[existing client wants to make money on coral]

he wants to "get the most return for the investment"..

that would be a WAMAS membership

[Tiny Damselfish May Destroy A Caribbean Reef]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.p...ft=1&f=1001

[Looking for Back Issues of Magazines/Catalogues]

How about my issues of "The Marine Aquarist" in black and white from 1972?

 

Paul, WOW! Just read your profile: "SCUBA diver since 1970, Viet Nam Vet, Retired construction electrician in NYC. Lisenced boat Capt. , Aquariums since the fiftees, salt since 1971.

My 100 gallon reef was set up in 1972 and is still running. Mostly soft corals.

I am currently breeding three pairs of gobies, a pair of Bangai cardinals, bluestripped pipefish and clown gobies.

I have one patent for a reef fish feeder and have published articles in three aquarium magazines."

 

Very impressive. Based on your 38 yrs of reefing, you are my nominee for "WAMAS member emeritus."

 

Steve

[Schooling fish]

I have Orange Stripe Cardinalfish and Blue-green Chromis

[Just learned about this misrepresentation of those of use in the hobby]

Changing the name to AAA Aquarium Repair

LOL

[Just learned about this misrepresentation of those of use in the hobby]

http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/vid...airmen/1127195/

[Guess what this is...]

something close to a piece of Rik's red table acro?

[WAMAS Social Event]

BRK,

Thanks for hosting this and thanks to all that worked hard to make this happen. Steve

[New species]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/05/22...cies/index.html

 

Pygmy seahorse: Classified by its Latin name, Hippocampus satomiae, this species measures about half an inch long and was found near Derawan Island off Kalimantan, Indonesia.

 

Damsel in the deep blue sea: Chromis abyssus is a beautiful species of damselfish found in deep-reef habitat off the coast of Ngemelis Island, Palau.

[Sam's 350 gallon system]

impressive!

[Top Ten Best Things You Roped Your Non-Reef Friends Into Helping You With Your Reef...]

Getting non-reef friends to help is the hard way. I took the easy route..... http://www.wamas.org/forums/index.php?s=&a...st&p=175988

[Cooling fans]

Steve, how did you mount that thing? Whatever you did, you did a good job.

 

Thanks. I used two cable ties.

 

BTW, these are available in about 4 or 5 colors. I try and use black, if/when available.

 

Steve

[Cooling fans]

I dont have exp with that, but there are many other cheaper alternatives. Now that summer is approaching, the stores should be getting various fans in stock.

I use 4" fans from Target. Last year they were about $6. This year they are $8. They last about 1 year.

 

 

Steve

[4 tubes & about 10 hours]

nice

[Finally got it up and satisfied the wife]

wow

[Pimped Out Aquariums (NAGA)]

Glad to hear this is resolved.

[Vacation Pictures from Fiji]

Very nice!

[tripping breakers]

I'm prob. gonna have issues w/breakers once I set up my system. It seems fairly easy to trip the breakers in the basement, where I'm going to be it setting up. Now I know I could go with a a bigger breaker but, how big can I go w/out burning wires? Seem like the biggest breaker in the panel for downstairs is 15 amps... The prob. IMPO Is That they "daisy chsined" way to many things together on one breaker... The reason I think so is: When you trip the breaker, almost every plug in the basement(except one) goes out.. Any "sparkie's" out there? Let's hear some thought's, suggestions ,answers,whatever you got.

 

Thanks, Will.

 

Hmm.. I had a simialr situation all the outlets in the Den were on the same (too small) circuit. I ran a licensed electrician run a couple of dedicated outlets -- one for the tank and one for the space heater. Steve

[Won Brothers Titanium Heater]

I started off with 4 of these. Two of the thermostats and one heater failed. I stopped using them.

[Red Sea Prizm on Biocube 29]

I was not happy with my Prizm. There are numerous references to Prizm in this thread:

 

http://www.wamas.org/forums/index.php?show...amp;#entry52409

 

Steve

[identiifcation help, please]

sorry for the picture quality but would welcome any input on this....

[Titanium Heater recommendations?]

I should add, I have dual Stealths, each with a dedicated Ranco controller. I have purchased (but not yet installed) an AC III

[Titanium Heater recommendations?]

FWIW, I wanted to avoid glass heaters but could not find a reliable titanium. Iy seems that the Visi-therm Stealth heaters are encased in plastic and are reliable. I replaced my existing heaters with Stealths.

 

see http://www.wamas.org/forums/index.php?show...3&hl=heater

 

Steve

[Starfish experiences]

I'm thinking of adding a starfish

[Headed your way]

- The Marine Scene & AQUACO (as mentioned above, very close to each other)

 

- Natural History Museum in D.C.

 

comment -- In my view, the Marine Scene is the best in the DC area. However, frankly, they may be also be the most expensive and therefore (again, in my view) is not that popular within the WAMAS board where we thrive on group buys for livestock and drygoods.