Charlie97L

thanks jason... sent you a text message

thanks man, i appreciate it. i've still got some hope.

hey- i'm trying to move my big furniture out of my house tomorrow... i need help with a dresser and a mattress... is anyone in the rockville area and can spare like 15 minutes? they're not heavy, it's just a two person job, and both my roommates are booked tomorrow. i have help unloading at my destination, but i just can't do these two items by myself. if you can help, i'll pay / beer / food / whatever. and you'd have my gratitude. shoot me a pm or reply to the thread. thanks! Charlie

Carla- I just went through the same thing a few weeks ago with my 90. We lost air coniditioning in the house, and it went up to 95 for about 8 hours. I lost all my sps and some of my bigger LPS. The only advice I can offer is not to give up on things too quickly. I had several coral (micromussa, acan, blasto) that looked a lot worse than some of the LPS pics that you posted, and they've recovered completely, in some cases, and in others, just lost a few heads, but the rest bounced back. Good luck, and try to see the positive in what survived! Charlie

is this a captive bred clown, do you know? not to anthropomorphize too much, but it might have something not right in its head. the only thing i could think is that it could be a captive bred that has some issues. i've had a couple clowns, both wild caught and captive bred, and i've never heard of them doing anything like that. sounds like it might be something akin to when fish swim in circles.

i'm trying to take pictures with my digital camera, but they are very washed out with the main lights on. any tips? or is this just an angle thing? i've tried playing with the white balance... but my color representation is just way off. any advice would be awesome. i have a panasonic DMC-LZ2

caribsea live sand i've heard is really good for shortening the cycle. how many fish do you have and what kind are they? coral should be ok in a 15g. fish, maybe, maybe not.

second that... i just got a 36" aquactinics for my new 40g that i'm setting up... it appears to be a great fixture with excellent reflectors, and great build quality. Tom is also great to deal with. I'm definitely going to be picking up a 24" for my frag tank in a month or so. currently i have it over my 20g holding tank, running ATI Aquablue Special (12000K) UVL Super Actinic Geisemann Daylight (6000K) Geisemann Actinic Plus ATI Aquablue Special (12000K) the light spread and blend is very even. i like it a lot so far. I should have my coral into the holding tank tonight, i'll try and get some pics if anything is happy.

i'm setting up an 8g biocube as a planted tetra tank when i move. i'm excited! if you guys have pictures of the tetra tanks, please share! charlie

he's got a line on one already.

red micro and blasto from Atlantis in Richmond RIP galaxia from Aquarium 1. Fell upsidedown onto my sarcophyton, and couldn't save it. :( but it's a cool picture. one minute for pics

lemonpeels aren't usually reef safe either... and very delicate. i'm not sure about the mimic tang.

they are, but clowns are semi-aggressive as well, in fact, certain species, once they hit muturity, can be among the nastiest tempered fish in home aquaria. semi-aggressive is really an individual thing... i've seen pygmy angels that were very docile, and ones that terrorized an entire tank. it can happen with any fish. baiscally, add the least aggressive fish first. so if you want a watchman and a flame angel, for example, put the watchman in first and let it get settled. clowns, in my experience, are kind of the exception, because they generally like a bit of their own space, and they're usually able to carve it out.

you could do a pygmy angel, like a flame or coral beauty... also cardinalfish can be cool, gobies, blennies, and fairy wrasses... but fairy wrasses are notorious jumpers, so if you get those make sure you get a lid... anything else from the damsel family are ok. clownfish are pretty aggressive, so they should be able to hold their own with no issues with any of these fish.

thanks for the tip, i shot him a PM. always like to find great deals!

yeah, we're talking like, 4 degrees max. maybe i'll get the 1/5 just to make sure i have enough.

i'm trying to get a chiller for my new setup, as i've had major temp issues on my current 90, and want to keep a good solid temperature in my new setup. 40 gallon breeder 20 gallon frag tank 30 gallon sump (15 gallons of water normally) lights... 5x39w t5 on the 40, and 5x24w of t5 on the 20 frag tank deltec ap 500 skimmer and an eheim 1262 to feed both tanks from the sump. i may have to put another pump in for the frag tank. this is my first foray with chillers... do you think 1/10th hp would do it? thanks! charlie

most reef tanks run at 77.5-79... it depends on what works for you. you can look at the TOTM stats on RC to get a picture of average reef tank temps 80 is getting to be too hot.

if you're running a sump, you shouldn't need airstones, as the water splashing on the way down aerates it plenty.

a really small one will become a really big one. they end up averaging 6" and i've seen them 10" across, but even at 3" they can easily take out a sleeping fish of that size. they use their legs like a cage to trap. just because their claws are small doesn't mean they don't hunt actively. they are the pinnacle of crabs as opportunistic hunters in home aquaria. in nature, they probably never catch a fish, but in your tank, they'll get em. i would not recommend. heck, even emerald crabs will start to hunt eventually.

thanks for the tips guyes. haha, some are just huge man. peps will only go for the smaller ones. i'm talking, like raquet ball size, at least, fully inflated. i'll joe juice them i guess. do you have to inject them in the body? or just on them. i've never been to clear on that. you'd need a medical needle to inject them actually into the flesh of the animal themselves, wouldn't you? thanks! charlie

if by t12's you mean vhos... you can get some button polyps and maybe a few softies/easy LPS with those, but i don't think SPS or clam. i'd say you *might* be able to get away with a squammy or deresa under a lot of PC, one of the more brown ones... but the vivid blue/green ones need more light.

i have some live rock in a holding tank that's pretty overrun with aiptasia, that i took from my dad's tank experiment when he broke it down, it had just gotten away from him. i think there's just too many to inject, but i'd like to get rid of the aiptasia before adding this to my new tank. the water quality was great, he just let the aips get out of control. what would you recommend? total dry out? putting it in a closed container with no light? something else? any advice would be appreciated.

i just ordered a 36" aquactinics fixture yesterday... i'll post a review in the review section when it's up. i'm excited. if it works well i'll get one for my 20 frag setup as well, that's got PCs on it right now.

i think mainly the debate is how much having individual reflectors increases the useful light output.