Questions - Need some input

Am I crazy?

I switched to LED's in July of 2011 since then my fixture has almost 9,000 hours on it. I've been reading that LED's start to lose par even after the first year. I've noticed my growth has really started to slow, since probably last year, and with my LPS die off I'm thinking it may be the lights either too bright for my system or not enough.

So I am thinking of getting an ATI Sunpower Dimmable fixture 6X54w for my 90. Anybody have experience with these fixtures? ...

ok, i will make this real quick because I can not believe what I am seeing in my tank right now. I have not seen my tiger pistol shrimp in months...literally I have not seen this shrimp since I added him to the tank months ago. Well over the last few days I have notices his burrow has gotten much larger over night than previously. Well I am not sure if there is any history to this but I have just watched the lawnmower blenny "stand watch" while the tiger pistol comes out of the burrow ...

Anyone know of a reef safe, preferably easily available at home depot or lowes, plastic dip for magnets? I would love to make my own frag mags and use them for other in-tank reef applications. Thanks in advance.

Howdy Reef Addicts!

I have finally completed the fish/equipment room in my basement! I built a 6' x 8' room that will hold my sump, filtration, water top off, chemicals, etc. All reef related items. I will also have a 10gal quarantine tank set up here.

I thought that the room was going to be plenty large, but now I find myself wishing it were larger, and there isn't even anything in it yet! I ended up using a high-gloss white paint for durability, even though I didn't want ...

Adding to my last blog about my mystery find, there was another thing that caught my eye that night. There was a zoanthid colony that was really nothing special, they were blackish blue with whitish mouths. Different but not enough to make me want to spend $30 bucks on them. HOWEVER, as I looked at the rock they were on, there was an eye-popping hitch hiker. A colonial tunicate! I have always wanted to try one and they are few and far between. So, I went home and immediately started researching ...