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i would say it is bryopsis too. the size of it, re-growth, density, the only thing that doesn't seem right is that ghostface has a fish that eats it. (not many fish are known to eat bryopsis).

no, because its the only one we have!!!

black cotton. wrapped around many many times. just not to tight as some soft corals do not like being squeezed.

that pyjama cardinal, is that pasted in? it seems to be lacking some of it jaw. and it looks like it is in square box.

150 W is more then enough or you may end up with fish soup!! the higher the wattage the more heat is produced and smaller tanks will flactuate greatly unless you invest more money into a chiller! in regards to cycling, just test your water if ammonia and nitrite show zero (zero that is) you will be fine to slowly add stock (again the word is slowly) to increase your bioload and grow your bacteria population. also make sure that you do regular water changes from the start and not when there is a problem coming up. is your skimmer producing any foam (skimmate)? another thing regarding the lights. you can always use a different bulb in the atman (like BLV, AB).

be very careful with them! i used them in the mid eighties to bring out the flourecence in polyps. the idea was to illuminate the corals for 20 -30 minutes each night and after a few weeks some of the corals would produce a orange, green or yellow glow, even in complete darkness. downside was that if you left the lights on to long you would kill living tissue (fish and corals). i guess if you use a cover glass to block the UV radiation they should be fine, just keep in mind that this is also harmful to youre eyes.

i was quite suprised when i used my refractometer and it showed 1.029. well never mind in it went. why didn't you go at high tide? clean water and easy to collect!

if you got some containers i can give you some. went to takapuna this avro to collect some water, and i wasn't the only one.

ooops that came out wrong!! :oops: was talking about the back and side colour of his tank of course.

thats because with all that bloody equipement you've got its almost a shame to waste it on such a small tank! told you a while ago that you should get a 7 footer with lots of depth. :lol:

i can't remember! black?? but if you can remember someones back ground colour then the tank must be pretty boring!! oh i think i remember what colour yours is steve. pink!!!!! 8)

don't laugh, but i was playing with the idea of creating part of a wreck ( i have a porthole with all fittings recovered from a wreck site). also got some pretty nice pic's from wrecks looking into the hull. so still playing with the idea of recreating that same look, but for my part it should look real and not toyish jo-joing divers or the like.

seems to work on the same principle as my berlin classic. can't see why it shouldn't work with a grunty pump!

http://faculty.washington.edu/cemills/Ctenophores.html ctenophore is what i was looking for.

but the price varries a lot depending where you look! went to placemakers on friday they had shelly's marine epoxy for $20.99 if you go the wharehouse they sell the same stuff for $12.95 (and as i heard yesterday from canadareef for half price over the new year weekend (of course canadareef didn't tell me after the sale finished :evil: )) just shows the mark up with different companies selling the same stuff. does that mean the placemakers epoxy is any better because it cost alot more?

lets just hope that you didn't get any other nasties with that stressed out dying CB!! :-?

no wonder you get lost in akl and i have to collect you from the corner dairy!!! if you look deeper you might be related to layton. :bounce:

shouldn't that be in the trade and exchnage? joke aside how much?

well at least i am not the only one that looks into his tank with a torch in the middle of the night. always get funny looks when i mention it to other non - salties. :lol:

no disagree, they are some sort of comensal (parasite?) flatworm living mostly on sacrophyton leathers. been looking in my books and magazine's because i have seen a picture with name in one of thembut of course can't find the bloody thing. i have also seen one on a xenia when i didn't have any leathers (supsitute host ?). they blend in perfect with the host they live on and are very hard to spot. at night they will extent very long sweepers, which are pretty cool to look at with a torch, they expand them and then retract them with a short time. the sweepers themselve look pretty cool too. it doesn't seem to do any damage to the coral it lives on and if you really don't like it then you can easely remove it with some tweezers. i would take it of you if chuck it away. they seem to be filder feeders of some sort. i only ever had 3 of them and that of a long time of reef keeping. they seem to vanish after a while, may be just enough food

this must be the merry christmas thread!!! all the fruitcakes you can get, from the king country to the shore, the waitak's and beyond. must be a sorry christmas in CHCH as there seem to be no fruitcakes. oopps sorry forgot co....l. i personly prefer mince pies but fruitcake will do. :bounce: merry christmas to all you intense reefers (including wannabe fruitcakes) who needs all the big, expensive skimmers. go the berlin classic go!!!

it is Bryopsis. remove the rock and flush under boiling water. if your tank is very nutrient poor it will not grow much, if you have lots of nutrients it will explode in growth and cover almost everything and nothing seems to eat it. remove the zoo before hand so that you have some to start a new colony.

what about if i give you my great working berlin classic for a deltec and/or beckett (not proven how good they are as evident in the previous thread) so i would say its a good deal for you. :bounce:

so when does a beckett become a beckett and when not?

are the above 3 different types of beckett skimmers? i always thought that a beckett was a skimmer. if i wasn't confused before now i am. :-?