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HI, My membership runs out in April. I want to renew it. Do you send a renewal form or do I just need to send a check to someone for renewal? Who do I need to notify or contact for this matter. Thanks, Jody Growden.

I found some 12K power compacts listed, would they be sufficient? If I go with the metal halide, what wattage should I go with on a 20 gallon long tank. The tank is 30"L X 12"W X 12"H. Would a 150 watt be enough? Thanks.

I was wanting to know if I can use power compacts for SPS frag tank? Would a 130 watt power compact work for a 20 gallon frag tank or should I use metal halide? I use 2 400 watt 20K over my 120 gallon tank now. The watts per gallon is about the same. Will sps grow successfully under power compacts? Thanks. Jody.

What do you do to maintain your ph? I think a calcium reactor would help my tank. I have quite a few sps corals. I think this would help stabilize my tank and prevent the swings in the water parameters. Which I think the corals would respond better to contant conditions. But, this may not be true, I am still learning. Any help would be great. Jody.

I am looking into buying a calcium reactor. I just have a few questions. Will a calcium reactor maintain ph and dkh and calcium? Will I be able to quite dosing kalkwasser to maintain ph. Will I need to run a ph controller with the reactor, or can I just run a reactor. I was looking at the Korallin brand reactors, does anybody else use these? Any good or bad opinions on this brand? Anybody have any suggestions on any other brand that works well? I have a 120g tank. Sorry about all the stupid questions, I just need to be educated. Thanks, Jody.

I have some xenia, frogspawn, and some hammer coral. They some times get blown around a little, but that is when i change the flow patterns some. It really depends on how you design your closed loop. The more outputs you have for flow the less turbulant the flow will be. I currently have 8 outputs in my closed loop. I also have ball valves for each powerhead, which you can adjust flow. So if you have too much flow in an area you can adjust it so the flow is not too strong for you lps and softies. Jody. You can always use a ball valve at the pump to reduce flow. Then if you decide to ever go mainly with sps, you will always have the capability to increase flow, instead of buying another pump. Jody.

I use a dart reef-flo pump on my 120g. Works great and it is quiet. I believe it is rated aroung 3200-3500 gph. Jody.

John, Thanks for the info. And by the way, i am jealous of you tank and regals. Thanks, Jody.

I would also like to add an Achilles tang one day. Would it be better to get the regal first? Would there be any combatibility problems? The only other fish i have right now is a pair of black clowns and a diamond goby in a 120g. Thanks again, Jody.

Thanks for the link. I will be up all night reading that link.

So what kind of food do you feed you regal?

I would really like to get a regal angelfish. Are they reef safe? Does anybody have experience with one of these in their own reef tank? I heard that they may nip at some corals. Does anybody know what corals they may nip at? My thank is mostly sps with a few soft corals. Are there any fish that is not compatible with them? Thanks, Jody.

hey, i would like to thank the following people for bringing me frags and meeting up with me at the meeting: dbartco ousnakebyte dhoch dandy7200 mogurnda everything looks real well. i very happy with everything. all you guys were really nice and easy to talk to. this was my first meeting i attended and was great. i cant wait for another one. thanks again, jody.

Hey Jenny, Thanks for the info. I will give it a try. Thanks, Jody.

I feed DT's photoplankton about every 3 days. I tank feed, not target. I have had it for about 2 months and have never moved it. Nothing else had changed. I believe the cyano appeared about 2 weeks after i got it. I will try moving it to a shady place in the tank. By the way Tim, nice catch on the smile Jody.

I only get polyp extenstion when the metal halides are off. Is it possible too much light? I have 800w of metal halide on a 120g. As far as water parameters. Nitrate 0, amonia 0, nitrite 0, phospate is very low. How much is too much flow? Jody.

Hey, i have a yellow gorgonia and it has red smile algae growing on it. I will brush it off and a week or so later it is back. The red algae does not grow anywhere else it the tank. There is plenty of flow in the tank and also on the gorgonia. Any help or suggestions? Water parameters are great. Thanks, Jody.

I have the following for trade or sale: Xenia Digi- Brownish orange Strawberry Dottyback- Seantadez Brittle Star - Black and White Jody.

Hey, like said earlier you can use the purple pvc primer to paint you pipes until the coraline covers them. Also you can get schedule 80 pvc pipe and fittings at Lowe's that are a very dark gray to black in color. Jody.

Hey, i have the following if anybody would be interested. Strawberry Dottyback - $10 Brittle star large - $5 PM if interested. Jody.

ok, i thing i have stated the formula wrong. Using the hagen test kit it says to multiply the # of drops to change the color to lime color by 10. In my test it took 9 drops, so that is 90. 90 would actually be in mg/l(ppm). So the conversion i use is 90ppm(mg/l) divided by 50, then multiply that by 2.8. If i am converting this right that only works out to be a little over 5 DKH. I was mistaken early when i said about the conversion being in meg/l, it is actually in ppm(mg/l). I believe you was right about trying another test kit. It may be the kit or it may be something i am doing. Jody.

The best guess i can take as far as total water volume would be about 160 gallons. Jody.

thanks for the tip. I do have a 35g fuge with a 25g sump. the hagan test kit for kh is in meg/l. I then use the formula meg/l divided by 50, then times 2.8. Is this the correct may to convert? jody.

Typo on the mg. it is usually between 1100-1200 when tested. i have a 120g tank with approx. 130 lbs of live rock. jody. I am currentely using Oceanic salt, but i recently bought Sea Chem reef salt to try. Jody

Salinity is 1.023 checked with refractometer. Jody Tank is stocked with a few sps frags and a few xenia. Fish consist of diamond goby and black percula. Jody