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I just acquired this piece at a frag swap I attended in Pennsylvania. The guy I got it from said that it loves light, but from what I have been reading, they tend to be more lower light/shaded creatures. I mounted them to a frag plug and put them in a cave for now. What do you guys think? Sorry for the crappy pics, they are in pretty deep, and there is food in the water column.

Last month I decided my tank was mature enough at 4 years old that I'd try my hand at an SPS. Plus a fellow reef keeper in the office was placing an order to Blue Zoo. So after a couple hours of research (OK, I've been researching it for 4 years now), I decided on a Brown Monti Digitata. well, it was a rough start. Right off the bat I discovered my precious flame angle, who hadn't bothered any of my soft or LPS corals had a taste for monti polyps. So the Monti was uprooted after only ...

So I was cleaning out my refugium this afternoon, a little grooming here and there. Is normal I will usually do this a few days before a water change. After turning over a piece of live rock, I noticed these bright green cocoon looking things that I have not ever noticed/seen before.

So I thought I would share and ask, "WTH is This?" Thanks in advance...

Does anyone know how much I need to use to raise the Ca in a 50 Gal system by 50ppm? The directions on the bottle only say to use up to 5ml per 50 gal per day, but don't say what the result is.

I started paying much closer attention to my tank parameters since I added an SPS a few weeks back. It's doing well and showing noticable growth. But my kalk top off isn't keeping up with Calcium demand since I started dosing baking soda to keep my Alk up at 8.0 or higher. I'll ...

Over the weekend, I flew out to speak to the Chesapeake Marine Aquaria Society, www.cmas-md.org . It was a lively group, and gave me the perfect opportunity to try out my new camera gear in earnest. I almost feel like a newbie as I try to grasp what the D90 can do, especially with the new lenses.

I visited a few LFS (local fish stores), attended the all day event and spoke about pests, and wrapped up the day with a visit to a member's home to see his tanks. I also visited the downtown ...