Wanting to take a picture of one subject, I ended up with a few to share. The Hammer zone in the center of the reef is impressive. The Yellow Scroll coral is healing a little bit more every day. This was a blind shot with a top down photo box. I just pointed and clicked, and got a decent image from the effort. ...
While traveling, the reef is automated for the most part, although I do have someone check on the tank daily just to make sure everything is working as it should. Since getting back, I've been sick sick sick. Taking medication has made me sleepy, and I've not had the desire to lift a finger for the past six days, other than to add some thawed fishfood to the reef before the lights shut off for the night. The Apex has been keeping everything firing on 8-cylinders, the top off is replenishing ...
For the past few years, I've been evolving from a hobbyist to a vendor in this industry. It's a tough transition for a few reasons, but at my heart I continue to be a hobbyist to the core. At our club's annual one-day conference, I set up a booth as a vendor. In addition, I'm still actively involved in the planning stages, helping make sure that our club runs it successfully. Similar to what we did to plan for MACNA last fall, we have to think about the vendor hall layout, do all we can to promote ...
It's that time again. I needed to add more snails to my reef and frag tank. A friend placed an order with Keys Critters and had him include 100 astreas for me. What does 100 snails look like? ...
Sanjay Joshi 2006 MASNA Award Winner - He received the MASNA award in 2006 for his contributions to the marine aquarium hobby. Sanjay Joshi in real life is a Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Penn State University. He has been a reef addict since 1992, and currently keeps several reefs aquariums at home including a 500-gallon SPS dominated reef. He also co-manages ...