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The day started off nicely after last night's storms. I was enjoying my reef under VHO actinic lighting, and felt the urge to get out my camera.





Within hours, the metal halides started cycling on for the day.



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As of last night, all three of the Helfrichi firefish died. Perhaps it was pursued by the Mystery Wrasse; I really don't know. For those keeping score, one died in quarantine, one vanished, and the third one perished last night. I may not try those again.

I"m still getting some strange brown stuff growing on the purple gorgonians, on the shells of Astrea snails, and it is visible in the overflow box. Since I don't know what it is but have a bad feeling about it being toxic (aka ...

Saw this last night on the sand in the refugium, so I quickly removed it with some forceps. You can watch this at 1080p, thanks to my iPhone 4.

Over the past two months, I've watched algae grow in the overflow. Since it is lit from the metal halides above, a cover was needed. Now that the fifth and final Durso was installed, the cover could be fabricated and placed over that area.

I decided to make the cover big enough to cover the entire external overflow and overhang the teeth a little. It had to be drilled for the Durso caps, as well as for the Aqua Controller probes.

Top side
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I've been wanting to paint the fishroom floor for over two months, but never had the right conditions. Yesterday, the weather was 64F for the high compared to the day before when it was 85F. I pulled out everything scattered around the fishroom floor, grabbed the air hose from my compressor and blasted dust everywhere, swept up the mess and damp mopped the concrete to get rid of any other dust.

Btw, that cloud was ominous and a lot of it settled on the surface of the reef. Not exactly ...