Recent content by Arvin R

Thanks! Hopefully sometime within the next year I can gain some functionality back. My display tank is suffering a lot due to this. Frag tanks are cruising along nicely luckily.

Thanks. Herniated S1/L5 from a car accident back in Oct of 2024. Been a lot of ups and down with recovery. No sciatica anymore thankfully but still a lot of lower back weakness and pain.

I had to stop taking new clients for maintenance at this time due to back problems unfortunately.

Floating front glass is not a bad design in itself. My Lee Mar which has probably been wet for around 15-20 years is floating front panel. I do very much dislike red sea stands and have a feeling that may be part of the issue as they are unevenly supporting the bottom of the tank and can cause...

I've got some red monti and some blue/purple stylo for ya for free if you can make it out to Castro Valley.

Sorry for the late announcement everyone but Kay's Coral Cove will be there to support this frag swap tomorrow! We'll have our frag swap special for anyone needing corals to join in on round 1 picking. 3 pack for $50. I'll be back later today with a preview video if anyone wants to cherry pick...

We'll be there and will have our frag swap specials of 3 corals for $50 for those who want to purchase corals for the swap! Sorry to hear. Get some rest and heal up!

Yup!

What type of coral is he looking to keep in the classroom tank? How experienced are they at keeping coral/maintaining a tank? I have some coral I could donate if you or they can make it up to Castro Valley one time!

Looks like colonial tunicates. There are many different types of colonial tunicates and some are good, but these are unfortunately the invasive type that you got. Put a tooth brush on the end of a siphon tube with rubber bands and scrub and siphon them all out. As for the coral if you still have...

I use Habor Freight super glue gel and have been happy with it. Occasionally there are some bad tubes in the pack but since I bulk buy 5-10 packs at a time it isn't really an issue. Definitely squishing the tubes before opening to mix them up again has helped. It applies thick and doesnt slick...

Your best bet will be to link up with a vendor or LFS like Hightide and have them special order you some. As Michael said, most won't stock NPS corals as they take a lot of extra effort for us to keep and is a very small amount of people who actually will buy.

Also I wouldn't fold over the gasket how you did. It does not need to be as thick as the original as long as your bulkheads still have thread left to screw the nuts on fully. Important part is that it sits square and flush with the tank. And you have proper gaskets on inside tank to flange, and...

Do you have a gasket on the outside between the bulkhead nuts and the overflow box? Also do not over tighten as this can cause them to leak too. Seated then just a tad bit more (sometimes even just a good hand tight does it). Over tightening can pinch the gasket and raise up a portion of it...