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Every few months, I like to take top down pictures of my corals. Using a Top Down Photo Box, I'm able to penetrate the surface of the water and avoid any reflections from the lighting above.

I decided to get a bunch of pictures of the frags that were added last month as well as some of my corals that survived the ordeal of the tank breakdown and rebuild.



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Anyone have any tips/advice for moving a tank? I'm moving mine on Saturday. My plans are below, any revisions or hints?

Plan:

1) Label all plugs (as far as what outlet in the DC8 they're plugged into)
2) Shut off return pumps, heater, media reactor, lights
3) Remove return pumps, heater, media reactor from rear chambers, remove light hood from top of tank
4) Throw return pumps into small bucket of vinegar for a good cleaning
5) Throw ...

When the third MH is the only light on, the bommie has a very pretty dusk look to it. It's one of my favorite times to view my reef from the kitchen-side. I tried to capture that look and feel recently.









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Hello all,

I have posted a video of a critter that I had the opportunity to film. The focus gets better after a few seconds.



I am not sure what the little guy is, my educated (or relatively uneducated) guess is that it is a type of nudibranch. I have see this one in my tank on several occasions, but this is the first sighting in a while. While he is still rather small I would say he has tripled in size over the ...

Each day for the past week, I've been marking how much water is being used by my reef. I took a piece of blue masking tape and applied it vertically on the acrylic reservoir I made.



Each day around the same time, I drew a line, marked the day and time it was measured.



What I've discovered is that the ATO reservoir holds more ...