http://www.livingreefs.com/forums en Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:13:53 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.livingreefs.com/forums/template/misc/rss.jpg http://www.livingreefs.com/forums http://www.livingreefs.com/forums/newbies-to-reefing/15443-lighting-new-post.html Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:10:42 GMT Hey guys. I'm going to buy an aquarium (probably 20 gallon). I am just wondering about the differnet types of lighting. I can't really seem to get a straight answer.

Anyways what light would work best for coral as well as some smaller salt water fish such as clown fish.

Also what is a good flitration system for a 20 galllon tank?

Thanks guys, I'm trying to keep my spending down on this, but I'm not going to cheap out if it will risk the animals or coral. ]]> Newbies to Reefing dustyboy316 http://www.livingreefs.com/forums/newbies-to-reefing/15443-lighting.html http://www.livingreefs.com/forums/reef-talk/15442-mushroom-bleaching-new-post.html Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:05:58 GMT i have a giant green hairy mushroom about 5'' in diameter. It has been slowly loosing its color. is it from too much lighting? i have about 7w per gallon from my mh. the mushroom is placed in the middle level of the aquarium. my water parameters are like always, good and stable. i am thinking that he is getting too much light, is that possible? ]]> Reef Talk nudy6969 http://www.livingreefs.com/forums/reef-talk/15442-mushroom-bleaching.html http://www.livingreefs.com/forums/invertebrates/15441-need-help-picking-more-cuc-new-post.html Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:59:59 GMT we have our NJ Reefers club swap coming up on the 25th and one of the venders is bringing in CUC. He is bringing a bunch of stuff I am not that familiar with either and wanted to know what you would recommend. I currently am battling hair algae on every rock and sand. Also still get detritus on... we have our NJ Reefers club swap coming up on the 25th and one of the venders is bringing in CUC. He is bringing a bunch of stuff I am not that familiar with either and wanted to know what you would recommend. I currently am battling hair algae on every rock and sand. Also still get detritus on glass. Good corraline growth.

Approximate CUC I have already in my 46g:
5 Nassarius
10 blue legged hermits (newly introduced)
2 small turbos
6 Trochus/Astrea (not sure anymore)
? some baby snails


Here is what he is offering:

Astrea Snails - 55 cents each
Cerith - 80 cents
Emerald Crab - $4 each
Small Blue Leg Hermits - 30 cents each
Lettuce Nudibranch - $8 each
Serpent Stars - $8 each
Nassarius Snails Small - 70 cents each
Bumble Snails - $1.50
Peppermint Shrimp - $5
Yellow Gorgonian - $15
Purple Gorgonian - $15
Ribbon Gorgonian - $15
Scarlet Hermits - $2.50
Large Fire Shrimp $32
large cleaner shrimp 32
electric blue hermits 5
black turbos 1.60
strombos conch 2.75
orange chestnut turbos 2.99
large nassarius really cool 1.99
large turbos 1.99
cucumbers 10
red porcelain crab 12
blue linkia 15
red fromia star 13
choco chip star 6
3 inch green lip deresa clam 39 ]]> Invertebrates Altohombre http://www.livingreefs.com/forums/invertebrates/15441-need-help-picking-more-cuc.html http://www.livingreefs.com/forums/newbies-to-reefing/15440-mixed-answers-on-water-new-post.html Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:28:25 GMT where I live we get almost pure water out of the tap, and at my house we have a 1micron filter for all the water we use, so the tap water I use for my fish has no nitrates, nitrites, amonia, or anything else in it hardly. it has a tds of right around 40to50 it has been great water for my cichlids... where I live we get almost pure water out of the tap, and at my house we have a 1micron filter for all the water we use, so the tap water I use for my fish has no nitrates, nitrites, amonia, or anything else in it hardly. it has a tds of right around 40to50 it has been great water for my cichlids and haven't had a cichlid die in nearly a year (convict harrassed a jack dempsey to death). so would there be anything wrong with just using this water? so far the corals I have like it too. ]]> Newbies to Reefing jimmybling31 http://www.livingreefs.com/forums/newbies-to-reefing/15440-mixed-answers-on-water.html http://www.livingreefs.com/forums/off-topic-forum/15439-winter-new-post.html Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:53:03 GMT holy crap we just got hit with over 2 feet of snow in 2 days. it is wet and heavy. the city looks like a war zone with all the broken trees. it took me 4 hours to get out of my driveway and a burnt up chainsaw. i had half of one of my trees across my driveway and snow past my knees. in my back yard... holy crap we just got hit with over 2 feet of snow in 2 days. it is wet and heavy. the city looks like a war zone with all the broken trees. it took me 4 hours to get out of my driveway and a burnt up chainsaw. i had half of one of my trees across my driveway and snow past my knees. in my back yard i have trees from all my neighbors laying in my yard one of the is a 40 or 50 foot tree that was uprooted. had no power all day yesterday. i got a rented a generater to run the tank and my wife was worried about heat so we pluged in a space heater. but we got power back today thank god. ]]> Off-Topic Forum daugherty http://www.livingreefs.com/forums/off-topic-forum/15439-winter.html http://www.livingreefs.com/forums/off-topic-forum/15438-cheap-bluetooth-for-car-iphone-related-new-post.html Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:58:08 GMT so i wanted to listen to my iphones music on my car so i decided to find my old cd/cassette thing( you know the ones you used when cd players came out and your car only had cassette so i plug it in and start playing my tunes suddenlly my speakers start ringing after woindering why for some... so i wanted to listen to my iphones music on my car so i decided to find my old cd/cassette thing( you know the ones you used when cd players came out and your car only had cassette

so i plug it in and start playing my tunes suddenlly my speakers start ringing after woindering why for some seconds i notice its my phone lol DUH

so i answer the phone and like usual put it up to my ear and to my FREAKING surprise the voice from the other line is going thrue my spekers like a regular car bluetooth

HOLLY WOW lol i didnt know that a 2 dollar cd/cassete thing would pass as a bluetooth lol

and the other person heard me crystal clear (of course i wasnt bloking the voice receiver on my phone eighter) but i thought it was the coolest thing ever

some of yall may have found this out way before me but still awesome

and just to verifie I KNOW its NOTY bluetooth but it does give you almost the same feel so COOLIO:mrgreen::^::bounce::bowdown: ]]> Off-Topic Forum jcegt87 http://www.livingreefs.com/forums/off-topic-forum/15438-cheap-bluetooth-for-car-iphone-related.html http://www.livingreefs.com/forums/off-topic-forum/15437-w-new-post.html Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:03:07 GMT So what has he done for you? What has he done for education? Here's something I was sent from a family member. We had a cousin over in Iraq in the front lines of Fallujah and this clip really makes me sick. He didn't come back the same. I'm sorry to rant about this whole thing but why in the world would you ever joke around about it? How do you think these families feel about this that had loved ones that were lost.

What a joke...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCRuOefmI4M ]]> Off-Topic Forum Ryan http://www.livingreefs.com/forums/off-topic-forum/15437-w.html http://www.livingreefs.com/forums/newbies-to-reefing/15436-conch-questions-new-post.html Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:52:00 GMT So as we know I bought a queen conch but Im worried about it. It hasnt moved at all really, every now and then I see its little tube deally poking out. Ive picked it up a couple of times and it doesnt stink at all. I have noticed that there is a half of a bivalve shell(thats what it looks like... So as we know I bought a queen conch but Im worried about it. It hasnt moved at all really, every now and then I see its little tube deally poking out. Ive picked it up a couple of times and it doesnt stink at all. I have noticed that there is a half of a bivalve shell(thats what it looks like anyways) that is either lodged in the main shell or is part of the conch itself. That is what I am wondering do conches have an internal shell or is the shell stuck in the opening of the main shell?

PS the LFS had it in a mix of shells and sand, mostly shells. ]]> Newbies to Reefing RyanG http://www.livingreefs.com/forums/newbies-to-reefing/15436-conch-questions.html http://www.livingreefs.com/forums/introduce-yourself/15435-another-new-guy-new-post.html Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:49:54 GMT Hey everyone new to the hobby. Right now I am only in my planning stages designing the tank stand(building the stand myself). I know that I want a 150 gallon tank and that is about it. So I am here to learn and have read some good threads so far. Thanks in advance for the welcome. Nick Hey everyone new to the hobby. Right now I am only in my planning stages designing the tank stand(building the stand myself). I know that I want a 150 gallon tank and that is about it. So I am here to learn and have read some good threads so far. Thanks in advance for the welcome.

Nick ]]> Introduce Yourself Nickfew http://www.livingreefs.com/forums/introduce-yourself/15435-another-new-guy.html http://www.livingreefs.com/forums/newbies-to-reefing/15434-damsel-and-maroon-clown-new-post.html Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:39:34 GMT I started cycling my tank with a yellow belly damsel. I later added a percula clown and the damsel would only bother him if he went near the damsels cave. The clown stayed on the other side and never seemed to be bothered. After about 2 weeks the clown started loosing his color and died. Water... I started cycling my tank with a yellow belly damsel. I later added a percula clown and the damsel would only bother him if he went near the damsels cave. The clown stayed on the other side and never seemed to be bothered. After about 2 weeks the clown started loosing his color and died. Water conditions all good, not real sure what happened. Well I later added a Maroon Clown wich is slightly larger than the damsel and the damsel beat the $%^# out of him. I rearanged the rocks and he still did it. I through him in the fuge and think I will take him back to the LFS. Why does he pick on the larger Maroon clown and not the smaller percula? Threatened by his size, didn't see the percula as a threat?

P.S. Maroon Clown is fine now. ]]> Newbies to Reefing Coletrickle http://www.livingreefs.com/forums/newbies-to-reefing/15434-damsel-and-maroon-clown.html http://www.livingreefs.com/forums/newbies-to-reefing/15433-i-have-copods-new-post.html Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:24:20 GMT Yeah, there everywere! I found them this morning. I'm thrilled! It's a sign everythings going good right?

Kinda board, just thought I would share. Thanks ]]> Newbies to Reefing Coletrickle http://www.livingreefs.com/forums/newbies-to-reefing/15433-i-have-copods.html http://www.livingreefs.com/forums/reef-talk/15432-hermit-crabs-driving-me-nuts-new-post.html Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:10:25 GMT Ok, so I bought 10 hermit crabs, and 2 of them are scarlet crabs. Those 2 drive me nuts!! A few days after I got them, I couldn't find my 2nd scarlet! I know they're good at hiding, but no sign of the 2nd scarlet for days. Then all of a sudden, I saw a stray dismembered claw floating on the sand! I had never seen a crab molt, let alone leave a leg that looked like it was torn off...but sure enough, a week later, there goes the 2nd one...happy as a ... crab.

But today, I freaked cuz I saw one of my scarlet's body parts! This time, it was 4 legs, plus what seemed to be an eaten upper body, no sign of the shell. So I figured, dang. I guess it died and the others ate it....low and behold, tonight, I now see both of my scarlets. This molting thing is crazy!!! I didn't think they'd leave complete looking body parts all over the place LOL ]]> Reef Talk wontonflip http://www.livingreefs.com/forums/reef-talk/15432-hermit-crabs-driving-me-nuts.html http://www.livingreefs.com/forums/reef-talk/15431-aandtsociety-aquarium-species-collecting-trips-regs-and-pics-new-post.html Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:27:07 GMT As a club we are all about social interaction, sharing knowledge and collecting or own aquarium species. A brief over view of what we are allowed to do, out there, when collecting for your aquarium is as follows for those that are interested.... As a club we are all about social interaction, sharing knowledge and collecting or own aquarium species.
A brief over view of what we are allowed to do, out there, when collecting for your aquarium is as follows for those that are interested.
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*Firstly the South east Queensland Moreton bay Marine Park.
There are three zones shown in colours on the marine park map where we can collect for our aquariums.

The light blue general use zone, medium blue habitat zone and the yellow conservation zone. The other zones are no take areas.

We can collect at a rate of 5 declared species (animals) per 28 days by the use of a hand held apparatus (Nets or whatever).

No corals, anemonies, etc can be taken or the use of scuba in collecting is not acceptable.

There are several species we see that are not declared and they have no restrictions.
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*Secondly most of the rest of southeast Queensland a little more relaxed regulations.
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*Then there is NSW.

Down there you have to apply for a permit at the port Stevens fisheries office, then go to a bait or tackle shop and get a fishing license for anything taken from their waters.

You can collect on scuba with the right permit down there.
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We know what we are doing!

The practise of the clubs collecting trips have been undertaken since the late 1920s, so you would hope so.

Here is a link to some of our collecting trips


http://s272.photobucket.com/albums/j...ecting%20trips

This is a link to some pics of what we see from our photographic member Danny.

http://s272.photobucket.com/albums/j...current=diving

This is a link for freshwater trips.

http://s272.photobucket.com/albums/j...ting%20tri ps

Or just go to the aandtsociety.org.au website and click on an icon.


You can call Natalie from parks and wildlife about the Moreton bay marine park if still not sure. ]]> Reef Talk pkc http://www.livingreefs.com/forums/reef-talk/15431-aandtsociety-aquarium-species-collecting-trips-regs-and-pics.html http://www.livingreefs.com/forums/newbies-to-reefing/15430-lr-placement-and-ro-di-vs-buying-from-lfs-new-post.html Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:20:24 GMT Sorta skipping around topics with my posts :) I've resolved to do a refugium to lower my nitrate problem.

Ok...a couple of things. I already posted on the diy section about pros and cons of making my own ro/di, but the idea got shot down LOL which is fine. Right now, with my nitrates being off the charts as it is and having nitrates in my tap, I will need a better source of water to do my partial changes to get rid of my nitrates. I thought of just buying the water from my lfs...over the course of doing daily changes due to my bad water, it would probably cost me about $30. Then I was eventually going to buy my own ro/di. What I'm confused about is do most people use their ro/di as PART of their aquarium, or just to filter out the tap before putting in the tank? Do some people integrate an ro/di into their system?

Next...my lr placement. I'm going to be getting more and more live rock once my water changes are done. I noticed a lot of pictures of peoples' tanks, and I noticed their lr's are heavily concentrated on the base of the tank (maybe they have more surface area space? My tank is a 45 HIGH, so it's quite tall...34L X 10W x28H, roughly). I arranged my lr in sort of a row, stacked them up (see image -- I will be getting more pre-cured lr's once my nitrates are in check). Is there a "rule of thumb" when arranging the lr's? Looks so barren compared a a lot of seasoned tanks I've seen :) I'm takin' it slow!!!

]]> Newbies to Reefing wontonflip http://www.livingreefs.com/forums/newbies-to-reefing/15430-lr-placement-and-ro-di-vs-buying-from-lfs.html http://www.livingreefs.com/forums/lighting-filtration-and-other-equipment/15429-stupid-fuge-new-post.html Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:28:26 GMT Recently I got my old in-tank refugium and stuck it on the outside.Everything was going great until I had to install the pumps.I have two of the same pumps,but in the refugium there is either too much water flowing in or too less and last night I kept trying to adjust it,but nothing.IM so... Recently I got my old in-tank refugium and stuck it on the outside.Everything was going great until I had to install the pumps.I have two of the same pumps,but in the refugium there is either too much water flowing in or too less and last night I kept trying to adjust it,but nothing.IM so :frustrat::frustrat::frustrat::frustrat::frustrat: ,I got everthing set up in there,lights,plants,rock,mud. Does anybody got anyideas on how to figure something out? ]]> hibye http://www.livingreefs.com/forums/lighting-filtration-and-other-equipment/15429-stupid-fuge.html