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I have never had a goby so I dont know if they will fall for it or not, but try taking a plastic pop(soda) bottle and cutting the top 1/3 off and turning it around and putting the cap part inside the bottle. Put some food inside of it and see if it will go inside. Once it does, pick up the...

I have read that clownfish can make a clicking noise as well as some triggers. Not sure what you have in your tank, but it could be a fish as well. --Andy

Well..we were pratically given a 15 gallon tank and a Blue Lined Trigger. After checking into this species I realized we needed a bigger tank. In search of something cheap (hahahaha), we went to a local store and wound up walking out with a 150 gallon aquarium. I was a little bummed at first...

I bought two small light bulbs, a couple of sockets etc from a hardware store and wired one up myself for about $15. Pretty easy and is just the right amount of light. I threw it on a timer so it comes on about 10-15 minutes before the VHO's go out. --Andy

You can also just as easily find a 15 or 20 gallon tank, seperate it into compartments and do it this way. That is what I am trying to do, unfortunately my limitation at the moment is that the stand does not have a wide enough opening to slide even a 10 gallon into. So I am looking for something...

Makes me glad I used CaribSea! -Andy

I have always purchased my stuff from a place called Tropicorium. They are the world's largest facility according to FAMA. Check out their website and give them a call. http://www.tropicorium.com I know they had a special 9 for $99 but I am not sure if that was for mail order or walk-ins. --Andy

thats because there was a comma there.. it is www.myaquarium.org there is not much there at the moment I am still working on it, but hopefully this weekend it will be close, at least be able to log in and do some things. --andy

So should I remove the uplift tubes and fill them in, thus giving me essentially a DSB with a plenum under it? I think I have about 4" or so of CaribSea special grade as a substrate right now. What do you all think? Right now I dont have any other filter other than the UGF. I have an old wet/dry...

This limits the nutrients reaching the system and, thus, limiting the amount bacterial metabolism, and compromising dissolution of hermatypic ions from the breakdown of the aragonitic sandbed. Yeah..what he said I too have a plenum. I was told to have 2 power heads on my uplift tubes (from...

I went to the local hardware store, bought two standard light bulb mounts with screws to connect electricity, two blue party builbs, some electrical cord and a plug. I wired the two bulb mounts together, then from the one I ran the electrical cable and attached the plug. I mounted them inside my...

I am going to create a website where members from cities can signup, starting with the detroit area, that will have online chat for meetings and a trading post for local people. Essentially when you signup for the membership (initially free) we can work that out as the first chapter afterwards...

How many folks out there are from the Detroit area? I am looking at either starting or joining a local MASNA chapter or something similar. I was also thinking about maybe creating an entire online organization where meetings could be held online. These are just ideas, but I would like to see how...

I have a standard 70 gallon and use 3 Hagen 402's. One on each side and one in the middle. I point the ones on the side towards the center and the center one to the right to help create some cross current. I also put them at different heights to create current throughout the tank. I then have a...

If UltraLife is the same company I am thinking of they also make an RO/DI unit. I purchased this unit about 6 months ago and have had no problems with it. I have not used any of their equipment other than that, I would fork out the extra $50 or so for the IceCap ballast (660). I think I paid...