Just got my first reef aquarium related present

[Ram_Puppy]

The Hammerhead Rare Earth Algae Scraper.

http://aquariumcleaner.com/images/hammerfloatsmallproducts.jpg

it's so powerful, that after sticking the two halves together (not advised) I couldn't pull them apart easily, really had a struggle (and I am 6'5") my wife couldn't get them apart at all.

A quick test and it powered through some coraline, though left a little ring where the coraline had been.. That won't be an issue of course if I keep up with it. I was tremendously impressed.

[Moonrs]

Where'd you get it, and how much? That looks really interesting.

[Jenn]

Yea, yea. What Moonrs said! :D

[Ram_Puppy]

My wife got it for me, but of course, I provided the link.

There are two companies that make magnet scrapers like this, one is Magnavore, the other is Algae Free. this is an Algae Free product, I chose them, becuase the inside piece floats, just like a magfloat... they are heavy and on the off chance it actually fell off (not likely at all) It would be the death of whatever it landed on. :)

http://aquariumcleaner.com/

awesome.... :)

[NaCl_H2O]

I've got the same one, great product and the ONLY thing on the market that will work on my 3/4" thick glass Oceanic Brick Aquariums!

[Ram_Puppy]

well, because my wife and I spend christmas at her familes on the 25th, and mine on the 26th this year, we opened our presents to each other (most of them at least) tonight.

I can add Phosban, and a Phosban reactor to my list of aquarium goodies! :) YAY.

[jrhein]

I got a gift certificate to Fin-Addict. I was very excited about it.

[Ram_Puppy]

Awesome!

[GaryP]

Hhhhmmmm, I guess Seaswirl doesn't deliver to the North Pole. OK, I guess I'll just have to break down and buy it myself.

gary

[dan]

santa brought me a 350gal. MAN you should have seen it hanging out his slead. it came down the chimmey just fine. it's a monster 7'long x 36''wide x 26''tall

[Ram_Puppy]

MMM... dan, gotta wonder if the chimney survived? That is AWESOME! santa is STRONG. :)

My final list reads:

Hammerhead Algae Scraper
Phosban Reactor w/ 150 grams (or is is kilograms? can't remember.) of media.
Refractometer, even though I changed my request to the one you guys have, the parents had allready purchased the one with the light. I am happy.)
Clownfishes and Sea Anemones by John Tullock
Clownfishes by Joyce D. Wilkerson
Ultimate Marine Aquariums by Michael S. Paletta (YAY!)
And 200 in cash from the in-laws in an envelope marked "For Stephen's Tanks Only" (so my wife will keep her hands off!)

[cvonseggern]

250W MH pendant here...my xenia and zoos are already looking amazingly good after only a few hours under the new light. Santa rocks!

Chris

[Ram_Puppy]

what color temp did you put in it Chris?

[cvonseggern]

20K. I was hesitant to go with the 20 at first because it's so blue, but side-by-side with the 50/50 PCs on the other end of the tank, I much prefer the 20K. I'm hoping CoralVue is able to solve the problems with their DE 14K, as I think this temp would be ideal for my purposes, but for now the 20K is doing great things.

Chris

[GaryP]

20K are very pretty. They are great as long as you don't want any coral growth. The higher the K value, the lower the PAR value.

Gary