Today was catch up on everything that needed doing. Had to get a sump built, fix my darn sprinklers, get a frag into an Interceptor bath, clean the skimmer and do all my water tests. The tank is doing very well, numbers-wise: I tested Magnesium with my Salifert kit, but also did a test with a borrowed Red Sea Reef Foundation kit that Wes lent me. It still reads way too high (1600ppm), even with his kit. I'm going ...
With it being the middle of summer, it's hard to concentrate and keep motivated with the reef. So I ask you which you prefer and which one is your favorite. You all know I love both and may have to find another, so lets hear your recommendations.
A few pictures of the tank, somewhat recent. Been battling cyano back and forth due in part to the biopellets, but I don't mind too much! Still getting the hang of posting pictures, so please forgive this round. Just to get something up!
After my spawning post, I thought I might actually make a tank build entry. Initially I had a 58g that I setup in late 08. Around the fall of 09 I started acquiring stuff to upgrade to a 75. Eventually I got around to getting it together in the fall of 10, and finally set it up all the way this spring. All of the inhabitants of the 58 made the move. Initially, all was well but then about 6-8 weeks into it my trachyphyllia started receding. Then my other LPS(hammer, frogspawn, ...
I'm folding laundry while watching tv when suddenly I hear some type of rumbling sound. Quickly pausing the show, i tried to ascertain the source of the noise, but none of the pumps sounded abnormal. I head over to the other end of the tank to check the Vortech pumps and it does sound like one is louder than expected, but not the noise I heard at first. As I peer into the dark reef, I see my red serpent starfish heading away like a wounded animal, pulling itself across the sand with four legs. ...
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