Recent content by extinguishfire

I just got back from vacation and it appears that in the thunderstorm on Monday my apex base unit got zapped. I am in need of a backup apex base unit to borrow please.

Haha Congrats Matt. I figured someone needs to get ya started on a tank build thread. Hope this build thread goes better than your last build thread.

What is the best 20k bulb 250watt wise with an ice cap ballast? Best as far as par goes.

I got mine at Regal Plastics in Dallas. I think it is on LFS map on top right. You might be able to get it from a sign shop as well.

So I have a 55 gal vat that I make my saltwater in. It is installed in my fish room in a corner next to the tank. It is not easy to take outside to clean so I just filled it with 55 gallons of water and 2 gallons of vinegar to try and clean it up some. I was just wondering when I dump that...

I have 5 leopard wrasses in my tank now. Meleagaris, potters, ornate, niger and kuiter. I have never seen or heard of this last one so I thought I would post a pic. alt="">

So I take a turkey baster occasionally and blow my rocks trying to get all the dust out. I am having a little issue with some raised phosphates and I think this could be one of the reasons. What does everyone do if anything to blast the rocks? I wonder how much an impact would have adding...

An article about the true test of the battery back up from Hurricane Ike. http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1472426&perpage=25&pagenumber=1

So here they are for all those that have been asking. I got a red one and a white one from Ultimatefrags.com. This is as I was putting them in my tank. alt=""> alt=""> And starting to settle. alt=""> Here is the red one in actinics. alt=""> Here are both of them at night fully inflated...

Hope he doesn't mind me posting a few pics of his tank. It is super sweet and set up so well. That acan enchinata is huge and I can't believe somebody has a colony that big that was fragged before sold. It is probably 18 inches at it's longest point. The echino is sweet how it has two...

I went to DNA today and saw a coral that struck my eye. It is super bright coloring but labeled on glass as slightly damaged. Well they said it has been there a couple of weeks and it had come shipped in with the damage starting. I thought I might have a chance ast it and that it was worth...

I was just messing with my tank and came across something that I didn't know exactly it was. I wanted to get it out but there are many things in the hobby that could be harmful. I wasn't sure about this but was getting it out one way or another. I think it might be a flatworm but not for...

Well my wife wanted to move closer to work. The 2.5 hours a day in the car was wearing on her. I said ok as long as I had a place to put a tank. Preferrably in the wall. Well with the unstable market and having a home for sale in a neighborhood with new homes still being built we finally...

He is eating and acting normal but has something on his side. alt=""> alt="">

Well I have been working on my 295 gallon tank and thought I would post a couple of pics. Will do a build thread when I have time. Still more work to be done to get it finished. alt=""> alt=""> alt=""> alt="">