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Alrighty... so tonight all the frags were in for good, the mini-maxi was fully spread out, the torch was extended so I setup the tripod and took the pictures for real. Sorry for such similar pics, I just need to be more patient and not take pics the day of free hand... just wait and do it right the first time next time. lol. Here they come...

Mini-Maxi Anemone


Derasa Clam - I really need to get a ...

Marc, you mentioned cleaning your over flow out in your recent article...curious if you have heard of anyone using that area as a deep sand bed? particularly in my tank the outlet from the overflows is at the top going out the back, no stand pipe to worry about cleaning and such. At the base of my overflows there is .25 to .5" of mud and bristles and pods. Just food for thought

ok, so i'm not normally one to plug a product but i was at MAX a couple of weeks ago and I came across a booth that was selling a new food called reef munchies. According to the people at the booth the batches of the food are hand made and they use sushi grade food for each batch. The food is then freeze dried so you can keep it for long periods of time. They gave me a sample bag of the food and so i took it home and tried it. The food was amazing and all of my fish and corals loved it. i decided ...

Hi All,
Relatively new tank... and now we want to start with some good habits. Currently testing for O2, Nitrite, Nitrate, Ammonia, salinity, and PH. Which ones should be done and with what frequency?

Also, we have only janitors and two fish thus far. However, we found a small leather coral (we think) and want to know what we should begin to feed this... and how for that matter?
Thanks,
Jim

I have had my 220 up and cycled for about 2.5 months now... I have 200 lbs of live rock and a 125 gallon sump system. Using a dual over flow running one side to the fuge 3"(sand bed) the other to an INS 450 reef dynamics skimmer. Middle return overflow. (I prefer middle for return...) calcium reactor, as well as a sulfur reactor... My tank specs were perfect up until last week. My calcium levels went from 450 to 550 ... My question is that i have only a couple nasarius snails and 3 ...