I just wanted to share some of the life in my tank today. Some Florida ricordea Frogspawn ORA tank-raised Mandarin fish.
The banded Serpent Starfish was out last night. Usually it likes to take forage in the LPS dominated bommie of my reef.
Years ago, I got a clone of the "Sherman Rose" BTA from a DFWMAS club member. It split numerous times, and I finally got down to only one. This one has been happy to spread out in the 400g and kill any corals within its extensive reach. It's just such a stunner. How can I even consider pulling it out of the tank you ask? Well, that's why it is still in there. Plus my clowns like it. ...
On Tuesday the concrete guys showed up to get the aquarium pad done and open up the brick wall. In preparation I had to move some old electrical and pull a fascia board from the top. To my pleasant surprise the brick stopped short of the ceiling, this meant that we could take down the whole wall and not support upper brick work. I wasn't able to stay all day so I didn't get ...
I suppose the 29 gallon must be feeling jealous of the attention and parts bill for the 75 gallon. Today while I was home for lunch the second of the main tank power compact light units went up in smoke. Horrible smell! Luckily, I was home and was able to get it unplugged and outside. No fire, but did I mention the horrible smell. Fried ballast is not a pleasant smell. So in the last couple of months both 65 watt power compacts (used for the main lighting in the tank) have ...
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