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Can someone please tell me what the steps are to "seed" dry rock using existing live rock?
Thanks in advance,
Jim

I have a few questions about compression foam used underneath larger tanks.

1. How thick is the foam you usually put under your tanks?
2. What type of foam do you usually use?
3. The neoprene foam on this website seems like a good choice. What do you guys think?

My tank is a 21" tall tank (It's a standard sized 75 gallon). Assuming that the pressure ratings found at the link above is rated in psig (gage pressure) and not psia (absolute pressure), then the additional pressure due to a 21" ...

On April 16, 2011 I attended and spoke at the 4th Annual Reef Conference hosted by the Southwest Florida Marine Aquarium Society. It was located at the Clarion Hotel, providing plenty of space, parking and overall comfort. To start off the day, I was the first speaker and since I was going to talk about sumps and safety, I had to look the part.



From left to right: Marc Levenson, Vince Rado of AlgaGen, Kevin ...

Over the weekend, I had a quick trip to Fort Myers Florida to speak to the SWFMAS club. They coupled the talks with a big frag swap, and I got a little crazy. I came home with two types of Macro Algae, about a dozen SPS, a dozen ricordias, and a giant Gorgonian. Here are all the pictures.

They were put in quarantine for about 20 hours, then dipped in ReVive for 10 minutes prior to being added to my reef last night.


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Has anyone had any experience with equipment (lighting, pumps, etc) from Odyssea? Their aquatraders website sure have some low prices... but I did read the post about being cheap!