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very cool, lately I've been interested in the roles of trace elements and vitamins in marine biochemistry, of particular interest to me are iron and ascorbic acid. Also interesting was last week my doctor told me to watch my blood pressure and cholesterol, a little research on the internet and...

I use that common clear flexible tubing to siphon water out for changes. I found that you can pinch the tubing to stop the siphon with one hand and with hand maneuver the tubing over the hair algae, pull it loose with your fingers, then open up the tubing with the other and it sucks it right...

New Alameda Aquatics and Amazon Aquariums are both BAR sponsors in that area, Lucky Gold Fish (Oakland) is not far from Alameda either. Cheers, Josh

I think (someone please step in if I'm wrong) bryopsis is the genus name of 40+ different hair algae, latin for "moss like" or something.

Some people recommend bringing your magnesium levels up, I guess there is a threshold that hair algae dies at. Not exactly sure the protocol on this method, maybe someone will chime in. Cheers, Josh

Has anyone tested batches of IO lately? I'm curious what its numbers are testing at? Many Thanks! Josh

my girl friend used to give me a hard time about how much time I spend on my tank, I took her to the LFS and let her pick out any fish she wanted. To my surprise she spent 2hrs trying to find the "perfect" fish. Now she has an little interest in the tank (helps feed, keeps an eye out for...

find a LFS that has peppermint shrimp and LRR with aiptasia (or a member), throw them in a small qt tank (copper free) and don't feed the shrimp until the aiptasia is gone! Hopefully when he hits your thank he'll be a well trained aiptasia warrior! I haven't tried this, but I got lucky with a...

anyone?

Hi All, I have a reef tank set up in my bedroom. Its an open top and loses about 1/4-1/2gal a day to evaporation, things get a little clammy for sleeping, especially on hot nights and in the wet winters so I was thinking about getting a dehumidifier. Anyone run one to counter their tank or to...

Heres a couple more: QT = Quarantine AEFL = Acro Eating Flat Worms (pest) FWE = Flat Worm Exit (treatment) T5 = 5/8" tube diameter fluorescent light

if they were on the street there is a good chance they have worms, so you might want to get them dewormed too. Cheers, Josh

almost looks like sea lice or something....yuck

errrrr, my emerald crab has developed a taste for candy canes, noticed three dead heads picked apart and him perched at the base stuffing his face.....little booger

I could be interested in the tank if get a new one (you should really try the micro mesh first), what size/dimensions? Cheers, Josh

bummer, there are ways to get those scratches out, but lots of hard work will be required. Just do a search on here, RC, or Google for "Micro-Mesh" acrylic scratch remover kits. You can use these with the water and critters still in your tank, the bad news is your arm will probably fall off...

this sounds crazy, but I thought it might be a interesting way to to "cook" live rock, high doses of bromelain, i.e. meat tenderizer. This stuff is derived from pineapples and digests protein like nobodies business. You can buy large volumes of it in powdered form, I was thinking it would help...

haha, I have to quote myself with a funny stat I remember reading on Tom's, when MSN Live search was first launched, the #1 hit was "google". Evidently people rather navigate to Google with a search then typing it in to the tool bar!

haha, it doesn't take long does it! http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Google-Browser-Chrome-Firefox-IE,6317.html

in terms of speed it plays out like this 1) Firefox 3, Chrome Beta (basic surf Chrome wins, advanced surfing Firefox wins) 2) Opera, Safari 4.0 (some claim it is as fast as Firefox 3, still waring over it) 3) IE 7 If you are still using IE you need to hit yourself and download one of the...