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So I bought my tank another Christmas gift yesterday. Went to Home Depot and bought a new fuge light for my new bag of cheato. I am taking down the Algae Turf Scrubber because I don't like cleaning it, its a slight bit loud and it creates a small amount of salt spray. Also in my particular case I am not seeing as many fuge buddy's as I did the last time I used cheato. I will say that for me the ATS worked but you must be on top it in terms of it's maintenance. As for the bulb, it's a EcoSmart Par38 ...

Reading the comments, Marc yay! A.D.D. is definitely a requirement, as well as getting into a groove. I made alot of noob mistakes. I saw some beautiful tanks, and during research got hung up on alot of little nuances, and didn't start with a good foundation. I think I'm average when I say I got hung up on all the fancy devices, different techniques, DIY stuff... but totally ignored some of the basics.

For example, got hung up on dosing this or that, and even looked at the vodka ...

So, I am trying to blog for the first time. My 4.5 year old 210 gallon tank isn't doing well. It had about 2 years in the middle when it really looked nice. I overstocked it. Didn't do my water changes as I should. In my defence I have been traveling hard-core for the last three years. As long as I kept up the water changes I could keep a over stocked tank and I didn't have any problems. As soon as I slacked off I got Ich and lost 5 fish. Corals were still ok though at that point. One ...

Well where to start?

A little about me, my name is Lonnie and I am an instructor at the University of Northwestern Ohio. I teach in the hi performance division of the automotive side. I've been into reef tanks and saltwater about a year and a half. It started when I wanted to surprise my daughter with a larger 10g tank for her goldfish (that she had for 4 years). Well long story short I ended up killing the goldfish and feeling bad. Whats a dad to do? Set up a saltwater take of ...