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For a long time, I hated the returns on my tank. InterAmerican drills the return hole in the overflow box, below the teeth. On a larger tank like mine, a couple of inches equals a lot of water in the sump. So I solved it by adding twice as much locline, and had it shaped in an arch. At the apex of the arch, I drilled three holes in the underside to break the siphon and stop draining so much water. This worked great, until about 6 months ago when I soaked the locline in muriatic acid, which cracked the joints and allowed more water to seep out quietly.

The newest episode of Reefcast is available from our site at reefcast.com

Casper has gotten sick. She seems to have Vibro. To read what's been discussed and done so far, check this thread in the Seahorse forum on Reef Central

The Copperband Butterfly fish that I purchased near the end of December was finally taken out of quarantine and put in the 280g reef. During its time in the quarantine tank, it broke out with some white cottony specks that were attached to the extremities of its fins, and these finally dropped off over a 24 hour period last week. It has been eating mysis with glee during the past month, so I'm hoping it will have the energy and mass to handle the interaction with the rest of my fish now.

Good news. Both Spock and Casper decided to eat tonight. I guess all is well again.

Good news. Both Spock and Casper decided to eat tonight. I guess all is well again.

I'm re-posting this here to get it out to as many people as possible. If you have an answer, please email me immediately at melev@swbell.net

I shot a video today of the VorTech pump in my tank. It is 13 megs.

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I've been running the new VorTech pump in my tank for the past three weeks. I'd like to thank VorTech for letting beta-testers speak publicly about our impressions finally.

When I opened my box, I swear I heard angels in the heavens singing. 

Last Saturday, our club hosted Next Wave 2006. 175 hobbyists showed up to be taught by Julian Sprung(author and owner of Two Little Fishies), Robert Fenner (author and owner of WetWebMedia), Jorge Gomezjurado (owner of dracomarine.com), and Anthony Calfo (author and aqua-culturist). The day went very well, and everyone had a good time. As president of the DFWMAS, it was very important to me that everyone get the most out of it.

Evan and I are currently working on a reef keeping podcast. Simply, it is a pre-recorded internet 'radio' show. Each podcast is saved as an .mp3 file, which you can play from your computer, your ipod or other mp3 player, or even from some cellphones that can receive files from itunes.com

The site is www.reefcast.com