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I am pretty sure that the tank at MBA that had them has been taken down - the exhibit about marine conservation and global change was closed and replaced with a new jelly exhibit. That exhibit had a fantastic reef tank with lighting that could only have been LEPs.

The 240G coral flat at RTC now has 3 Stray Light Optical Light Emitting Plasma lights hanging over it, and thanks to Dave (Houser) the lights are on a nice intensity cycle that ramps from minimum to maximum output over 4.5h, and then back to minimum in another 4.5 h (9h total light cycle)...

To those of you who brought coral to RTC in July: Last week I discovered a huge infestation of monti eating nudibranchs in the large coral flat at RTC. The only corals in there came from my display and from you. It could be that my display still has the pesky buggers, though I haven't...

Well, unlike all you cheaters, I'm just going to come out and say that I'm the first failure here. I put the nub in my home Nano and it was dead by Wednesday. Too bad. Perhaps if I had gotten it straight to RTC it may have lived and grown big and tall like yours. So, I guess I'm the...

would be great to have a local supplier of these...be sure to keep amphipods out of your breeding system as they eat the eggs. Good luck!

But the price is right has RULES about whether your number has to be closest to the actual value, or cannot be over, or something like that (haven't watched the show in decades)! Here, we were simply told to pick a number between 1-100. Lucky for me, I was bright enough NOT to pick 1 or 100...

If you want MH, I've got some 250 W or 400W ballasts and lumenarc reflectors available. The choice to make is whether you want to spend $$ up front on LED (or plasma), but save money over time on electricity and bulbs, or have an inexpensive light now but spend over time on replacement...

what fun! #99 and Ill be at the meeting jonathon

There's a great cajun restaurant in Berkeley: Angeline's Louisiana Kitchen. http://www.angelineskitchen.com/ It's close to campus. You could take the Davis-Berkeley shuttle bus!

looks sweet! I'm embarrassed by my disaster 12G nano home tank, but yours is spectacular already! Keeping a nice nano is way harder than a big tank, so you're doing a great job. You should take a photo each month or two to judge growth.

I have one available. rough dimensions are 6' long, about 2' wide and 2' deep. It's in Tiburon

Super excited about this talk! Check out this article for a little bit of background: http://www.reefhobbyistmagazine.com/downloads/pdf/version18.pdf

Glad you all had fun, and it was my pleasure to show you around RTC! Be sure to come back for Discovery Day on Oct 21 when all the science we do at RTC will be on display.

I have a TruVu nano cube with built in skimmer and media compartments. It's about 25G I think. Also have a Tunze NanoSkimmer and a 250W DE MH that could go with it. I wanted to set it up at home, but have gotten the spousal veto! Jonathon

Mike - hope you feel better. It could be the ghost of RTC - the one that is always causing 1000gallons of water to disappear overnight (it's happened inexplicably many times!).

OK it's a deal! I need to chop back too...maybe you'll see something you want in the display.

I've got bunches of soft drinks, including juice/soda/water and will bring something to throw on the grill and/or some side dish. FYI for those people bringing their kids: RTC was not set up as a kid friendly place, though there are kids there and I bring mine to work from time to time...

How about a solar still to deal with tank water change disposal? More efficient than just letting the water evaporate, and the reclaimed water could be used instead of RO/DI to mix up new salt mix or dumped in the septic system. The residual salt/brine would still need to be disposed of...

I also think $20 must be a typo. I'll ponder 150 ea: a brand new 6125 is about $100 more.

I'm interested if they are working and the price is right! Right now I have some new pumps and some old pumps, some 6200 and some 6100. I already have the magnets, so don't need those...