Recent content by blastprimo

That is good to know. I need to look back at my fluids books. I know it depends on where the bulkhead is in the tank as well (differing pressures for differant heights i.e bottom vs back of tank). Durso says that his standpipes may help to allow a larger flow from a bulkhead as well. I will...

Between the added restriction of the T and the fact that I will probably have to throttle back the pump with a valve, you are probably correct. The 3000 does about 550+ GPH at 4ft of head and the RIO 1700 does about 350GPH. I'm not sure what the 1/2" durso overflow can handle. Hopefully I will...

It wasn't too bad (1 hr and 20mins) and I've been waiting at my house for a Fed-ex delivery from Reefermadness so I had some free time. The spraybar is on my return from my sump. I am actually looking at making two bars soon to see how that works. I am thinking instead of an elbow on the...

Kris, you made me decide to break out some photoshop toys again and try a pic like this. What do you think?

I like my 35mm for certain things (outdoor nature shots) but I would assume that a good Dslr would be just as good. I just cannot bring myself to spend 1200 or so on a good DSLR body and when I do I will probably go with minolta so that I can use my lenses from my 35mm. Once i get this last...

Well, my beautiful chalk bass got spooked or something and I found him on the carpet the other morning. That was a bummer because the fish had a cool little personality and the color was amazing. Now I am on the hunt for another one of those guys. :-(

The thing I can tell you about the assessor is that they are slightly rare around here as well and according to Scott Michael (Marine Fishes Pocket Guide) it likes rock work with ledges and overhangs. The yellow one is a: Assessor flavissimus and the blue is Assessor macneilli It sounds...

If the main reason that you are upgrading is to get into SPS corals and clams I wouldn't want to risk the investment in corals on a fish or multiple fish that have the reputation for nipping at corals. I have a nice chalk bass that I like. You can also look into the clowns or other basslets...

The new full tank shot including all of the corals I think I am done buying corals for a little while (i keep saying that).

Frogspawn I got a pic of the Frogspawn but i need another one to show how small this is. I'm happy to have the new coral.

I finally got a decent pic of my pair of clowns. I love these little guys. The little one is about 1 inch and the female is about 1.5-2 inches.

Allright, I am going frag Crazy these days. Yesterday I went and bought 2 more from fellow michigan reefers. Here is the new green with blue polyps montipora danea and I am working on getting a better pic of the small head of frogspawn that I got.

That is a really nice purple with green polyp monti. Love that stuff.

I was just trying to find the differances but DT's doesn't give a break down of the nutritional content for their phyto. What I did find is the Oyster egss are slightly larger and some other local reefers have stated that the phyto fedding would cause algea blooms and the oyster eggs do not. I...

The tank is doing well and thank you for the comments. The SPS are doing good but I can not take credit for the birdsnest as I just purchased it today from a local reefer. My parameters are as follows (just did the weekly chemical experiment) Salinity: 1.024 PH: 8.2 to 8.4 Temp: 79...