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    Gonipora corals (Flower Pot Corals) question

    Well, I feel JADED by my LFS. I purchased (unfortunately) a bright green Gonipora coral a few weeks ago, as it was absolutely (and still is) stunning. It has probably 200+ Polyps that extend on it that are a bright neon lime green color. I had NO IDEA though, that this happens to be one of...
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    Live rock ATE my frogspawn!

    Okay....I got a BEAUTIFUL frogspawn frag (nanosize, only about 2 inches long) today, and I went to stick him in a hole, and he fell into it, and got jammed into it or something, and I cannot find the bugger. The rock has a hollow part on the inside, opening to a little cave like thing. Unless I...
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    How do you make a personal avatar?

    I am having trouble making my own avatar. I have a partiular photo I want to use, but cannot seem to get it to get small enough for me to put it on, or it says error, or it says it cannot complete using the URL off photobucket.com. It posted the pic on the forum huge..it took up almost half...
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    Fiddling around..some pics around my tank. 24NCDX

    Lenny! He's my bicolored blenny that has tons of personality. His sits on that ricordia 99% of the time....almost like he's hosting it :) Emerald grab that I removed last week...he's gotten too big and was becoming aggressive...still cool though. Close up.....can anyone tell me...
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    Need some advice for a wonderful friend's tank

    Okay, all you smart reefers. I have been asked to help with a friends tank, and while I know some things, I wanted to get some advice from the experts. She has some major water issues, and I need to come in and make everything better, and she wants to upgrade her lighting and be able to have...
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    Hurricane Season coming...advice

    I am sure I am not the only person on this forum that has to deal with Hurricanes. Whats the best suggestion for dealing with a minimum of a 2 day power outage due to a hurricane? I thought I had heard of someone discussing the use of a computer back up type battery. I looked online for...
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    Colt coral LIMP

    My colt coral (closest thing I can find that looks like this guy, or it is some type of leather) has gone LIMP. He has been doing wonderful....growing so big, I actually was going to frag him this week. I did have him in the sand bed, and moved him about 3 weeks ago up top into some rockwork...
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    Outdoor tanks??

    Has anyone living in an area like South FL, ever try, or ever HEARD of, doing an outdoor tank, using natural sunlight for light? I was reading in a book the other day, and they had several natural light outdoor saltwater tanks. I was wondering if you guys think this could be done or not?
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    Green Star Polyps not opening

    I have a big patch of star polyps that about half the colony was open yesterday, and now today, the main group is not open at all, remaining tightly closed. I have a smaller patch on the other side of the tank that are open well and normally. All other corals doing very well. Any ideas...
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    Anyone have experience with sponges?

    I recently aquired a beautiful chunk of Blue Sponge. It is a very pretty blue purple color, and it shaped very neat with holes and arches and such. It was attached to a small rock, but as I was trying to figure out where to stick him, the rock came off. Now I just sorta lightly wedged him in...
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    Questions about having a "frag" tank?

    I just was given a 3 gallon Eclipse tank, and was wondering about the possibilty of making it a small frag tank, so that I can pull frags off the corals and put them in that tank to grow larger. Can this be done using this type of tank? What would you recommend to have in the tank (live sand...
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    Stupid ??, but gotta ask

    Okay..this may be a stupid question, but I need to ask. I don't think I really paid too much attention to the water levels in the back filtration compartments of my NanoCube 24DX. I had a Fission skimmer in, that I had taken out (JUNK by the way), and did my sponge cleanings and all, but when I...
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    HELP! Fans not working on my Nanocube 24DX

    Perhaps some of you have seen, I JUST posted pics last night of my tank, and said all has been going well...until NOW. The cooling fans have stopped working. Normally they run constantly on the tank anytime the lights are running, except for when the LED moonlights are on at night...
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    Photo's of my new 24DX

    Okay fellow nanoers....here's some photos of my tank after 1.5 months. I hope they upload correctly, I am trying to use photobucket to load them. Could you guys tell me if it looks decent? Can you identify the correct names for the corals and such? All seem to be doing well, but I am unsure...
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    New here, ???, and new nanocube 24dx

    Okay...after having much difficulty registering to this site (thank you to the web master), I am finally able to chat with you all, and get some advice! I have done some saltwater and many freshies, but want to do this tank right, and therefore am asking lots of questions, in hopes that you...
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