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Andre, My advice to you on urchins is get rid of them or place maybe one in your sump. I had a urchin that came as a hitchhiker way back when I first set up my 12 gallon cube. He always ate my coraline and many said he would die because there isn't enough coraline for him, well he lived...

Thanks so much Reefman and Skipm...... I will purchase the black cords to conceal my return lines...... I've also lowered my light to the lid of the sump..... Mike

I placed the 75 watt 2700 K bulb and it's made my macros really take off and stabalize my PH to a steady 8.0-8.1 in the night. However since adding it to my fuge it's making my water lines grow brown algae inside. These lines are pretty much connected so tight that I would have to cut them...

Andre, I use the PH test kit by Salifert up untill I got my probe. The salifert colors are indeed better than other brands that are difficult to read. Mike

I think you might have the saddleback clown, which closely resembles both.... I will try to find a good pic of the saddleback clown and post... Mike

Sadie, Here are two pics of each clown: Clarki Notice that he has a white line at his tail, giving him three stripes. Sebea Notice that this guy only has two bands and nothing at his tail. Mike

I like the way you modded the light to rest on the tank... Gives you more watts per square inch... mike

Sadie, In my thread evolution, I document the Red Slime Remover, it works great as I have heard the chemi-clean has killed clams. Since I'm a clam owner I went with this product instead of the chemi-clean and my clams were okay and the slime was killed. Mike G

jsholar, I'm happy my coco worm is on your desktop, you gave me the same idea and I also added it to my desktop here at work. :D Mike G

Andre, If you can get the Reefkeeper 2 get it, because being able to read PH is critical, the test kits blow bad in this department. If you don't upgrade the reefkeeper, I would recommend the SMS122 PH Milwaukee controller. I own it and it's affordable and controls my Milwaukee regulator...

Check out the close up on my coco worm.... Mike

This tank is going to rock; I've never seen such cool looking live rock and clean water in a while; just loving this tank.... Mike

I took another look at your clown and from what I've been reading it's not a Sebae but a Clarki. The clarki has three bands whereas the sebea only has two; if you look at the pic the third line picks up right at this tail. I've heard Clarki's will host rather quick just like sebeas, wish I...

Nemo, If it's ich you are gonna know because he will break out pretty bad and be scatching against the gravel or rocks; then if it's not treated you'll get a major loss of appetite. I would use No-ich as it's getting more and more popular with the reefs and it works; I've used it twice...

Sadie, What kind of clown did you get to host the anemone? Is that a clarki, saddleback or sebae? I'm still waiting for dragons two ocelleris to host my haddoni carpet, I think it's going to be a long time. Mike

Andre, I'm really happy that the No-ich is working in your tank; it had positive results in my reef. I'm also happy that you ended up placing the freshwater version of our lights in your fuge, that is one reason your macros took off and mine didn't. 10K is not in my honest opinion for...

Welcome Roodee, Your rock formation is great, sort of reminds me of skull mountain from Winnie the pooh; I think you have lots of neat spots to place corals and for critters to hide. Good job on the reef building, that sets the theme of the tank... Mike G

Andre, Thanks for laying out the detail on your tank. I can honestly tell you that our tanks are almost identical in how we started them and documented their evolution. In having almost identical equipment and corals and critters we have also been plaqued by nuissance algae, diatoms and...

Andre, So how is the battle with the ich? Have you started? What is the kelvin and the wattage on your refuge light? Mike

Has anyone every been stung by one of these? What does it feel like? Does it hurt? mike