Recent content by garagebrian

I have purchased rock from both Gulf View and TBS for my current 75 gallon. When I first got the gulf view I was happy, but the shapes were rather boring and it was VERY dense. I later dried out two pieces because of a turf algae that would not go away. I decided to break them up for frag...

Yep. Aquarium forum, discussion forum, discussion board, bulletin board, they go by many names. Brian Shane, Your comments are great :) They could be spot on, I'm just trying to put a little bit of numbers around that thought. I've already learned some very interesting things from this...

I'm doing a little bit of research for an article I'm writing. Just trying to get a rough feel for how many discussion forums people visit and extrapolate a little on how fragmented the reefing community is. Definitely not a hard core data collection, just a rough estimate. Brian PS. Sorry...

Hello all, I'm collecting a little more informal research; I'm interested in learning about the online community for the aquarium hobby. How many aquarium discussion forums do you participate in at least once a month? (Please do not count websites that you visit only to buy things, I'm...

Thanks for the responses everyone! And the humor :) browncj7, lets talk about your inferiority complex :) Seriously though, by your comment about inferiority complex, was that just a joke, or were you referring to some other reason? Brian

Howdy y'all! My name is Brian and I'm writing to you from Houston, TX. I've been a SW reef keeper for just a little over 4 years now. I'm very interested in on-line reefing communities and how they function. I'm doing a little bit of informal research and I have a question for anyone who wants...

Are your green mandarins eating prepared foods? A 24 gallon tank will not support one, let alone two. You might want to locate someone with a large tank that could hold them for you until you can get a larger tank. GREAT videos! Your efforts to document everything are great. Brian

Hey man, Sorry to hear about the carnation coral. I just got Ron Shimek's book and he says the following about carnation corals: "Essentially impossible to maintain, should not be purchased" But since you have one already, here is what he says to help try to maintain them: "They seem to...

Matt, I have been reading up on the fish breeding forum on RC, you might try reading some of the threads on cardinal breeding there, very helpful. The #1 tip I have for you is to make sure you are feeding the males HEAVILY after they breed. If they don't get enough food between breeding...

Well I hope it works out for you! I just noticed you are in Chicago, have you joined the local club? I used to belong to CMAS and there are a bunch of good people in that group. There should be some fish breeders in that group that might have some tips for you. http://www.cmas.net/ Brian

Matt, Fabulous details on this thread and great videos! Information like this is very useful to figuring out how to breed fish better. Personally, I am not a fish breeder (yet), but I've read Martin Moe's book and a TON of threads on it. Almost every single sucess story I've read is when the...

If you don't mind, keep me informed on this small turbo. If it does grow up to look like your adults I would be interested in seeing pics. While my skimmer does a good job, with my current setup not all of the tank water goes through the skimmer, I think that helps my snails breed and is a...

Thanks for the comments everyone! Burntom, Yeah, I'm trying to locate other people that have these hitchhikers, just curious to see how many owners of these are out there and on the web. My ultimate hope is to find someone who knows how to encourage them to spawn or possibly reproduce...

I basically have two reservations about Xenia: 1. It can spread like crazy, some even detach and reattach someplace else hard or impossible to reach. I don't want the maintenance headaches. 2. I've personally seen people that had a tank with LOTS of xenia and one day it suddenly started...

Gorgeous!!!! It looks so clean! Brian