Random Thoughts

I thought this might be interesting seeing what my tanks looked like each March for the past decade.

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I figured I'd create a short blog about my past tanks. Unfortunately, I can't find most of my pictures. If I come across them soon I will add more, but for now this is all I have.

I started my first saltwater tank in college. It was a 55g with a 40g sump. The sump had a Vertex IN-100 skimmer, a small section with a DSB and cheato. I had a Mag 9.5 return with a SCWD. The display tank had a Koralia 2 and two Koralia 4s. My lighting was a 6 bulb Current Nova Extreme pro T5 fixture. This ...

I joined Reef Addicts when I was setting up my first "big" tank almost exactly four years ago. I just re-read my previous blog entries around the time I was setting up that tank. A lot has happened since then, I moved to a different state and got married! I have moved three times since 2010, and just bought my first house.

Unfortunately, my 180 reef is no more

During one of our moves (probably the most stressful one ever, our landlord changed our move-out ...

Hey Marc when we doing the 2014 Girls of RA calendar? I kowwe have some girls in the club!!

Yesterday I visited a famous Brazilian veteran aquarist, Mr Joao Basso, he's been in the hobby for some 40 years now (much like Paul B), and in his recent years has experimented a lot with new tank formats and other DIY projects.

One of his recent inventions, about 2 to 3 years ago, is a tank system that has no visible overflow nor return, no visible pumps, uses a small return pump (aquarium volume turnover once per hour), looks super hyper clean and has incredible flow using a closed ...