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  1. Powerless - once more

    The power went out 1 hour and 20 minutes ago. So my generator is running instead. Gotta keep my reef happy and my internet connection live.
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  2. Gone Fishin'

    Gone Fishin'


    Well, after about a week of having some new Tierra Anthias fish in my tank, the male anthias has turned out to be a bully. He chases my other fish, almost all of them, away from 'his side' of the tank. This include the female anthias, blue/green chromis, leopard wrasse, and others. He killed one of the female tierras due to harassment, and also a new Evansi anthias that I added to test out mixing the two. I decided this joker was going to have to be removed. I did ...
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  3. Hummm

    I got a piece of Favia Moon Coral and on the trip home it made the ride updside down. Now in the tank it has this slimy stuff floating around it. Que Passa


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  4. It's fish tank day!!!!

    Our tank is set, the stand has been completed, plumbing finalized, and WATER is going INTO the tank!!!! And coming right back out, of course, lol. Leak in two fittings on the closed loop, Jon's working on redoing them now.

    Before I go to bed tonight I'm going to have fish moved into their new home. I still have to go back in next weekend and finalize rockwork, but I don't care. My fish will finally be back in a proper sized tank, which is long overdue. When I went downstairs ...
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  5. mechanical filter?

    Do any of you use mechanical filters like inline Ocean Clear systems with 25-100 microm cartridge filters, running them for a few hours once a week, to do any type of cleaning? I am still setting up my first sump system, and I want to try and get everything plumbed in that I might use in the future. I will already be running carbon in a reactor.

    Also, should I be running any type of filter sock somewhere in my sump? or screens to cover the return inlet?

    I also assume ...
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