chefthomasr

That was quality entertainment! Love it!

Exactly.

One of the best places to buy camera equipment is b and h photo. They are in New York and have a huge selection. My uncle is a pro and won't buy from anyone else. The service is fantastic and they always stand behind their stuff. Their website is www.bhphotovideo.com. Check it out. FWIW I just bought a Nikon D40 and absolutely love it. No question their lenses are the best. Thomas

Just wanted to put something up about Sean. I stopped in the other day after a long hiatus of sorts from the hobby. And I gotta say that Sean got me excited about it all over again. I didn't break down my tank or anything, just hadn't been inspired to improve anything. But after talking with him for an hour or so, I ended up buying a beautiful powder blue tang and later bought 6 glass cardinals. And they are doing great! I don't see much on here about f@f and just wanted to remind people in the Ashburn area that he is still there and doing great things.

LOL!

Andrew is one of the best fish store managers in the area. He is very knowledgable and a really nice guy to boot. I don't mind the drive at all. His livestock is some of the healthiest around and he has a great variety too. Just my two cents. Thomas

Hi All, I need some help. Our ASM isn't skimming properly. The pump is moving water but there is no air injection therefore no skimmate. I've taken it all apart. Cleaned everything thoroughly, ensured there were no broken parts. But still no air injection. Suggestions please? Thanks! Jenny

I asked my uncle the same question a while back(he is a pro) and he told me that he uses the rebel for all of his personal photos and about half of his pro shots. Even though he has the choice of whatever he wants, he really likes the rebel for the durability and choice of lens. Like dhoch said, the lenses are the most important aspect of the dslr. The body really depends on the way it feels in your hand and ease of use of the most important features to you. In other words, go to a camera shop and ask to play around with them all. Then decide which one feels best to you. Hope that helps. Thomas p.s. I use an Olympus c740 point and shoot and I love it.

glad to hear they are improving, last time I was there, tanks looked terrible. I will have to give them a second chance.

I had one eat a 6" blue spiny lobster once. Vicious.

ADHI makes a great sump as well. Pricey though. Check champion lighting.

Thanks again Shawn! It was great to finally meet you. Everything is doing fabulous this morning. And thank you so much for being so welcoming. Jenny

For all future questions about Wally's, please contact the store directly. The number is 703.354.3399. Thanks to those who supported my desire to better Wally's, I gave it my best shot. Thomas

Thanks guys, but I can't take all of the credit. Powderbrown has been trying to do this stuff for almost a year, just needed some support. I appreciate the kind words however. I hope to see some more wamas members in soon. Thomas p.s. the sump really is bada$$.

Like the title says, from 11-16 to 11-20, all saltwater fish at Wally's are buy one get one of equal or lesser value free. Come in and check out the selection. And exclusively for WAMAS members, show your card and get a free zoa frag free when your purchase is over $100. Come check us out. Thomas

With amazonian fish, you need to use blackwater extract. It recreates the soft water needed for most amazonian fish. Also, I would plant some live plants and use a planted aquarium substrate. And I would definately use t5 or pc lighting. For reference, you might look up Takashi Amano. He has done some amazing things with small tanks. Good luck. Thomas

This new guy started about 1.5 months ago.

It is incredible, everything it is hyped up to be. Very interesting articles and great photography.

Frag selection is great! Mainly zoos and mushrooms, however still have a few signature Chris Thomas sps frags available!

Hey all, Not trying to hijack Greg's thread, he asked me to post the goodies we got in. So here it goes. 3 flasher wrasses 1 sixline wrasse 1 twinspot wrasse 1 bartletts anthia 1 squamipinnis anthia 1 flame hawk 1 amazing bluedot jawfish - really rare and very cool!! 1 bicolor parrot 1 flame pipefish 1 acanth. echinada orange crush 1 acanth. echinada pink crush 1 acanth. lord. 1 huge ricordia rock 1 large ricordia rock 1 blasto wellsii 1 metallic wellsophyllia 1 short polyp zig zag bubble 1 candy branch fiji 1 red eye favite 1 gigantic neon green hydnophora exesa 2 kenya tree nepthia 1 lemnallia 1 red lobophylia 1 xl monastrea 1 branching bali octopus 1 xl pavona 1 multicolored plate 1 multicolored long tentacle plate 1 rasta green leather 1 of the biggest tongue corals ever spotted in VA!! 1 xl green galaxia 1 bicolor fiji angel 1 coral beauty 1 eiblii angel 1 japanese swallowtail angel 1 pygmy atlantic angel 6 clarkii clowns 2 maroon clowns from solomon isl. 6 true perculas 15 green chromis 1 banded blenny 1 barnacle blenny 1 black sailfin blenny 1 blue gudgeon goby(very big) 2 xl bluedot high fin gobies 2 green clown gobies 1 cinnamon clown goby 2 dragon gobies 1 hectori goby 1 hula blenny 1 midas blue streak black blenny 1 nano panda goby(very cool, might be spoken for already, right Greg?) :wink: 1 orange spot goby 1 pink bar goby 2 rainfords goby 1 randalls prawn goby 1 rooster blenny 1 red scooter blenny 1 tiger goby 1 blue spot watchman goby 1 watchman harbour goby 1 red volitan lion 1 valentini puffer 2 yellow tangs 1 mimic tang 1 dragon wrasse 1 lubbocks fairy wrasse And last but certainly not least we got 10 copies of Anthony Calfo's C The Journal!!!! For those of you(like me) who forgot to sign up for a subscription or those who just want a copy to collect. This is the latest update, possibly more to come tommorrow. Thomas

That is an old picture from Denver. We have added around 45# since then, but that is around 275-280. Deceiving, isn't it? Thomas p.s. Thanks for posting that!

I think we have some in our gallery, I will be updating soon anyways either way. I would post, but i'm kinda computer stupid. When Jenny gets home I'll ask her for help. Thomas

135 gallon 1 yellow tang 1 mandarin goby 6 green chromis 1 eiblii angel 1 potters angel 1 coral beauty angel 2 watchman gobies 1 neon cleaner goby 1 maxima clam(8 1/2") 1 derasa clam(5") 3 brittle stars 1 cleaner shrimp 4 emerald crabs 1 flame scallop 2 black long spine urchins 1 lawnmower blenny in the fuge 1 7" snowflake moray 1 5" chocolate chip star 1 coral banded shrimp asm g4 skimmer european style sump\fuge around 7500 gph circulation 5 1\2" sand bed 325 #live rock