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Many years ago, I had an SPS die in my 29g reef. I was told that it likely died due to boring algae. Unsure what they meant by that, I asked for a little more information since the coral never had any type of algae on it while it was alive. I was told that the skeleton being green was an indication that a type of algae was within the skeleton itself, that it had bored its way into the coral and weakened the living tissue. The most common cases of boring algae are when a system has very high ...

Checking on an acropora in the reef today, I saw new white areas of damage on a coral that has never suffered once. Since I thought I'd resolved the alkalinity situation earlier this week, that meant two things: 1) I'm not done with areas of loss, and 2) I hadn't found the solution yet. The anemones still aren't their normal happy selves, and the SPS losses are discouraging. I should just fill the tank with leathers and mushrooms and call it a day.

Every day this week my skimmer ...

Last week when I received my order containing the pair of Flame Angels from Live Aquaria’s Divers Den I also ordered two new corals. (To round out my order for free shipping of course). It was a simple Scrolling Montipora Indonesia (Red), Bushy Acropora Coral Fiji (Blue-Green).





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My blog a few days ago detailed how some corals and anemones were distressed, while other livestock seemed fine. I learned a few things that day when I tried to restore the lack of alkalinity in the system, which is great.

I think more personal reefs suffer from alkalinity swings than most realize. Sure, accidents happen and excess solutions pump into the tank non-stop to the point that the livestock has little chance of survival. Some tanks overheat, others literally catch fire, ...

So the last blog consisted of some pictures of a leaking bulkhead..........yeah a little scary. To make matters worse this bulkhead was on a closed loop system, so no overflow. Yes panic ensued.

The leak was caused by yours truly. While removing the remainder of the plumbing on the species systems I lost my balance and fell right back into the ball valve that sits underneath the tank.

I sat for a ...

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