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Our oscellaris finished QT hypo a few weeks back and has now developed a few discoloration 'patches' that I'm unable to ID and thought some would have a suggestion. The largest spot below is slightly raised and white and there are 3 more smaller discolorations near his head on the opposite...

Through some inadvertent actions yesterday, I had to re-adjust my calcium reactor and refill the bubble counter. In doing so, I found that the CO2 check valve between the reactor and CO2 regulator bubble counter was not functioning and was letting calc water back into the CO2 bubble counter and...

I picked up a couple of used 250W PFO pendents and ballasts some time back and was cleaning it up today and happen to notice that the bulb was almost brand new looking with no discoloration of the bulb and/or rust/tarnish on the base and it was marked: XM250/D That is the only marking I could...

I just received a new product announcement from the enaly corporation that makes the low cost ozone units. Their earlier models were non adjustable and were a major drawback to some. In any case, the new model has several features. Just thought I'd pass on the info in case someone was...

On our aggressive tanks, we've always run high nitrates for various reasons and during the move to a 140g tank about a year ago, we added a much deeper refug and sump. When I first added the Chaeto without any phosban reactor, it seemed to grow well, but after adding the reactor it also seemed...

Has anyone seen a sticky or posting about the interceptor medication treatment for the red bugs that includes the dosage amounts if using as a dip and not as a tank treatment? I've got some tablets and have searched for 'interceptor' and red bugs and still haven't found the ones I thought I've...

Since Tropic Marin usually makes pretty good products from my experience, I was a bit intrigued by a (maybe new) offering from them dealing with the Acro eating flatworms, spiders (maybe the zoo eating kind too???), and some other parasitic organisms. If it works and also does kill spiders...

I got 2 of these crabs today with some SPS corals that I picked up and while they were comfortably in the coral and did not appear to be doing any harm, I wasn't sure they were 'acro-crabs' either. The body is just a little smaller than a dime (about 3/4 size) and the spread with the claws...

I have purchased 2 large quantites of Chaeto to add to one of my tank refugiums, and each time it has just 'melted' after a couple of weeks. I'm using exactly the same light as my other (aggressive) tank that grows like mad and I can't figure out any other thing that would cause it. My grape...

Well, we left the top loose on a bucket of salt and with the rains,etc from the last week, it has turned into an almost solid block of salt that has to be 'chipped' out in chunks now. I've never felt there was any reason to be concerned about using a partially hardened salt, but the latest...

If any of you use/own/borrow an AC III PRO model controller from neptune systems and have some insights/ideas on troubleshooting,etc, I would appreciate *any* ideas/discussion you might could offer. Since the III *PRO* model seems to have quite different calibration/stability requirements than...

Well... it happened. We've had a potload of baby reidi in the first Reidi batch that we've had. We believe the parents are from the litter mates to Water'bug and TJay's reidi's that have been so prolific lately. I really tried to keep the horses from looking over my shoulder and reading what...

Well, we found and bought a Coral Banded Butterfly that was eating almost everything we gave him (frozen brine and myesis) (except aptasia :? ) almost immediately after getting him home and into a temp QT tank. He had a small bit of fin spot/discoloration but we figured it was worth the time to...

This is like Baby Huey...he grew about 3 times as fast as the others in this batch of Seahorses. I transfered him to the major Seahorse tank and he is eating up a storm. He is approximately 3-3 1/2 ". Huey is a male and really going to make a great father raising his fry in the future. I...

I'm trying to fashion a new Ph,etc probe holder for my sump and was wondering if they were designed to operate fully submerged or should the top end always remain out of water. I don't have too many choices on this tank as it does not have a calc reactor and the water level in the area that I'd...