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I'm scaling up the cliff that I fell off of. Nothing unusual kept me away from Reef Addicts, but I just got lazy



The biggest news is that I added my first two corals yesterday! The bad news is that they're acclimating to the light, so my lamp hasn't turned on yet; I'll post photos later. I have a small colony of zoanthids (Zoanthus, orange with green tentacles green) and single ...

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Well, After breaking down my 120 gallon and cleaning it, painting it and other general maintenance. It's back on the stand in the living room, I awoke to find a cat "fish" already in the tank, See photo below . ( so, another wash and wipe...) Yesterday I acquired a 29 gallon long for use as my sump, ( maybe too big, but am running with it...) It was pretty dirty, 3 inches of Wally World Purple Gravel, deap plastic Plants with Blown Insulation into everything. and See before and after ...

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After weeks of planning and waiting vie finally got a 75 gallon deep demesion setup at my home. I got an incredible deal on craigslist, pretty much everything you need including 3 metal halides for 400 beans. Sold. So I get everything I need set up in the new location save the tank. A friend came over and using his skills as an ex fed ex worker we carried that huge box into it's hopefully final resting place right next to my tv. We strong armed that bad boy(which ive named Bruce) on to the stand ...

Well after four years of mounting frags on live rock, I finally came up with a better solution. At least for me. Let me know what you think.
First off let me say this is better for me, I never said cheaper. LOL

Mounting corals frags to the live rock never was a pleasant experience. The epoxy putty would either get to hard too quick, or fail to stick to the live rock.
Then I had a idea to use magnets to hold down my corals. That way I could move them to different ...

Hello All. Happy New Year everyone. New to the Forum so here is my 75g FOWLR. Just went from a 30g to this. I'm planning to add 1 more fish but for now, I am happy with what I got.