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Every evening around 5:32 p.m. all the fish get excited about their pending meal. I have an Eheim autofeeder suspended over my reef in the upper left corner. It dumps food into the water though an acrylic bracket I sell on my site called the Eheim Chimney: http://melevsreef.com/catalog/eheim-...feeder-chimney This keeps the food in the water and none of it goes out/down the overflow into the sump.
What makes this time fun for me is watching all the Skunk clownfish rise up out of the ...

A new article can be found on Melev's Reef: www.melevsreef.com/cuc I shared my thoughts about what I recommend when it comes to adding the necessary critters to keep your reef looking nice.

How do you keep your passion for reefkeeping? For me, it's seeing something new. Usually the best way to see something new is to visit a local fish store (LFS if you're new and don't know this acronym). As you wander around from fish tank to fish tank, you'll see all sorts of interesting fish, corals and invertebrates. Not everything you see is a candidate for your aquarium, possibly because of size limitations or maybe because of temperament. So you stare at the subject, looking on in awe of ...

The new frag system has captured my attention recently. Watching the clean up crew decimate the algae in one day flat was impressive, and the corals pop against the stark barren rock and black background.

Here's a closer look at that frag. I love all the dots that make me feel like I'm staring into the universe.

Montipora hispida, I believe.

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When you have a guy install cable, he usually has a tool to secure it along the baseboards. It uses a rounded staple, so I recently went to Home Depot seeking one to call my own. I wanted to secure the USB cable running between the Apex and the PM1 box, as well as some RO/DI tubing running to the new frag system's top off container.

The first stapler didn't work, but I exchanged it ...