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Aquaculture corals are really beautufil and although they come on cement blocks you can re-glue them on your existing rocks once you get them home. Aquaculture is becoming very popular in recent years and is getting a lot of attention via cable tv. Last night my wife and I were watching...

I stand corrected about the one pound per gallon rule; I meant to say, "DO NOT ALLOW YOUR LFS TO GIVE YOU 15 LBS OF LIVE ROCK THAT ARE COMPOSED OF THREE BIG PIECES". That is what happened to me; I however ran two cubes one with 15 lbs of live rock and the other one with only 8 lbs of live...

They sell over the counter lotions for poison oak and sun burns but I've never seen a lotion for Anenome rashes. Would be funny to see the picture of the carpet anenome on an aisle for lotions... Mike

I think the advice that Skipm gives about the 3/4 watt on the 12 gallon is a good benchmark for you to use. I did two 3/4 in my 12 gallon for many months untill I upgraded and just got 1 R-2 moonlight instead. I have many threads on this forum with examples, pictures that is of my...

Hi Skipm, The upgrade at nanocustoms is beautiful in that you'd think it came from JBJ itself. Chris is the owner of nanocustoms and his work is the best. I know this because upgraded two of my 12 gallon cubes with his lights. What questions do you have in specific that I may answer...

With the moon light affect you want to give some area, a degree of zero lighting. That will enable the sessile animals to sleep without any light. Moon lights are cool and I have three of them on my 72 gallon bowfront; I had two and went to just one more. I thought about getting more but...

Depends on the wattage are they the 3/4 moonlights from coralife? Mike

Hi Edgray, One of the problems with some LFS is they don't know how to sell live rock to nanocube owners. Chances are they don't even own a nanocube at home and are too busy just selling massive dry good and corals to even acknowledge that large pieces of live rock are difficult for us...

B, Thanks for sharing your experiences with anenomes and their stinging capabilities. I've always heard that the carpet are the strongest and have seen LFS get stung and rash up immediately. Mike

Get an algae crew, they will love you for it.... mk

I saw this online and I found it very alarming and wish to share it with all you reefers.... Mike G. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051025/ap_ ... estruction

My organ pipe has been going since March of this year when I set up my second cube. It's doing very well, it's been attacked twice by hair algae and managed to when the battle. It's in my big tank now and it's huge, it really expands.... Here is a picture of it when I first placed it in...

B, I'm not sure, and cannot say it was the crab, but the sound stopped after he was removed. My brother would always say, whats that clicking sound everytime he came over to visit. ?????? I may never know???? MG

B, I had a hairy crab that made a popping sound with it's claw, once I caught him the sounds stopped. I'm not sure if it was a popping sound but it was a sound that I was able to pick up and it was him. Mike

Will they get along with an emerald crab? Mike

I believe a mantis would show itself by now. They are very inquisitive little critters, it's those ugly crabs that hide and make sounds. Mike

I picked up three last night for my 72 gallon... I'm really hoping they don't cause damage to the tank. I owned a single one in my 12 gallon cube and it never did anything other than eat algae. Mike

I keep mine single, but I know they do better as a team. Just haven't been able to pick up an extra. Mike

Blindskater, I use a calcium reactor with my setup. I've included a series of pictures on my setup on my thread 72 gallon bowfront evolution. Please feel free to ask me any questions... Mike G

Since I am working on fighting algae in my reef, I know I cannot win the battle from just the outside; the phosphate reactor cannot do it alone. So I went and purchased, one small yellow tang, one small hawaii algae blenny, 10 margarita snails, 5 astral snails, and 3 emerald crabs. I hope...