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Christmas tree worm and a barnacle. Harmless and very cool biodiversity.  

Those 6" haywards must have cost a pretty penny! Great idea though!

Parkrose hardware has it too. 

I would have figured out a way to get that Emperator in my carry on luggage. That one is beautiful! 

Thanks for sharing!

Never. That's my favorite fish. 

have had this fish for 16 months. Happy and healthy! 3.5-4"  $50

Definitely not clownfish eggs. Look like a sponge to me. I see two siphon intakes...

23 hours ago, reefbandit said:

Recently ive had the same bulb burn out than I replaced with another and this bulb is still working but has a burnt looking ring around one end.  What would cause this a bad ballast or other issues?  

My guess is that the lamp socket is only making connection on one of the pins on the end of the bulb. 

Usually if the lamp is installed incorrectly that can happen. It can also melt the socket and you could have a fire. 

A pic would help...

If it were my tank I would shorten the photoperiod to less than 12 hours and reduce the white channel to under 30% if your possible. If not, then turn all channels down to 30-50%. It looks bleached but puzzling as to why just the new growth looks normal. 

If you aren't going to raise the fry then you won't need to do anything. If you do want to raise them, better get lots of sleep now. The first 3-4 weeks are rough. 

Try to get the pair to spawn on a tile or flowerpot. It is much easier than trying to scoop the fry out of your display. 

Clown eggs look like this

4 hours ago, bigfish said:

Is seltzer harmful to corals?

I would avoid getting any on your corals. 

yes. 

I'd flush them out of their holes with some seltzer water. They will get bigger and hungrier. 

Eunicid worm.... seltzer water in the hole over a bucket may flush him out. 

How long have you had that rock? Looks to be a baby... under 2'. How many Ricordia did it eat?

At least you know where it is.?

Yup. 

There's a RBTA is this pic somewhere....

Thanks for the offer Kim. I have a generator ready. I just need to be home...

Tree snapped in half 1 block from my house and resting on a power line. I still have power but I'm just a little worried as I have a batch of roughly 500 fry brewing in the basement. I have a genny ready to go but I'm stuck at work! Ugh!

Family pet center (122nd&glisan) always have live black worms. Tell Glenn and Mike I said hi!

Live black worms are great for getting picky fish to eat. Be sure to rinse them well, as they get kinda funky. Also, only feed a few at a time. They don't live long in saltwater and most picky fish will only eat them while they're writhing and wiggling. 

On the other hand Brad, I would stay away from live brine. Even with rinsing there is a good chance that you will introduce ich into your system by feeding live brine. 

Are you trying to entice a fish to eat? 

I'll take it Scott. 

Beautiful colonies Brad! As always... you sure have become a SPS master! 

I use a tunze ATO on my display upstairs and 5 gallon bucket/floatvalve on all my tanks in my basement. 

You are correct about tds creep. Bad idea to hook up your RODI to your sump float valve.