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  1. Survivor

    Just saw something that made me very very happy. When we moved my reef to Tuan's a year ago, my little randolfs pistol shrimp was no where to be found. Tuan says he never saw any sign of him in over a year. Well, guess who I just saw with the red flashlight! My little shimp alive and well digging himself a new home. :-) This is really amazing, since we thoughly washed all the sand with ice cold tap water before putting it back in the tank. Talk about a tough little bugger! Now I just need ...
    Tags: moving, shrimp
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  2. Bringing Home Baby

    Chapter 1 History
    About a year ago I took a job that required me to be out of town for 4 weeks or more at a time. So I gave my 55 gal reef to a friend and fellow reefer. The job didn't work out and I ended up unemployed for a while. Now, I've got a good stable job in town, and my friend offered me the reef back. Seems he was tired of taking care of 2 systems, especially with our electric prices here.

    Chapter 2 Bringing it home.

    I'll let the photos do the talking ...

    Updated 06-27-2012 at 01:20 AM by Alaska_Phil

    Tags: 55 gal, moving
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    Tank Entry , ‎ DIY projects