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Thanks Mike - anything at all is appreciated.

In a reef tank, nothing good happens overnight. Try adding just a few sponges. After they become somewhate established, make some cuttings. The "blender method" of propagation has been used successfully many times with live sponge. Once I get my systems up and running again Keith, I will be glad to give you some sponges to experiment with. Right now, all my tanks are in a state of slow recovery, but seem to be stable.

Is anyone else bringing frags? Please let's get some trading material listed! I do not have much in the way of livestock to trade at this time, but I have accumulated a few powerheads, heaters, air pumps, etc. that I could trade. I'm also willing to buy frags if necessary. Looking mostly for lps and soft corals. I have pc lighting, but did manage some slow growth of sps with it. (Any donations of your excess xenia, gsp, shrooms and zoas gladly excepted! )

According to Steve Tyree using the Tri Zonal System of utilizing live sponges, tunicates, and bivalves, all waste products would be broken down by the organisms. A skimmer would not be required, and according to him should not be used on a Tri Zonal System. It would be interesting to see how a system using a skimmer and only a few sponges would work out though. I lost most of my sponges (along with most everything else!) in the Reef Tank Moving Disaster of '06, otherwise I would be glad to give you a few. Start with a few small sponges at first an see how it goes. Travis usually has a few sponges. The sump should be an ideal place since they do not require light. Check out Steve's site http://www.dynamicecomorphology.com/ and message forum http://p201.ezboard.com/fegzonalreeffiltrationfrm1 for more info.

Stacy I suggest talking to someone at your local dive shop/school about your "water issues". I'm sure many will be covered in your dive course. It is usually advised by most schools to get a health checkup before starting a dive course. Learning to swim and getting in better shape is always a good thing to do. As I mentioned before, even non swimmers, with proper training can learn to dive. There are also paraplegic divers, blind divers, and divers with many other handicaps. http://www.hsascuba.com/ The toughest obstacles to overcome are usually in our minds anyways. I'm just saying get yourself in your best possible condition, but others have overcome greater issues and enjoy diving. I started diving when I was 16, but we had people at the dive school learning to dive that were in their 70's! (I have to admit the couple was in good physical condition... they would occasionally sail their Trimaran from California to Hawaii and back!). I haven't had the opportunity to do much diving lately, but all this dive talk is making me want to get back in the water!

While being a good swimmer is definately an advantage as a diver, I have seen people that had never learned to swim become very good divers. As far as those of us wearing glasses, face plates of masks with corrective lenses are made all the time. I am nearsighted, but the magnification from the water allows me to see fine underwater with a standard mask.

LETS ALL SING TOGETHER NOW! Happybirthdaytoyouhappybirthdaytoyouhappybirthdaydearkeithhappybirthdaytoyou!

The way that started reminded me of "The Sinister Ducks". http://pip.rubberfeet.org/stuff/ducks.html

I've raised many generations brineshrimp using phytoplankton, so its possible for them to reproduce. I'd say strain them out, then move your phytoplankton culture bottles to a shelf above the brineshrimp to help prevent future contamination.

Yes! We will be using the Greenburg Oaks Community Center for our next meeting and election on 4/23/06, so we will have lots of light and room on the tables for the frag exchange. Anyone that can - bring a frag or two of sps, lps, softies, or whatever, it should be a great exchange. According to posts, people also seem to be looking for Chaetomorpha, Caulerpa, Stomatella snails, pods, etc., so let's not limit exchanges to coral frags.

But what do these dreams mean? http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/flashback.php "I'm not crazy Doc... not all the time."

Interesting tidbit Just in case you wanted to know. On Wednesday of this week, at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 in the morning, the time and date will be 01:02:03, 04/05/06. This won't ever happen again. --

If the PC is running and has access to the net, go to http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml and the program will give you the product key of the disc that was used for the Windows installation.

Be sure to look at The Breeder's Registry for any accounts of the spawning/raising of your gobies or related species. http://www.breedersregistry.org/

It just keeps getting better every day...

I kinda like the way the Blue & Gold look together on the MASNA site. http://www.masna.org . Looks very...regal.

I am posting some general information about the PNWMAS Meeting for April 2006. Location: Community Center at Greenburg Oaks Apartments. 11905 S.W. 91st Ave., Tigard, Oregon 97223. The Community Center is centrally located near the Manager's Office next to the pool. When: Sunday, April 23rd, 2006. Time: 2:00 PM Activities planned: General Election for PNWMAS Officers; Conservation Video. Indoor Frag Trading is ok!

I just heard from Keith. It should be after this weekend, although it's fully functional now.