Glad to hear from a few old timers....Hate that the old crowd got broken up by moves and storms....planning to retire in January and might try to start something in Indiana where I escaped to after the storm.....till then I will be mostly in Nigeria hiding from the MEND group....been looking on how ...

I used a filter bag in all my tanks before the storm took me out....and will use one again when I retire in a year or so and set up another tank. What I did do is not filter everything thru the bag. I had two returns to the sump and only used the bag on one of them. This helps polish the water but a...

Red Slime algae is really bacteria (cyanobacteria). This is not caused by phosphates. The natural way of ridding the tank of this is to first skim off as much as you can. Then do a 50% water change. Several smaller water changes will not work. You will never get the bacteria down low enough to catch...

Yes...most of my stuff came from xster, reefermadnessus, or other members, or progressive. I did like those tri-colors....

Sue Do not worry about it...I will be working overseas at least two more years unless I retire first then at least another year getting a tank set up...doing the pipeing ect.....not sure how big I am going....will have to be in my basement....afraid the floors will not handle it...or my ceiling belo...

Thought I would show a couple of old pictures...Terry...see anyone we know...

Some more posting from oldtimers.....all we need now is Xster to chime back in......Terry

No...Pack it up and take it with you...depending on how long it takes to get back in the tank it will cycle but treat it like live rock...keep it wet with water from the tank.....no different than just going to a bigger tank....

One more thing did any of the purple monster as shown in my avaitar ever make it or did the storm take the last remaining piece....

Great to chat with old friends....as for cold I am now in Sakalin Russia working....ususally gets about -40c....and windy....snow has already started for the year -2c for the high so far this trip....anyway back to the topic....We must not forget Liz.....It was her that hosted the first meeting wher...

Hey old timers....I can't believe this whole post...things must have changed shince I got flooded out and moved to Indiana. ...I personaly loved the meetings\parties we had...I learned a lot and picked up or gave a lot of nice frags and information. I also met some of the best people I have ever kno...

hey guys and gals....I am on my way back from Russia via tokyo and hope alll is well on the coast...keeping my eyes on the storms so to speak...hope you are still having meetings but have not seen many posts of any...take care...terry

This was said in jest...at one point roundup was suggested...Bleach will kill the whole tank....sorry if you did not pick up on the satire....

Yep...those pictures are really a yr before the storm...just the only ones that were above the water line....so to speak...Do see a few familar faces though.....

Just wanted to thank everyone on the coast for the help and fellowship they gave me in building my reef. Special thanks to Brandon for taking these pictures..they are the only ones I have left taken just before the storm...Maybe when I retire in a yr or so I will build bigger and better...till then ...