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I've been watching my lobo change shape before my eyes over the past month. I've had this lobo for over a year, and it has always looked like half a tennis ball, shape-wise. Lately it has been flattening out for no reason that I can think of. And the top of it has begun to show traces of bleaching, just slightly. Since it is in the front left corner of the tank, I placed my hand over it to see if I could create shade, which I could. So I grabbed a piece of scrap acrylic, peeled off the film from ...

Long time I didn't update my tank build!!! In short things were really slow due to a load of traveling...
Maintaining the tank and frag tank setup in the basement has become a chore due to the limited time, so I will be modifying my setup and adding a larger sump in the basement and will connect the frag tanks, nano cubes, and a couple of small coming tanks.
This should help decrease testing time and water changes and dosing... Realize it will pose more risk of losing the whole system ...

It's nice to get some behind-the-scenes knowledge of one of the foods offered in our hobby.



I hope y'all are enjoying your reef tanks and being aware of tank temperatures this time of year. Keep your babies safe.

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My Sumpless 40Br Mixed Reef Tank. Set up since August 2012 (Moved from SC), most corals have been with me for about a year prior to the move.

Tank: Aqueon 40BR

Stand and Canopy: The stand is a nice entrance piece of furniture and the "half-canopy" and fixture cover was made by me.

Controller: Apex Jr. (Without Display, I use my iPhone 5/Computers to monitor the tank) ...

So as some of you know I make "Rock Structures", or however you name them (I've been corrected any number of times!). This is something I like to do, and it keeps me deeper in the hobby without burning me out. I wish I could say I am some type of savant in designing Rock Structures, but this would not be true. It takes me quite a bit of time to create these things to the point I think they look pretty decent. What do I mean by this? Well, believe it or not, I try to make it look as natural ...