I think this is my first blog post here on Reef Addicts.Today I've been trying to make some changes to my rock work, namely removing a lot of it, because of it catching food and other undesirables. I also went through a major scrub down on some hair algae about two months ago, and added 6 mithrax crabs that have destroyed the bubble algae. As much as I think they are jerks, I have to contend that they do a good job. Its a 75 gallon with 2 Koralia 3 power heads, a mag5 & mag7 for ...
Updated 01-09-2011 at 01:39 AM by melev
This is Maturin, he's acclimating to my tank: I wasn't planning on getting another coral so soon, but I was visiting the much raved Aquatic Collection for the first time and spotted this beautiful orange Fungia. My first corals were doing well, I was planning on a plate anyway, and Fungias are known to be very hardy, so I decided to nab him on the spot. He's less than 2 inches across, so ...
Updated 01-08-2011 at 11:48 PM by melev
Building my 20 gal long sump from vague plans found on the internet and answered questions from here. Thanks Melev. I am about ready to plumb and saw the writing about drilling two holes in the return line to create a siphon break in case of power outage. Where exactly does that go? I thought it said about X inches below the water line but that doesn't make sense to me. Please answer and explain. Thx
Since I ordered parts from two different companies, I didn't get everything yet. Here's what arrived yesterday. Black rigid PVC pipe. All kinds of bits and baubles. Bunny doesn't care.