One of the last things to move from the temporary system was the Rose BTA and Onyx perc clownfish. I scooped them out with a container, keeping the anemone and clowns in water. Barely. But it worked. I had the bowl over the reef, and every 10 minutes I poured in a red cup full of reef water, overflowing the water in the Rubbermaid to get the temperature acclimated. I lowered the container with the clowns ...
In July 2007, a group of us from DFWMAS drove south to Galveston to join the MARSH club for their annual collection trip. Here's the link: http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/07/07/portA.html During that trip, I came home with a tiny eel. I have no idea what kind, and he's lived in my suncoral tank ever since. For a couple of months, he vanished and I thought he was dead, but I found him swimming in my sump one day. I scooped him up and put him back in the suncoral tank. Last Saturday, ...
Picked up a 55gal out of the local trade paper for the rock and substrate out of it for 100 bucks so i thought why not drill it and set up a cycle tank while im working on the 180. I got 2 over flow boxes off ebay for 45 dollars each that came with the cup saws for glass they were said to be 1200gph each but when i got them I didnt feel they would carry the 180 so why not drop them in this 55gal Attachment 4040Attachment 4041this is what the kit came with ...
This is the coolest lookin yellow/green rainbow ric. So of course I'm stuffing it happily with PE mysis so it grows fast and happy. And yes, those are the first specs of coraline algae growing on my marcorock
Updated 02-14-2011 at 02:31 AM by melev