Recent content by Jeff

This article lays out some basic pros and cons of common filtration types - I like how it's put together. It won't answer all your questions but maybe give you a ballpark of where to start asking more in depth questions. Filtration Article

My wife brought our recent power bills to my attention. I thought I'd share. I'm still waiting on the numbers but found this quite shocking. (heh, shocking - electricity thread; I'm funny.) [Our January 2009 electricity bill was more than double our September 2009 bill.] Here are the basic...

It all depends. There is more than one component in the chain - the outlet, the wiring, the circuit breaker... Hard to answer that question.

Barry the worm http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1165930/Barry-giant-sea-worm-discovered-aquarium-staff-mysterious-attacks-coral-reef.html?ITO=1490

I'd be there but I'm on call this weekend and have to sit at work...

Don't know if everyone's seen this or what but some real cool ideas here. Eric - Borneman Coral Fragging video!!

Not sure where to put this but thought this would work. I just bought a Milwaukee SM101 pH monitor. I calibrated it with the enclosed 7.1 and 4.1 solutions. It has a manual scale but Milwaukee tech support says to leave it pointed straight up to the 25 degree mark for anything near room...

I saw a tank full of condilactius (sp?) nems at the Petsmart in Rowlett for $6.99 each. They are white with maybe pink tips? and about grapefruit sized. Thought that was an amazing price for just about anything so I'd post to let others know.

I'd like to see what it looks like - I've been told great things and I'm ordering a Pheonix 14k bulb but I want to see the Reeflux 20k in use.

I've got a new foxface rabbitfish and he has picked the tank and rock fairly clean of the stuff I wanted to get rid of. Now he really goes after the nori type seaweed I put in when it's cut into little strips. I'm wondering if I should add some kind of vitamin supplement. He goes after it...

I got a 24" T5 retro kit with 660-009 ballast and timer. The retro kit is prewired. I hooked up the ballast and bulbs last night to test the unit. There is no switch that I can find. When I plug in the unit, the lights come on for a second, the ballast gives a tiny 'tick' and turns off. Is...

Anyone know what this coral is on the right on the square plug? I got it from Zoanuts at the farmer's market. alt="">

OK folks. Last night I sold about 23 frags of the Blueberry Gorgonian that has become to be known as 'Dheere Berries' - I'm honored. :? The history of the blueberry gorgonian has not been that great as far as survivability in aquariums. So, I've had requests to start this thread to see if one...

I'm really frustrated. I can't seem to beat this caleurpa thing. I've got a small tank, 18 gallons. Fortunately, most of all my corals haven't been affected because they're all small frags that are mobile. There are some a couple rocks that have zoas or others attached that do have 'the...

I have/had a lettuce nudi I'd gotten for bryopsis control - it ate like a pig and since I don't have fish, also the most entertaining and mobile thing in the tank. After a month and a half, it just disappeared. I looked in the canister filter because it had made it in there once before...