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I'm a moderator and I have no corals....in fact, I have zilch in my tank except some curing liverock. Boohoo, I can't enter! On the plus side I plan to fetch another 30lbs of live rock tomorrow.

Picked up 23lbs of live rock today, put it in and it is not enough. I knew it wouldn't be but what I got was the best they had. Apparently I should have gone in yesterday. So....I'll wait till next Sat, do a 5gal water change and add 30lbs of rock and see how things look then. But at least...

I'll probably enjoy it since it'll be the first time I've done it in a good 7 years. I'll just be happy to actually be working on the thank, but I'll have to be hella extra careful since my tank is made of acrylic. Thinking back I wish I had explored the cost of a glass custom tank, thought...

Thanks for the advice. I do plan to set up one but it won't be for awhile as I've got the get the main tank up and running for a month or so. I keep having delays in getting my live rock to cycle the tank, but since I'm getting it so cheap I really can't complain. This sunday I'll probably...

Hmmm...bummer. Now I've got to wait till sunday to get the live rock. My tank has just been circulating water for awhile now, kinda sucks! But Sunday it's all set to go and again, it'll work better so I have the full day to play with it.

They're crazy looking! I'd really like to host those in my tank but hell...it sounds like they'd be crazy expensive to keep. What kind of starfish do you feed them? Live food too!

Is there a rule of thumb as to the diameter of fan to equal a degree temperature range or are there to many variables in themix? I think I could mount 2 4" fans easily. I'll have to check this out...more crap to buy!

so what do you feed them when you don't have fresh starfish feet?

Yeah, not sure exactly what I'm going to do, I'm thinking I could run a closed loop through a very small ice chest to chill the water temp down, but that'll be a pain to do for 4 months. I'll cross that bridge when I get there. I was just curious to know what sorts of fluxuations these things...

What is ideal water flow in a 'fuge as a gph/volume? I'm thinking of turning my 15gal sump into a 'fuge/planted tank and I was curious as to how much water I should be flowing through it. I know it can't be too vigirous or the 'pods will get dizzy and unhappy. I don't need it to be Hurricane...

Got a question, what is ideal water temp? I live in San Diego and do not have AC, my place so far is varying and I've seen my watertemps vary from 75.6 to 80 within a day. Is this too much of a swing for a reef tank? I was thinking I could just set my heater to 80d and leave it constant for...

I'm not sweating the live rock, it actually works out better for me if I get it on Friday so I can play around and aquascape all day long (I don't work on Friday's). Plus I didn't finish making this round of improvements until 10pm last night, then I would have had to start working with the...

September 27, 2004 Ok, good news and bad news. Bad news is that I didn't get a shipment of liverock today. Good news is Nate told this weeks buyer (they switch weeks) to get an extra 50lbs (for me) but only buy what Matt himself would put in his tanks. So he drove to the airport and didn't...

Hit a few snags this weekend. The tank is full and specific gravity is 1.023 but the plumbing may have to be re-examined. First, I drilled holes to break the suckion on the return line from the sump in case the power goes out. Only problem is that I drilled before I knew where hte water line...

A 29gal does not count as a nano, but no worries, I'm setting up a 40 w/ a 15gal sump (only 1/2 full...). So even though you may not qualify like me, there isn't much difference between a 'nano' and regular tank. Well, except the water parameters can get screwy faster in a nano. It's nice to...

Almost ready to fill. I mounted a bunch of the electronic stuff today and I thank my pops he made the sides out of 1" stock...makes it heavy as hell but takes alot of the worry out of drilling into it. Before: After: And then I modded my HOB skimmer to sit inside the sump, had to...

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DJConnman, What species consumes phytoplankton?

well I didn't know about it until I was reading some reviews on it after the fact! I did wonder why no one else was leaving, those assholes should have told us there was one more scene.

OH, if anyone does go see Napolean Dynamite, there is one final scene after the credits roll..I missed it and now I've got to go see it again.