Tank Entry

The last thing on my mind a month ago was setting up a 162 gallon reef tank. I was actually packing for 11 days in Cancun with my wife. My low maintenance 37 gallon FOWLR tank has been running for 9 years, and I was not too concerned about leaving it for the trip.

On day three of the trip, we had our first snorkeling excursion. My wife, not being the best swimmer, had to be peeled from ...

I have been in the saltwater reefing hobby now for 3+ years, and if I would have gave up at the first sign of trouble I would not be here today. Every day I see so many new and old reefers leaving this hobby. Problems develop in our tanks and they frustrating and very depressing. Not to mention the very bad economy that we find ourselves in these days. IMO, in the end this is a wonderful hobby. I'm still learning so much every day from everyone in this hobby. I hope in turn to return the favor. ...

Today, I decided to take a little time out to clean up my reef. I removed empty snail shells littering the sand bed, siphoned out the cyano bloom that has been bothering me for the past couple of week, blasted off some of the corals usually affected with AEFW, and moved a few pieces around.

The Platygyra pini (maze coral) was being heavily shaded by the "orange blob" to the point that I knew I had to rescue it soon. When I pulled it out today, I was rather surprising how much that ...

For those that are in the know for those of us looking for knowledge how about a review of calc reactors and why you like what you use.

thanks

Craig

I was very excited to add my first serpent star to my tank last week, which promptly hid under the rocks. Two days later I was shocked to see it hanging on my rock wall just after the lights went out - missing the entire top of its carapace. It looked like a neat dissection with all of the top central disk gone, exposing gonads and stomach - the legs looked fine and tube feet were extended. I was even more shocked to see it moving, and I assumed this was just reflexes until it died. But I found ...