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Woke up and noticed a coral frag had fallen through the night. I reached in to put it back in place and the water was hot!! 88 degrees hot!!!!! The clam was drawn in and others corals were as well. The power went off here for 6 hours night before last during a thunderstorm. I had to reset the...

Incase anyone is interested, IMAC will be hosting their last conference in a couple monnths. It looks like they will be having some great speakers. This was posted in the ECRC forum. <!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

Hi All; Since the special for IMAC expired at the end of March, we came up with another one especially for clubs. For everyone who registers at the regular rate, you can bring up to 3 people who get full registrations just for the price of a Banquet ticket. Since this will be the last IMAC...

I am completely new to saltwater reefing, but I have just taken the plunge and started a new 34 Gal. Red Sea Max!! :fish: It went up on Monday, and I added the mature live rock, and the clean-up crew on Tuesday. The tank came with a kit including substrate (Red Sea Reef Base), Red Sea Salt...

I attended the Columbia Marine Aquarium Club (CMAC) meeting yesterday and had a great time visiting with everyone and watching how to frag corals during the frag clinic. Of course, once it came time to start buying frags I could not resist, so here are some pictures of what I got. This is...

:wavey: Morning! Still sick, you all have a great weekend... I'm going to go to work!

Ok the MIddle tennesse frag swap was awsome People came from miles around some traveled for 6 hours to get here to sell Frags Guest speaker was Dr Ron Shimek PHD author of pocket Guide to marine Invertabrates. Their was so many vendors. Ihave neverseen so many reefers. I got there at 1 it opened...

Hi fellow saltwater enthusiasts. The Central Oklahoma Marine Aquarium Society, COMAS, www.mycomas.com, is having its first annual Oklahoma City Conference for Reef Aquarists and Saltwater Enthusiasts (CRASE). This will be a single day event and will comprise keynote lectures by Dr. Ron Shimek...

Hi fellow saltwater enthusiasts. The Central Oklahoma Marine Aquarium Society, COMAS, www.mycomas.com, is having its first annual Oklahoma City Conference for Reef Aquarists and Saltwater Enthusiasts (CRASE). This will be a single day event and will comprise keynote lectures by Dr. Ron Shimek...

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Just saw a about 2" centipede looking thing!! any ideas? It was to fast for a pic.

First one looks almost like a fly larva but it's swimming about and looks like it's spinning... It's moving fast and I had difficulty getting a pix of it so I also got a movie of it... It swims at the top of the tank at times, I tried to grab it but it got away... I'm kind of afraid of what...

Now that my tank has been set up for a week or so with everything running on the AC Jr, I think my tank's temperature has equalized. It is usually right around 82 in the morning before the lights come on and reaches 85-86 at night by the time the lights shut off. I have the canopy fans...

Well, I know it is partially my fault, but green hair algae has all but ruined my love of this hobby. My tank has looked like an Irish Chubaka since late November. I had the entire tank disassembled in late January when it was moved from Woodbury to Cottage Grove and the entire tank scrubbed and...

Hi everyone, I just scraped some algae off of my glass yesterday and today I noticed all these little things on the glass. They look kinda like microscopic sea stars or something. They are approximately 1mm in size.

Has anyone gone and is anyone going. I saw and it sounds like it would be great. I am wanting to get tickets. 5.oo off if you buy during Feb. Let me know if there is one closer or if you have been please. Amy:worm:

I just bought my first Anemone and am not sure if I can touch it. I heard they sting but do they sting humans for just fish? Are they poisonous to humans? I am very allergic to bee stings so will they hurt me? The guy at the fish store said they do sting but he can’t feel them anymore because he...

Ok, so the conference isn't until September, but they extended the cheap registrations (until yesterday). Although a dear friend of mine from college is getting married that same weekend in Boston, husband (who hasn't attended a wedding that he hadn't been in!) was adding plenty of pressure to...

How are these for care as well: Nepthya Are these difficult like the carnations? Filter feeders, Low light/High Light etc....

Hi Everyone! Today has been full of discovery for me and my tank:banana: . Earlier I found some kind of bizarre feather duster we think:idea: . Just now I was looking at Elmo the fd and noticed these things under a bunch of my mushrooms. I think they may be sea squirts? If so are they good or...