Recent content by john0087

Awesome, thanks! So much for my self ID skills, but that's what you all are for. John

Hi, Can anyone help me ID this little bugger. I have seen about 4 in my tank of various sizes. Checking the reference books I have, it looks like a Chitton (sp?). My reference books say they are reef safe but have a bad rep. I have not noticed them bothering any of my corals. They mostly...

Here are pics from today of some recent additions. First, the new skimmer. Its an AquaC EV-120 with a Mag 5 pump and it works great. Full Tank shot Zoas looking great Blue Aussie Acro, sorry I don't know the species. I would perfer it to be a little more blue, but the tips look good...

Thats pretty awesome. Are you a code monkey? LOL J/K. I am pretty good at the mechanical stuff but all this wizardy of computers is just magic. Remember, the key to electronics is to not let the smoke out....haha Good luck. It will be fun to watch. John

Hey all, I just wanted to throw out some props to my not so local "LFS" Vivid Aquariums, Vivid Aquariums | Tropical Fish Store in Los Angeles for Reef Aquariums, is about 2hrs, one way, from me. I usually make the drive to pick out new corals, but with gas prices here in Cali and having to...

I run the ecoxotic panorama pro led modules over my tank. I love them, but my tank is 48x15x15ish. I have 6 12k/actinic modules over my tank and a 48" actinic stunner strip and still run 260w of PC lighting as fill in. It helps clear up the spotlight effect of leds. I love these lights and...

I love hammer corals. One of my favorites. My LFS has them for about the same price. Have you looked at any acans? Just as easy as a hammer and about the same price and you can get some crazy colors. I just picked up a acan this week and it's awesome. Good luck and have fun, John

Yeah, sorry, I meant PWC (water change) Alk has been pretty stable at 2.9. My corals are really thriving. Might have been like littlefish said, he was already bleaching but he really started to color up and was secure in the tank for more than a month. I set up the new skimmer last night...

Crazy few couple of days. Last Sat, I lost my nem. He was going great, starting to color up and was attached welll. I did a PCW change he shriveled up, detached and hid in a cave for a few days. I let hum be but he started to look worse and worse. Upon closer inspection, half of him was all...

Thanks, You are correct, he did not come with a huge price tag. There were 2 green annenome's with the same color and a few rose ones that looked great with a nice deep red color to them. The nem is sensitive to light. He has moved to a new location on the same rock and partially exposes...

Hey all, Been a long time since I updated. I added a few new items to the tank this past Sat. First the sad news, I added an Ocellaris Clown which did not make it. We found its body being eaten by crabs yesterday afternoon. So on to the good news. Here are pics of my new coral frag and...

Thanks guys, but too late. My wife just sent me a txt saying she saw the body of our new clown being eaten by cuc. I won't make that mistake again. John

Hey all, Rookie mistake, I did not QT my new Ocellaris Clown. I buy all my livestock from the same and reputable LFS, so I did not QT this additiona and it looks like he has a bacterial infection. White cotton like growth near his gills and mouth. Is there a bacterial treatment I can use...

Hey all, Tank is moving along fine. I am still dosing to try to raise my alk, then I will move to dose for a maintenance phase. My alk right now is 2.85. Here are some new pics including the new frag I got a few weeks ago. It was hard to get the colors to show, but its purple along the base...

So lots of adds this past two weeks. So I had a temperature spike this past Monday. I was already planning on adding a fan as its starting to warm up here in So Cali, so I went ahead and ordered a fan, but I also ordered an American pinpoint temperature controller. This thing is awesome. I...