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Saturday morning, we started out bright and early. We went to the box store and came home with cinder blocks and a whole bag of pvc fittings to finish the plumbing of the sump to the tank. This is Brian's department, I'm the go-fer. He drew out the plan on paper so we could get the right fittings for the job.
Once we got the sump positioned, cutting and gluing the pipes didn't take long at all. Of course there was a leak, where the sump drain hole was. We ended up replacing the fitting with ...

So we go to Petsmart today to buy kibbles and litter, and as always, I cruised the fish supplies aisle. They were having a nice sale, and I scored two more 30 lb bags of lovely fine aragonite sand. That should about do it. I want a sand bed, but not a really deep one.

We also picked up a couple of base rocks at another store in Milwaukee, then had the most fantastic dinner at the Taj Mahal Indian Restaurant. If you are ever in West Allis, WI, have dinner there--lovely naan!

We found a new invert in Little Bright Reef last night. On the very top arch, situated so that you could only see it when viewing from slightly higher than the top of the tank and from the left corner, is a pale red feather duster worm with a white tube. At first I was afraid I was seeing a small aptasia, but when I moved to get a better view, it sucked itself back into the tube and I realized what it was. Very striking, the red tentacles against the white tube and the lavender coraline. Of course ...

Okay, I'm a little slow on the uptake with things this morning...Saturday I added a bunch of photos and descriptions of how we got started with the best Christmas present ever, all the way to where we're at now with it. And just this morning, following the second cup of coffee, I figured out that the "Create new post" button would allow me to post images in the blog format, which would have worked better. So, please go look at photos through my profile...
The plan is to have the ...