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So, our entire city (pop. 5500) lost power for about 10 hours last Thursday.

Thankfully, it was caused by a storm which lowered the temperature from triple digits down into the 80s. I was out of town for work, so I couldn't tend to my tank (10 gallons). I was quite fearful as bad things happen quickly in small tanks.

I have a battery powered air pump, but it doesn't work well when I'm not there to turn it on. I had my wife stir the tank regularly until I got home Thursday ...

Well it has begun again.

The reef bug hit, and were pretty much settled in from the move so I decided it was time to set up a new reef.

It is just cycling now, so I got some time to work out some more detail on the livestock. I started with a base of a few critters I wanted to keep, and am going from there. It's amazing just how long fine sand particles will stay suspended in the water. I put the sand in close toa week ago and it is still there. I ran the AC70 ...