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Well, it's time to get back to my reef. Over the last two years, my tanks has neglected to say the least. I changed jobs, had a kid, and just life which caused my tank to go downhill slowly. During this time, I did perform the basics but not much more than that. To make matters even worse, I had a water change go bad which wiped out most of my fish and coral. So time has went by and I am know more determined than ever to get this piece of ocean back into shape. So I will recap some changes to my ...

I took a few pictures today to share.

Acropora sp - one of the only acros to make it to the 215g


The blue tort has nice new growth, but the main body doesn't look as nice as it should. I need to take a powerhead to it to see if any pests come off.


Birdsnest coral - the valonia in there is tough to pull out.
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Despite all efforts to deal with the hair algae I had in tank from previous owner i was fighting a losing battle so took the huge step of closing down the tank.

The live rock is cleaned and in a container with a powerhead and heater and so is the sand, the coral and fish went to a fellow reefer.

I have since stripped the red sea max down thoroughly cleaning the power heads and skimmer (not a nice job as was filthy and covered in scale - which meant the previous owner had ...

Well, since the Holidays are now over I figured I would give an update on some new equipment and coral I got as gifts or purchased myself. Gotta love aquarium related presents!
Here is a list of all the new equipment (pretty long list now that I have typed it out):
BRS Dual DI Canister for RODI
RODI Pressure Gauge x2
Dual TDS Meter x2 for RODI
BRS GFO 1 Gal. 4lbs.
BRS Biopellets 1000mL
Some tube Coral glue
Hanna Calcium Checker
Hanna Phosphate ...

have been really busy lately working and working on my new build. I have a 195 gallon starphire 3 sided tank covered by solid figured cherry.

The steel stand I built from 2" steel with 6 3" leveling feet. Each foot will hold up to 15,000 lbs.

The tank is sitting ontop of a 1.5 inch cherry butcher block top. After reading marcs write up ...