it can be changed. As chip said check this... I bet that's your culprit... sorry I didn't think of it earlier Dave