Saltwater Reef Aquarium Enthusiest Site http://www.chehaliscoral.com 2008 ChehalisCoral Dot Com Well dang it! My last green chromis got sucked up into my powerhead during my monthly routine maintenance. I took the filter off the powerhead and forgot to put it back on, leaving the suction hole op..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=88 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:01:01 -0700 Since I started back at work, I havent had a lot of time to post updates to the site. Nor, Have I had much time to work on the new site. I have a lot of stories I'd like to share with everyone about m..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=87 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:01:01 -0700 These starfish are Huge! Giant sea stars or starfish that measure 24 inches (60 centimeters) ..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=86 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:01:01 -0700 So everybody knows that a good water change schedule is very important when keeping a saltwater reef tank. You want to give your live stock and corals a good, "breath of fresh air", so to speak by ref..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=85 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:01:01 -0700 I've been really trying to keep up on our natural coral reefs and thier decline. I found this to be somewhat iteresting. ..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=84 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:01:01 -0700 I told some of you that I'd get a couple of photo's of my Aiptasia posted yesterday and I failed to do so. So here are a couple pictures. These photos dont show you the magnitude of the problem, but i..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=83 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:01:01 -0700 About a month ago I noticed one, maybe two, Aiptasia growing in my tank. I thought it would be ok since they weren't hurting anything and there was only a couple of them. Well here I am a month later ..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=82 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:01:01 -0700 I've never tried making one of these, but this looks like a pretty good way to do it. ..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=81 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:01:01 -0700 The skin of sea cucumbers was the inspiration for a new material that can change dramatically from rigid to floppy when soaked in water. The material could be useful for brain implants that cause l..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=80 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:01:01 -0800 Well updates are going to be sorta slow for the next week. I've been working on a new design for the site. This current one was something I created very quickly and I'm no longer happy with it. It fee..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=79 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:01:01 -0800 I found this little guy, actually two of these little dudes, a few days ago but since they only come out at night I was could only get the picture up today. I googled several different keyword serches..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=78 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:01:01 -0800 Well I plugged her in and tried her out. In this video you'll notice that one side of my tank is a bit more yellow and a little dimmer than the other side. This is because I have two 175w Metal Halide..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=77 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:01:01 -0800 I've decided to try some new lighting for my tank, so I'm getting rid of my Nova Extreme T5 setup. I just got this 400w Metal Halide/VHO setup from a buddy so I'm going to be using it instead. I love ..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=76 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:01:01 -0800 Since I'm a "softies" kinda guy, I knew I had to post this video as soon as I saw it. There are some LPS in the tank, but for the most part its soft corals and a ton of green star poyps. Looks good.. ..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=75 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:01:01 -0800 With the decline of our oceans reefs scientists fear that the Butterfly fish may decline as well. Particularly the Chevroned Butterfly fish. Since these fish have a strict coral diet. ..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=74 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:01:01 -0800 While cleaning my glass yesterday I noticed a little yellow tube with long tentacles stuck in the velcro of my magfloat. As I attempted to take a picture, the spaghetti worm retracted its tentacles.I ..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=73 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:01:01 -0800 I havent posted any full tank pictures since I added the 20 lbs of live rock. Well since then I also got some more corals. These pictures were taken today. I know that alot of saltwater reef aquarists..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=72 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:01:01 -0800 About 2 weeks ago, maybe 3, I decided to change out my bulbs to get a different color effect for my reef aquarium and to experiment with a certain coral of mine that has had trouble surviving in my ta..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=71 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 01:01:01 -0800 Researchers are studying deep sea corals to find clues as to how they adapted from to climate change over millions of years. These species of corals have a lifespan of up to 4,000 years. ..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=70 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:01:01 -0800 Spacearium is making these new suspended aquariums. The aquariums hang from the cieling and use built-in designed plumbing for filtration. It also comes with a pretty cool lighting system...... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=69 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:01:01 -0800 75 Gallon LPS and Soft Coral Reef Aquarium. ..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=68 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:01:01 -0800 I'm ready to purchase another Coral Beauty Angel this weekend. I had a ..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=67 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:01:01 -0800 A refugium is a separate tank connected to the main display tank and used more of a filtration system. Refugiums are used to grow algae for Natural Nitrate Reduction , isolate sensitive critters (i.e...... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=66 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:01:01 -0800 Well I added 20 lbs of live rock to my tank. I got this stuff from a buddy for pretty cheap. Its about half medium size rock and half rubble rock. Not a whole lot of coraline algae but there is some, ..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=65 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:01:01 -0800 Crown Of Thorns Starfish is of the main concern, as it is populating very quickly and destroying our corals. Most star fish are not "reef safe", a term used in the aquarist hobby, and feed on corals t..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=64 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:01:01 -0800 I'm no scientist, but for some reason I find it hard to believe. It appears that we humans are killing off our reefs. Scientists say that the sunscreen we use on the beach is responsible for 10 percen..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=63 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:01:01 -0800 Well I have a few recent additions to my tank thanks to my buddy Jaybo from ReefFrontiers. He was very generous giving me these corals for a Very good price. ..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=62 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:01:01 -0800 All right. I'm on my second batch of the Oceanpure synthetic sea salt, so I figured I should test the water to make sure everything is kosher. After mixing the salt to ..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=61 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:01:01 -0800 So I was in Shanghai last night and... Just kidding! But watching this video is just like your there. Actually it's just a cool video. ..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=60 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:01:01 -0800 While snapping some picture of my new corals in my tank, I managed to get one of my Clarkii Clown swimming in its host long tentacle anemone. ..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=59 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:01:01 -0800 I'm going to be testing out some new Actinic bulbs for my aquarium made by Hagen. These bulbs are from the Glo series and they're called Marine-Glo. ..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=58 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 01:01:01 -0800 When people hear of a saltwater reef aquarium, or even just saltwater reef, the thought of a tropic oasis such as the Bahama's or Hawaii, where the water is 78*F+, are often brought to attention. This..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=57 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:01:01 -0800 This is an interesting article posted by Dylan Forsythe, owner of the website Reefscavengers.com, about using super glue to glue corals. I have posted an ar..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=56 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:01:01 -0800 Last night one of my green chromis' did a disappearing act. It either has me completly fooled, or he jumped. I have looked everywhere and ..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=50 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:01:01 -0800 Just yesterday I was looking at my tanks sand bed when I notices a small mound with these looooonnngg tentacles stre..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=49 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:01:01 -0800 When I do my bi-weekly water changes, I like to got fast with it. I usually mix the salt for approximately 10-15 minutes with a small powerhead in a bucket. Since my tank is 55 gallons I change 10 ga..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=48 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:01:01 -0800 Appearently the biggest species of turtles ever recorded spanning up to 9 feet in length and upt to 1200 lbs, the leatherback turtle made an unusual appearence on the cost of Oregon. This turtle trave..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=47 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:01:01 -0800 Not really, but it is huge. This is David Saxby's saltwater reef aquarium. This tank is so freaking huge I couldnt imagine being responsible for maintaining it. But I'd love to look at it everyday! ..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=46 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:01:01 -0800 Simply put; No reef tank is complete without invertebrates. Invertebrates provide numerous benefits to the marine aquarium, the same way they do in nature. Algae and fish waste removal are two of the ..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=45 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:01:01 -0800 ..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=44 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:01:01 -0800 While browsing videos on the web I came accross this. Hope your enjoy. Its short. ..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=43 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:01:01 -0800 For the last couple of weeks I've noticed my Red mushroom corals acting a little goofy (shrinking). I thought It may have bee because they were too close to the top of my tank and getting too much lig..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=42 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:01:01 -0800 Lately I've been feeding my Clown and my anemone frozen Mysis shrimp.I have never seen this happen before, but I guess it happens all the time when a clown fish hosts an anemone. When I place the Mysi..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=41 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 01:01:01 -0800 Today I installed a new return pump for my sump. I'm now going to be pumping an added 780gph flow into my display tank from my sump. With the existing 400 gph AquaClear 70 powerhead I'll now be pumpin..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=33 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:01:01 -0800 So I was once again browsing the video's on YouTube and came across this. I have never seen an aquarium as small as these put into action as well ..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=32 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:01:01 -0800 So untill yesterday It had been 3 weeks with no waterchange in my 55 gallon. Nothing in my tank looked bad (in terms of being not healthy), but I knew I needed to do it anyway. I have plenty of saltmi..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=31 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:01:01 -0800 An aquarium maintanance video explaining how and what to change in your tank weekly, monthly, and periodically. Very well edited video. Wish it was a little longer. ..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=30 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:01:01 -0800 This is Mike Huckabee's first commercial for his presidential campain and I thought it was great. If We voted for presidents based off of commercials, then Mike Huckabee would win. ..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=29 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:01:01 -0800 Its hard for me to tell whether or not my tank is doing well. Some days my tank is just thriving and other days it is not. Also some days different corals are doing better than others. To clearify..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=28 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:01:01 -0800 Slowly but surly I finally got rid of all my wet/dry filters in my 50 gallon. I have a 20 gallon sump with a refugium full of cheato and rubble rock. In my display tank I have only filter feeders with..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=27 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:01:01 -0800 Since I was doing my "Bi-Weekly" 20 percent waterchange and other maintanence on to my tank I decided I would take a couple pictures of my corals and share them with you. They are not spectacular but ..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=26 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:01:01 -0800 I've been long awaiting for the appearance of coralline algae in my tank. Some people do not like it because it grows on their glass and in some ways becomes a neusence, but if your a fan of color, li..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=25 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:01:01 -0800 Well its been almost a month since I my last post, so here are some new happenings I've discovered with my tank and changes in the future for this site. Usually I'm pretty good about checking my ta..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=24 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:01:01 -0800 When my local fish store (LFS) does not have what I'm looking for I turn to the World Wide Web (WWW) to find what I need online. A couple of months ago on ..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=23 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:01:01 -0800 Well so far no luck when it comes to purchasing livestock from PetCo's Marine section. I have purchased 2 fish and a brittle starfish from them in the course of 4 months and so far only one has lived ..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=22 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:01:01 -0800 So three days ago on a friday night I noticed my tomato clown was missing. I had just hooked up my overflow box and sump that day so thats where I began to look. I checked the j-tube and the drain hos..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=21 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:01:01 -0800 I got my overflow box tonight after weeks of looking for a used one and finally I'm ready to install my sump with refugium. My sump is a custom made 20 gallon tank with acrylic baffles and refugium di..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=20 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:01:01 -0800 I think when people hear the word "Clownfish" they think of a peaceful fish that is easy to care for and a fish that does well with others fish in your aquarium. Well with my Tomato Clown I've experie..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=19 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:01:01 -0800 Well its been a little over 2 months since I posted the article about switching to OceanPure Synthetic Sea Salt Mix from my previous brand sa..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=18 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:01:01 -0800 For the last 5-6 months I have been using Oceanic Sea Salt mix in my 50 gallon setup. Oceanic Sea Salt claims to be a natural salt mix but according to a salt mix experiment done by ..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=17 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:01:01 -0800 When I started my tank not more than 5 months ago I, like many others have done, tried to jump the gun on the cycling of my tank. I used countless numbers of cycle boosting additives trying to get my ..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=16 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:01:01 -0800 The ocean has a natural way of regulating, filtering and supporting sea life. Millions of undersea fish and plants survive based on the oceans ability to take care of itself. That is not the case with..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=15 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:01:01 -0800 Well Since my skimmer went dumpster diving I started to freak out a little about my fish and water perameters (I'm a Noob). So in the midst of "Freaking Out" about a possible rise in ammonia and a die..... http://www.chehaliscoral.com/news.php?id=10 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:01:01 -0800