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From the iPhone, email them to yourself. Look at Camera Roll, click Share in the upper right corner, then select a few images. Then click the Arrow in the lower left and select Email. Email it to yourself, then you can share them on R.A. via the Attach Images option.

I don't have a more elegant option yet that will circumvent this effort, but hopefully the vbulletin app will solve that for those of us that are willing to pay for such a convenience.

Originally Posted by melev

If you have a picture of the coral in question, you can attach it to your blog entry. If it already is on the web, you can paste in the URL to the image in question and share it that way.

One day I'm going to find some screen capture software and create a few helpful videos to show how to do stuff on my site.

I've got a bunch of i-phone pics of tank and corals I just dont know how to transfer them to computer and onto this site.

If you have a picture of the coral in question, you can attach it to your blog entry. If it already is on the web, you can paste in the URL to the image in question and share it that way.

One day I'm going to find some screen capture software and create a few helpful videos to show how to do stuff on my site.

I was confused about the Mandarin part also I know it is in the montipora family. I'd post pics but I don't know how to do that. I'm just enough computer savy to get on this site. It's not an awesome frag like i hoped it would be either but maybe i can get it lookin' bigger/better over the course of this yr.

Do you mean Montipora setosa? Mandarins are usually fish.

Dont forget to post pics when you get it!!

I have one. keep it mid level in the tank keep ur calcium and alk 400-450 and 8-10 and u will be fine. very easy coral. I would recommend it for the intermediate reefer

wow i wish my LFS would call me when the good stuff came in!

ive never even heard of this coral, i just googled it, it looks pretty kool

The glass thickness determines the pump you'll use. The Mp10 works on glass 3/8" thick, while the MP40 can go on thicker glass up to 3/4". The Mp60 fits on tanks 1.25" thick, just for your information.

A single MP40 would work well in a 46g and later on a 90g. When you upgrade, you'll probably want a second MP40 to get some back and forth action between the two pumps.

A single pump does push water, but it also draws in water. I would put it about 1/3 to 1/2 way down in the tank. having it up higher helps keep the surface rippling and oxygenates the water during a power outage (if you have the battery backup). Too low and it moves your sandbed.

I've been using Vortech pumps since MACNA 17's debut, and would never go back to any other kind. I love how clean they look, and keep my tank free of other gear. We have at least one product review of Vortech pumps here on R.A. you can read, with tons of detail. And I know I have another review on melevsreef.com as well.

http://www.reefaddicts.com/content.p...rtech-MP60w-ES
http://www.melevsreef.com/review_vortech.html

Regarding the skimmer, I've not used that one but the brand is a good name.

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I agree. If you are going to do this on the floor, get the NextReef reactor and a pump. Something that can be used externally perhaps, like an Eheim or a Maxijet Utility pump. Not the cute little maxijet pump.

I just picked up a next reef shorty reactor and they're fantastic. Comes with a great assembly to hang on the side of the tank. It's got a large cylinder for the media, so it does take up some room. At least 6". Check it out though, it's a great reactor. I'm running chemi-pure elite and purigen in mine.

Also, if you buy their kit... it comes with a great little pump.

The rubber nipples on the Phosban 150 are not suitable to be siphon or pressure fed from below the tank. I feel a flood would result from mounting under the tank. I don't think the unit would even fluidize with head pressure, and if it did would surpass the sealing abilities of the supplied elbows. Sump mounting or back of tank much better for this unit.

i was thinking that maybe i could get a larger pump, say 600 or 900 to get to my goal. I maybe just day dreaming though. What brand of media would you suggest? How often should it be replaced?

Most people hook up the maxijet to the reactor in their sump. It's less than 12" away. If you set it up as a HOB like your skimmer, the maxijet will be in the tank, still about 8" away.

If you want the Phosban Reactor on the floor behind the tank, I don't know how that will work out. I'd hang it on a couple of panhead screws off the wall if you can't hang it on the tank itself.