I tend to prefer to show you pictures of the reef when it is gorgeous, naturally. Not often do I post pictures like these. Fear not, nothing is amiss. It was more cloudy before I took these pictures, and at this point post photo edit and typing up the blog, it's already a little more clear. The calcium reactor burned through a lot of media over the past six weeks, pretty much liquefying ...
It was time for me to get up on the walkboard and get some nice pictures of a number of corals from the best perspective: looking down. Here are the results from today's session. Using a Nikon D90 and 105mm Macro lens in a Top Down Photo Box, pictures were framed, shot and processed in Lightroom. You can purchase one here: http://www.melevsreef.com/node/42 Chalice Chalice ...
Done: Clean the penductors and get the flow improved again Fix the sandbed on the left end of the reef Rearrange the rock and corals a little for a new look Remove dead coral rubble in the sand Make space around the Sebae anemone and move some zoanthids Clean the overflow panel Clean the Vortech pumps - soak in vinegar Feed the fish Water change Clean the sump of detritus, tube worms and other calcifications Clean the skimmer body ...