Search results

I can bring warm fresh sourdough :)

A 4/3 suit isn't so bad :D, I asked my buddies, "do I look fat in this" all the time.

The companies that grow the corals pick them out, if folks complain down the supply chain then those corals are *generally* omitted depending on the return. Yes AFAIK, the U.S. is the largest market for MOs. No, like any mariculture/aquaculture venture lessons learned have limited greatly what...

Good question, for the most part species are roughly identified at the collection/mariculture site and are imported as such to obtain proper CITES permitting. Are they correct species names? Often times not, it is merely a name on paperwork that allows the coral to be imported.

You can place the return several inches below the waters surface and add an open T with a small riser above where the return penetrates the water, that will allow the gas to escape instead of forcing the gas to penetrate the water.

^^^^ It seems that in our mixed reefs not every coral is happy at the same time, you wind up chasing numbers trying to "fix things" when there are issues you cannot fix by looking at test kits.

IME it is more the wavelength than a light source issue.

That's because he dated Pam Anderson :D

Interestingly enough there's little to no mag in the structure of coralline, I think it has more to do wit the stability that mag provides along with the ability to keep Ca levels high without precip.

Not that glamorous, but quite possibly the greatest drop in the history of the ASP contests and a perfect 10 score. WCYfpn2UoYo

Even more official now :D http://www.aspworldtour.com/2011/11/02/kelly-slater-claims-historic-11th-asp-world-title-at-rip-curl-pro-search-san-francisco-2/

Try pushing you calcium, coralline is mostly composed of calcite. Also, it's not a big fan of NO3 or PO4, it has to compete with microalgae when those levels are high.

As long as they have the NSF label they're fine, you can give them a quick hosing out if you are nervous though.

It's nice to see a tank that has room for corals to grow big instead of cramming rock into every square inch possible :)

Get some background on that thing!

For my personal tank I prefer BB, it is easy to service and looks more natural once the coralline has encrusted and starts to make layers.

Both :D

Good news Kyle, keep us in the loop :)

I've removed sand beds many, many times without issue, even deep sand beds. The key is to have your plan laid out so things move quickly, if there's a hiccup it costs valuable time.

This the first year in a while that I've not experienced this ^^^^^, I've always assumed (the best way to quantify things by the way) that it has something to do with my proximity to the ocean and all of the funky algae blooms that occur between late August and early November. Although the...