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  1. Clowning around

    One of the last things to move from the temporary system was the Rose BTA and Onyx perc clownfish. I scooped them out with a container, keeping the anemone and clowns in water. Barely.



    But it worked. I had the bowl over the reef, and every 10 minutes I poured in a red cup full of reef water, overflowing the water in the Rubbermaid to get the temperature acclimated. I lowered the container with the clowns ...
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  2. A tiny eel

    In July 2007, a group of us from DFWMAS drove south to Galveston to join the MARSH club for their annual collection trip. Here's the link: http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/07/07/portA.html During that trip, I came home with a tiny eel. I have no idea what kind, and he's lived in my suncoral tank ever since. For a couple of months, he vanished and I thought he was dead, but I found him swimming in my sump one day. I scooped him up and put him back in the suncoral tank.

    Last Saturday, ...
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  3. Drilling a 55gal to cycle rock and sand in

    Picked up a 55gal out of the local trade paper for the rock and substrate out of it for 100 bucks so i thought why not drill it and set up a cycle tank while im working on the 180. I got 2 over flow boxes off ebay for 45 dollars each that came with the cup saws for glass they were said to be 1200gph each but when i got them I didnt feel they would carry the 180 so why not drop them in this 55gal
    Attachment 4040Attachment 4041this is what the kit came with
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  4. Eeeeeeeat my pretties...

    This is the coolest lookin yellow/green rainbow ric. So of course I'm stuffing it happily with PE mysis so it grows fast and happy.
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    And yes, those are the first specs of coraline algae growing on my marcorock

    Updated 02-14-2011 at 02:31 AM by melev

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    Feeding