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Best way seems to be to take a 2L plastic pop bottle and cut the top off about 2-3" down invert it and glue it back on. The Idea being sort of like the wasp traps- it will have a hard time getting out but the funnel shape will let it in. Some say that that won't work and there is a trap out...

The big difference between DT's and Kent or the likes is quality (and hence price.) The DT's is live and concentrated while most other brands are made up of dead phyto amongst other things. DT's will also have one cell while the others seem to "lump" together and one could imagine that it is...

I would say it is dependant on weather or not you want pods and such in the main tank. I have a 75 Gal with a very large refugium so I do not worry about the depletion in the main tank. I keep a coral banded, 3 peppermints and 1 cleaner. IMO the cleaner is the post peacful and interesting of...

Well, I bought one and was told it fed on algae. It wandered the tank happy for about two weeks and then was gone. Very nice looking, but it won't live.

Just one more thought. My LFS feeds their fish around 5:30-6:00 daily. If I am thinking of a fush purchase I will show up at that time to watch what the fish is eating and if it has a good appetite. My LFS owner will, if you request it hold a newly arrived fish for a few days for you. This...

I can't really answer with a definite reason, but mine grows like a weed. I would imagine that being as it's main requirements are light and nutrients that you may have a great skimmer pulling out something it needs or that your light may be a bit dim. The incandescent lights waste a lot of...

The main thing to prevent it from going sexual is to harvest it and keep it cut back. It is only one cell and when it reaches a predetermined size it will go sexual. If you are using it as a nutrient export let it grow to fill the refugium (cutting it to prevent it from growing too large) and...

Well, I posted here by mistake- so I will edit it and give you the links to macro algae pictures that I have.http://www.globaldialog.com/~jrice/alga ... allery.htm and http://www.reefs.org/hhfaq/pages/main_pages/faq_algae.htm hope this helps -Danny [ February 05, 2002: Message edited by...

Hi Tina, I cannot offer you advice on how to get it feeding right away, but for the long term to provide pods for it you may want to look at setting up pod piles in the aquarium. Pod piles are pretty much piles of rubble where they can reproduce in safety and when they wander out they will...

The coral beauty is one of three fish I have with the clam and they all do fine. I ended up lucky as the angel doesn't go after anything. If your coral beauty does not do after existing polyps you may wish to try a clam- but keep a close eye on them. Or if the clam is existing and you are...

I've been considering purchasing a dozer. That means I will have a business. That means I would need an office. And that in my reasoning means that my office furniture/supplies are tax write-offs. Think the tax man would believe that the reef was a necessary piece of "office equipment?"...

What you are asking is really a matter of opinion. I just swapped my NO lights out from over my 75 awhile ago. I had an actinic, a 50/50, a 10000K and a 20000K. If I had to chose just 2 bulbs I would have kept the actinic and 10000K without hesitation. However, people like different levels...

I will answer your original question as I have one power head of that brand-If you want it to sweep back and forth forget it! From the minute I plugged it in it has not been able to complete more that 3 complete revolutions without help. If you take it apart you will find why it always gets...

Sorry Mariner, none of the stuff below is directed at you. First, it is free. Second, I have always got good advice even when I disagreed. Third, it is nice to have a civil board. As for your link to that wonderful board I checked it out. (You must love the free advertising on this...

An arrow crab- Couldn't figure out why he kept picking at the LR and I always wondered why I had not seen a bristle worm in my tank.