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It might be my fault since I haven't been at any meetings lately. I did say my contribution to the club would be "photography and stupid questions" and lately I've only held up half of the bargain, lol. I'll hopefully get some shots at Bob's house.

Depth of field is tricky but that's the case with a macro lens too. Live view mode is critical, as is keeping the lens glass parallel to the tank glass. The rest is straight forward.

As a general note - this forum and all of you really make this hobby what it is. I've been involved in many hobbies and have never come across as many generous and helpful people as I have here and at the NJRC meetings. This could have been a brief, expensive, and frustrating venture but thanks...

Thanks classclown. I have to swing by fengs this week so I'll ask him to check my SG, I don't know why I didn't think of that sooner.

Thanks everyone. I don't have an ato, which I recognize as being a useful piece of equipment, but as a newbie I'm spending time every day examining the tank so adding some water isn't terribly inconvenient. I have a crappy instant ocean salinity tester, the swinging arm type, I plan to buy a...

So this is a newbie question, and I think I know the answer, but I want to be sure: My salinity is too low, 1.022, so I did a water change, and my thought is to replace the evaporated water with salt water (instead of RODI) until the salinity raises to 1.026. Are there are issues with doing...

Feng is fully open for business. Monday - Saturday 12-8pm. I live down the road from the new shop and I go there often. What's weird (bizarre actually) is he often has the door locked, but if you call him he'll come downstairs and open the door. He told me he doesn't trust the neighborhood...

Try a cheap pair of extension tubes ($100). I had a $700 macro lens and swapped it for something, the results I get with extension tubes are fine. Having a tripod and understanding depth of field will yield you good results.

I went on vacation two weeks ago to Florida. My wife and I are divorcing and I asked someone to come feed the fish while I was gone. I got home and it was 98 degrees and almost everything was dead, my sps, my prized maxima, birds nest coral, acans, softies, everything but my zoas was dead. I...

Thanks Hawkeye. I've realized my skimmer is useless and certainly that isn't helping my cause. In fact I've even unplugged it because all it was doing was making noise and not producing any skimate. Ed W has offered me a skimmer he's not using and I'm sure that will help. As for...

It's soft. Doesn't seem to be stylophora from what I'm reading.

I picked this up at Fengs yesterday. Now for the life of me I cannot remember what its called and I want to research its needs. I will admit it was an impulse buy, the color really pops! Feng told me to put it in a low flow area, which I did. Take a look and let me know what you think this is...

Hi Paul - I was debating getting a doser, so this helps me. What is MR?

By diluted, I mean I added the appropriate amount of ro water to the concentrate. glad I asked about dosage. I'll start small and test a day or two later.

Thanks. The reef calculator says I need 6oz to get alk to 7dkh. What is a reasonable amount to start out with? 3oz?

I did a 10 gallon water change yesterday on my 30G nano. Tonight I tested. The only thing that is low is my ALK. SG - 1.025 Nitrates - 0 Calcium - 500 Mg - 1600 Kdh - 6 I bought B-ionic 2 part today, diluted it, and tomorrow I'll be able to add it. Am I correct in thinking I should...

Part of reason for me entering this hobby was to get a clam. I was amazed by them when I was "down under". Picked this guy up from downbeach today, he's even better looking than the photos! Thanks for the sps frags too, they look amazing! My tank is really starting to come together :)

Ed I'm really glad he's ok! Let me know if you need anything, definitely thinking about you guys.

Could this also be why I've had a hard time getting my phosphates and nitrates under control??

Looking for advice on how to get rid of the tons of microbubbles in my 30G tank. I've tried adjusting the water height for the return tube, no difference. I see some bad reviews for the seaclone skimmer, is this the most likely culprit? It does produce some skimmate so I guess it...