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Hey Mikey! Thank you for invite. I will pass it on and see what happens. Can you say Road Trip? happy reefing! Ed

This is a must at Club Meetings or a get together with other friends in hobby. Refractometers are constantly getting bumped out of calibration. I have calibration chemical and I am always recalibrating refractometers. Test it and again retest. Kudos to Dang!

Very Well put Mike, Thank you. (smile). I was going to try find article from Anthony C. I got side tracked. Explained very well. (thumbs up!)

I am still learning how Iodine promotes growth of algae to compete with diatoms. RHF explains a little about it in his outline water parameters. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, Ed

here ya Go Frankie! I copied from Blog...:) CoralVue adds former IceCap executive to their team Posted on January 4th, 2011 by Ryan Gripp 5 Comments CoralVue, a small company that produces lighting and aquarium products has picked up an executive to add to their team. Chris Conti which hails...

Latest News is that one of the Founders of ICE Cap is now working for Coralvue! More later!

ditto on Lumatek! My experience with 4 power outages with local power companies, Lumatek has two breakers on the back that prevent ballast from coming back on and blowing bulbs. No problems at all running Three adjustable 400 watters with variable from 250- 250 HQI- 400 watt - 400 super...

First I want to say thanks for the good memories. I have learned how important filtered water or multi filtered water is. I measure TDS. I am also reading more before I buy frozen foods. I rinse before mixing or melting frozen foods with filtered water. I try to add things and that I...

Awesome write up Cesar! Thank you so much for sharing. Its given me courage to try this.

IceCap, a once popular lighting company that is headquartered in the United States is out of business. In a letter to their customers, Chuck Troiani stated that they have suspended operations. Chuck goes on to explain: “Unfortunately, we finally hit a trough in our business cycle due to several...

Going to Meetings in Seattle area was always a pleasurable experience. I have gone to very few in home club meetings in Seattle meetings. The exceptions were tank tours, do it yourself meetings. I always prefered the Speakers. The social gatherings were before or after speaker...

The Xmas Meeting will be in West Richland on Saturday the 11th. It should be a very good time. Its a 270 gallon Starfire in wall tank full of SPS. There of course will be food and plenty of talk. Here is a link to local forum. Mid-Columbia Saltwater Aquarium Club - Index go to the...

That is the plan. Thank you very much for sharing your experience so I prevent losses. Ed (smile)

Thank you for sharing your experience. How about a Blueface Angel in the above mix?

Lee, Your recommendation of Large Angels to mix with this group please?

Not a member of Bod at time but have spent time there. I agree with Skimmerwhisper. If you do not like the way things work maybe you should be more active in club. The Bod spends a lot of quality time trying to make things work. There are always a few disagreements. The trick is...

I am trying to remember which manufacturer recommended putting muratic acid/water in pump and letting it soak with tape over both ends. You want to rinse of course after doing so. It removes hard water deposits. I am not sure if it was Chris or Dolphin staff. I wanted to chime in.

Corals are ok for a short time unless they are completely dry. Corals usually slime to keep in moisture besides defense mechanism for other corals. Coral slime- another different corals worst nightmare remember that. That is my un expert but little bit of experience so far until proven...

Ocean Acidification May Halt Coral Reproduction [http://cts.vresp.com/c/?MicrocosmAquariumExp/1f0e2a02bf/09f3f762a5/f625ecb71a] Elkhorn Coral, Acropora palmata, the iconic Caribbean stony coral. Image: Evan D'Alessandro, University of Miami. As reef aquarists know all too well, things start...

Lots of members, they just do not talk on the forums. Xmas party is on December 11th. Its a good time if you want to visit holler. SWC has sure caught my eye with their improvements. Please keep us up to date Mark. :)