Recent content by Rick

I need some opinions on 400 watt single ended bulbs. I have run different bulbs over the year. Most recently for the last few years I was running Reeflux 400 watt 10k bulbs. But I go tired of changing the bulb every six months because the shift so much over just six months or so. So I decided at...

I'm speechless, all I can say is Holy Crap! :shock:

My crack, this one is just awesome. I had to crop the coral it, the file was too large.

What natural balance might be put out of whack by intentionally boosting one bacteria up so high? The basics, stick with the basics it is a lot safer. Might be more work, but is safer than dumping vodka or some of the other quick fixes into an aquarium.

I have long been wary of using chemi-clean and the other antibiotics often used to dose tanks to try and clean out cyano-bacteria outbreaks. In my mind it was always a question of targeting all bacteria, good and bad. Anyone see this article in Advanced Aquarist's Magazine by Terry Siegal? It...

I know I am probably looking for headaches. But is anyone using electronic ballasts with a Neptune controller and the X-10s? Because of electric bills, I am cutting down both my wattage use and heat issues. I am going to three EVC Tech 400 watt electronic ballasts with three LumenArc Mini...

Here is a reply written by Eric Borneman when someone asked him about tank maturity. [Question: Hi Eric, I was hoping you could help me to understand better what it means for a system to "mature" or "become established". Hobbyists (me included) are always saying not to keep that sps or this...

I tried taking some photos today and since I can not figure out how get in the gallery I am posting them here. Someday I am going to learn how to take pictures or buy enough lenses that it just does it for me.

Well today I started running a treatment for redbugs again. The second time running a full blown treatment. The first time was sometime last March so about 11 months ago. I also did a one time hit of them in November/December with just one shot of Interceptor. Last year I did the recommended...

Just thought I would throw this out for those people interested in seahorses. As well as a renowned expert in the care and raising of seahorses, Jorge Gomezjurado who is coming to our NextWave conference this month has a connection to some business that raises them. He has told us that he will...

I thought I would copy this pretty good but brief article I found on the Marine Depot site. It give a brief overview of the three options of what to use on the bottom of the tank. And I said three, I do not think a layer of crushed coral is an option and apparently neither did they. An...

Though I do not have the ambition to care for these lovely creatures right now, I came across an article on a feeding station that may benefir those of that do. So here is the link. It is from an online magazine from the WetWebmedia.com group call the Conscientious Aquarist...

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Just thought I would post my three new additions.

[Remember Matt if you bought that MR-HOT reactor which I think would serve you well, and you ever got a bigger tank or needed more calcium reactor, you just get a second chamber. Thats the nice thing about calcium reactors if you have one that is not big enough to handle the job, you do not have...