Random Thoughts

11:00 pm and I'm doing a water change.

It is interesting how one can tell the difference between LFS's business and ethical/ecological practices when "rubber meets the road"...

Last week I had two distinct experiences regarding fish purchases.

One, at my LFS#2, was them suggesting I get a Desjardini Tang or a Foxface Rabbitfish to eat up my Valonia infestation, even though they knew my tank was a 180L, 60cm cube display tank probably limited in space for those two fish.

The second, at ...

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It is interesting to note how maintaining a marine aquarium sometimes is a roller coaster of emotions.

Discouraging:
Right now it is quite discouraging to see the plague proportions my Valonias have reached. Shortly after the Valonia eating crab died I spent 5 days away from home (birth of a child, praise the Lord) and left my auto-feeder on. I think it ...

What a beating that was! We are back in business and look forward to catching up with everyone. You've had a week and all kinds of stuff has no doubt happened that you were dying to share, right? Let's hear it!



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OK this is a new thing in my tank. I had a situation where one of my power heads moved the sand from the corner. Being slow to figure out why, I just tossed a old piece of dead coral in the spot to come back later and resolve. This morning I found a commune of turbo snails nesting in the corner. Never saw them gather at all before. Anybody else seen this?