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No, the light is on from 2:30 to 11:30 pm daily.

Do you run the fuge lights 24/7?

I clean the glass all the time. I mean, at least every three days minimum. The vortechs move the sand around and I do my best to put it back but there are plenty of times when I just don't want to get my arm wet.

Salt - good question. I've been using Sybon for three years. My last batch was Bio-Sea which worked fine. I'm about to try out some Fritz because I have it on hand, but I also have more Sybon (the fish-only version) that I bought from a local guy leaving the hobby.

I'm also impressed with the spotless glass and the wavy substrate.

Awesome. Really inspired to do something similar to the 60 with my setup. What are you using for salt these days?

I updated that graphic showing the power used versus the outdoor low temperatures during that 30 day period. When power consumption was low, temperatures were normal for this time of year (above freezing; 40s & 50s). I'm pretty certain my heat pump was set up incorrectly and it cost me in energy use during the cold snaps.

Nice data. Here in Ohio just about everyone has natural gas heat (unless they are lucky enough to have geothermal), so we worry about electric (due to weather) more in the summer with AC running. Aside from insulating better or eliminating infiltration losses, I was able to lower our electric bills by about 10% by replacing our two old refrigerators with newer ones, and then almost 25% by going from a standard tank water heater to an on demand natural gas tankless. I also switched my most used lights from CFLs to LEDs, and had a home server that I used to leave on 24/7. I now only turn it on when I actually need it, which is surprisingly rare, and it used around 200-250W idling.

Turns out there is a website to look up previous temperatures. http://www.wunderground.com/history/

Socks work very well but what I hate about them is the job cleaning them and quite often. I much prefer a disposable pad, saves a lot of work.

OK Marc, now I need to try shooting some pictures in my tank again. Later when the rest of the lights come on.

Phil

I'll take one soon.

Nice pics as always. That monti looks nice. Any pics of the frag tank now?

How many hammers? I have no idea. They are everywhere. I have at least 5 areas of hammers.

The music is the free stuff that iMovie offers and doesn't run into the whole copyright issue. I wish I had more selection, but it is what it is.

lol, great music selections. And as always the tank looks great.

Your hammer coral in the beginning of the video looks like its batting hammered(no own intended) with flow. how many do you have in the tank?

In the 60g there is 2" of sand, probably about 60 lbs worth if I had to guess.

Thanks. I really enjoy the tiny things, and when I'm diving I look for similar bits of life. So far, not much luck but I'm very new to diving. Apparently night diving is when I'll find my rewarding experience, so it is on my To Do list.

In the 60g there is 2" of sand, probably about 60 lbs worth if I had to guess.

Melev, how deep is your sand bed in your 60g? I put about 4.5" in mine, and it looks like a bit much. I'm thinking of taking a bit out.

Awesome pics of the tuxedo urchin. He was one of my favorite guys to watch in my last tank. He always looked horrible bc of all the stuff he would pick up and never let go of. I find filter feeders and invertebrates very interesting, more so than corals!