chimera

thanks for letting us all know that Ira, make sure you show us photo's of your Nori sheets too

this is what im planning on doing (or having the capability of doing) when i get a new skimmer usually though dont quarantine

30 is really a maximum but dont want it constantly at this. chillers aint cheap and depends on rating and make. typically around $700 - $1000 2nd hand, double that new. pm dogmatix i think he was selling one.

:lol:

i followed that tank on RC during it's design stages. I wondered when it would get TOTM

...with chillers

thats what i was thinking. ich is bad but never heard it bad enough to wipe out an entire tank that quick.

agree, however you're less likely to stay in the hobby because of the frustrations you will have - and most likely due to a cheap skimmer (but of course you wouldnt know that unless you had a decent skimmer that did the job in the first place!) at the least pick something in the middle!

looks great, get the carbon in their asap to start cleansing ya water

that's an understatement!!! its a FANTASTIC little program - and whats more its freeware. Been using it for years! http://www.irfanview.com

it was sarcasm "i know something you dont know". come on cracker blurt out ya idea.

no one pays retail, get them from mico or chesters and tell them you want trade price. melev's site is an awesome link for getting ideas, highly recommend it!

that is the smartest thing I've read on this site thus far. very true, however a bit of filter wool every now and then wont hurt and can help physically strip out detritus. used long term is not recommended.

its a trade secret

Total Watts used: 1600 watts Watts per annum: 27010 hours per year Kilowatt hours used: 27.01 kw/hrs Lighting: $355.88 per year (2190 kw/hrs) Pumps: $583.64 per year (3591.6 kw/hrs) Filtration: $99.65 per year (613.2 kw/hrs) Heating: $106.76 per year (657 kw/hrs) Other appliances: $0 per year (0 kw/hrs) TOTAL: $1145.93 That's using 0.16250c/Kwhr as suggested by Bluetom

Hahaaa, "all your base are belong to us" - for those unknown to Internet jargon... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base_are_belong_to_us

colour is heading back down to the base of the coral, not just colouration in new growth areas. must get some pics up!!! not massive colouration yet, but at least I can see it progressing... pics this weekend...

from my own experience with zeovit so far, I would suggest the same. only now are 80% of my corals starting to show colouration (the other 20% i expect are just brown acro's) only at the tips to start but colour is slowly down to the base - definate signs finally! i dont put this purely down to zeovit though, i think the new lights (or more specifically lights much closer to the waters surface) has made a huge improvement (cheers for the tip pies ). i still havent add the 4 x T5's to my tank yet but when i do i would expect to see faster colouration still.

oh i can still feel the love. are you sure your new one's not al's steve?

that SUX big time, I've only had a problem with ich once on blue tang after he moved tanks. fingers crossed!

as in turning into a vegetable?

must give it a go sometime!

cher

wasp i really need to come over and test my water on your colorimeter. irrelevant of orthophosphates being tested or not, at least its going to give me some indication of my nutrients. will try and make it this weekend if you're around?

you'll have to change your onscreen name to just "steve" now