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Mike, I believe I have a set of the orange forearm carrying straps around here somewhere. I can dig them out for you and you're welcome to borrow them as long as you need. I'm also free to help with the carrying if needed.

Yeah, having it in driving distance this year makes it pretty irresistible. Plus that's such a nice area for a weekend getaway anyway :) I definitely agree with you on the techie side! I love hearing about the new equipment and its fun to see and demo things in person at MACNA. I'm...

Most wrasses aren't too awful, but some of them can just be downright mean like that. I had a candy hogfish that just up and murdered several of my fish out of nowhere. I know plenty of people do PVC burrows for eels, so I'm sure that would work. I didn't do one and my eel has done a great...

I'm going and yes I'm a reef nerd. Just embrace it :)

That's crazy that the tangs got that bullied by the wrasses! I thought tangs could usually hold their own, but then I have seen some really mean wrasses. If you just do the Lionfish, tusk, eel, and wrasses, I'd say add the Lionfish and eel first. Lionfish are really not aggressive fish, so I'd...

I think the antennata lionfish, snowflake eel, and harlequin tusk are great choices that will do well together. I currently have an antennata lionfish with a snowflake eel without any issues. The antennata would have to be full grown and the eel would have to be super tiny for there to be any...

You're very welcome! It was too cool not to share!

Why is there a lack of a CUC? Lionfish are completely safe with snails, hermit crabs, urchins, serpent stargish, conchs...and many other things. Basically they're just not safe with shrimp in terms of CUC. I assume rhinopias are the same way.

What type of scorpionfish? I have experience with lionfish, which are scorpionfish, but I don't have experience with the other fish in the scorpionfish family. I believe the care is pretty similar for most of the scorpionfish though.

Hi everyone! I wanted to share a video that Erin (@Kensington Reefer) took of an urchin spawning in one his client's tanks. Pretty awesome!

There really is a large difference in accuracy between hydrometers and refractometers. I wouldn't ever trust a hydrometer for a reef tank with SPS corals. A plexiglass top really isn't ideal on a saltwater tank. Speaking from experience, the salt creep over time is very hard to clean off...

I assume March was a typo. I can try to help a bit if its after May. I was the one who ran the last one, so I can at least help with ideas and let you know how I set it up before.

I've had no issues with my mithrax crab or urchin with my zoas. Well minus the fact that if I don't glue down new zoa frags really well, I find them riding around on the urchin. He doesn't hurt them though. I just pull them off and glue them better :) The ruby red mithrax crab luckily has...

I feel like I see quite a few clams in reef tanks, its just that not that many people do big predator reefs. So not many harlequin tusks in reed tanks :)

Btw, how are you measuring your salinity? Are you using a swing arm hydrometer or a refractometer? The hydrometers can be very inaccurate, so your salinity could be swinging without you realizing this. If you're going to be keeping sensitive corals like SPS, you should be using a...

I'm partial to the Salifert kits. I use Salifert brand for Alk, Ca, Mg, nitrate, and phosphate. I never have had good luck with the API kits and the Red Sea kits are great for a while, but as they age, the color change becomes less distinct and it becomes hard to accurately figure out your...

I'm really loving the harlequin tusks! I'm beginning to think about a large tank upgrade down the line for my lionfish and eel. I'd love to be able to keep a harlequin tusk. I know they're coral safe, but that they eat snails and shrimp. I don't have any shrimp because of the lionfish and I...

I actually lose less snails now that I have lionfish and an eel than I did when I had smaller wrasses! My wrasses were the ones who used to flip the snails and eat them! Over the last couple years though, I've been moving away from using snails as the majority of my clean up crew. They've...

I agree with Erin and others, the ribbon eel is a bad idea. They're very very hard to keep! There are so many better choices of eels, that are very hardy and easy to keep. I have a snowflake eel that I absolutely love! He has a ton of personality and is always out and about, so he's lots of...

All of the gorgonians I have are photosynthetic. I don't have to feed them at all and they do just fine. They just need moderate light and moderate/high flow and they're happy. If you do feed them once in a while they're grow a bit faster, but its not necessary. There are plenty of non...