We have a new look on the Reefland forum. How do you all like it? Any thoughts/ideas/complaints?

Why do we have a new look?

Previously there were 3 themes to choose from. Unfortunately, it has become too much trouble to keep the site working properly on all 3 themes. Some thing would work well with one theme but not with another, for example, and each time we upgrade vBulletin to the latest version I have to wait for the all the themes' creators to release updates as well.

I'm hoping that everyone likes the new theme. If you have any complaints about it or ideas for making it better please feel free to post about them in this thread.

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One question I wanted to throw out there: How much and what type of lighting would be appropriate to encourage rapid chaeto growth/nutrient export? I have an 18" T8 flourescent hood that fits perfectly over my fuge area, but it's only rated at 15 watts. By utilizing this fixture and painting the fuge walls, I can easily keep light out of other areas of the sump where I don't want nuisance algae to form.
Considering we're only talking about 3 gallons of volume in which to grow the chaeto, will 15 watts be enough to get the job done?

Have You Received Any Spam Private Messages?

I would like to know if any of you have received unexpected PMs from a member you don't know that might be considered spam -- anything that includes a solicitation of any sort to visit another site of any sort.

The reason I ask is because at this very moment I see that more than a dozen members who are online right now are reading PMs from the same person -- a member who joined back on March 4, 2010 but who has never posted to the board. This member's board name begins with 'S' and ends with 'y.'

Please post your comments to this thread, or, if you prefer, you can send me a PM telling me about it.

Thanks!

P.S. -- I have already banned several new board members whose only purpose in registering was to spam thousands of other members with unwanted solicitations. Usually those members were uncovered because they sent out the spam immediately after registering.

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We're having a great Labor Day sale going on now through Monday - including deep discounts on the RENEW™ and STORM™ and even free shipping. Take a few minutes to stop by Genesis Reef Systems and take a look!

Have a great weekend!

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Hope to get pictures and possible video this weekend.

$450.00 shipped.

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Hope to get pictures and possible video this weekend.

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I have had this bubble tip anemone in my tank for about 3 months. I got a new light before I went on vacation in July. The anemone was fine before I left and put the new light in. Now it is completely bleach and all scrunched up its about the size of a dime when closed, It is still attached and the clowns are still going in it. so I know it is still alive. When the moon lights come on it looks better and opens to about a size of a quarter. I dont know what to do with it. Im go to attach before and now pics any help or suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

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Well another noob questions from Uncle Nobb (yeah that's me).

I've been having water clarity issues and have been trying to figure out why. Even if I do a water change, it still stays milky. One of the thoughts is that I'm overfeeding but we will get to that in a second.

Here's the tank set up.
29 gal, T5 96 watt system with 2 10k and 2 50/50's, AquaC Remora skimmer (only been running for about 4 days now), and Aquaclear HOB filter (rated for 50 gal tank). I have 2 pumps (rated for 30 gal tank each - can't remember name brand) on each side of the tank to give flow and as far as I can tell, no real dead spots.

Population: I have 2 clowns, 1 tailspot blenny and 2 firefish. Clen up crew is 4 blue legged crabs, 2 scarlet crabs, 2 turbo snails, 4 nassers (I know I need more), and 4 troch snails.

So the water has a nice milky color to it and has for weeks now. I was hoping it would go away with my weekly water changes and I've even stepped up to 50% changes to see if that would help. It hasn't. I use distilled water with Marineland salt and the salinity has been holding right around 1.021.

Ammonia doesn't register on my kit, although I had a small spike about 2 weeks ago, no nitrite, nitrates sitting around 10, PH was at 8.6 last I checked.

I did have a fish "disappear" a few weeks back and I'm assuming he bit it inside a rock and I can't get to it but again, haven't seen any recent increase in ammonia.

No real algae problems to speak of, I do have some green that I clean off the glass but nothing hairy. I did notice a few very small red spots in my sand today under the surface which got me a bit concerned.

This has me thinking that I'm over feeding since my water won't clear up. I feed twice a day, same time every day. I use mysis to feed everyone and every blue moon, I'll toss in some pellet food mix things up. The mysis is in cubes that I cut into quarters. It seems like a fair amount to me but if I cut it in eighths, it seems like too little and it drops to the bottom before some of my fish even get to eat. I know the rule of thumb is feed them what they can eat in one minute. Should I be feeding them a very small amount, let it float way or be eaten then do it again instead of all in one dump?

Any thoughts, harsh critiques, words of wisdom or just general "go get help" statements would be greatly appreciated.

My Toadstool mushroom coral has had a bit of hes old skin he shedded off stuck to him for more than 3 weeks now, would manually taking it off hurt him?

While reading up on different coral species that I eventually plan to to put in my tank (when it ages more), I notice that most require "moderate" or "high" lighting. What defines moderate versus high. Is it total luminosity at the position of the coral?

I have a 29 gal tank with 4 bulb 96w T-5 lighting (each with individual reflectors), is that considered moderate?

I must say, there is a whole world of information on reef tanks and I feel I've only touched the tip of the iceberg. I look forward to learning but sometimes it's hard to do while at work :)

Hi.I'm new to Reefland.I live in South Africa.I have recently changed from Reef to FOWLR but have kept some ears,star polyps,various Zoos and shrimps.My Semi Angel and Threadfin don't seem to bother them.I looking to keep a collection of Angels and butterflies.I have 800l set up with heavy skimming,LR in tank and sump,Carbon filter,PO4 filter and DSB with loads of macro algae.I have no mechanical filtration as the skimmer is plumbed into the overflow.All the Angel set ups I see on youtube are in USA and they are stunning.Would I be able to keep the fancy angels with this arrangement.I do 33% water change monthly with natural seawater that I collect from our local seaworld.I would love to get some ideas from your side of the world.

San Francisco Startup Company is Making Nano Tanks for Pet Jellyfish

Link to the video is here: San Francisco man selling jellyfish as a household pet | abc7news.com

What do the reefers think?

So I was winding down the day with a few drinks and decided this would be the perfect time to clean the algae off the sides of my acrylic tank... :party: All was well until I noticed that I didn't notice I had picked up a grain of sand when cleaning the side of the tank. I finally realized it after 4 or 5 inch scratch was following my Mag Float." Son of a :censored: !" I yelled. After a few mins of coping with my unfortunate incident, I shrugged it off and removed the sand from the cleaning surface and continued cleaning away. It wasn't until a few more sips of the good ole sauce and cleaning the other two sides when I noticed that I must have transfered the grain of sand to the other half of the Mag Float because now I have scratches all over the outside of the tank!:smash:
SON OF A..... well, you get the point. I should have left the algae or the booze alone. But then again, what's a party without algae or booze right?