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When people come to visit, they often talk about how clean my system is. I clean everything at some point, never all at once in a single day because there is too much to do. Every few weeks, I clean the glass with a hotel Room Card (those plastic credit cards they hand you), swiping it between the glass and the sandbed to keep the view of the sand clean. I scrape off any algae along the sand bed, near the silicone seams, and along the entire top edge where the water laps up against the eurobracing. ...

Thursday as I was doing a quick water change I found a tentacled creature sitting on top of my first sump baffle glass.... looked like an aiptasia to me so I tried to suck it with the hose. It receded into the baffle and I lost it.

A few minutes later I saw it drifting submersed in the water on the other side of the baffles, close to the return pumps, stout and tentacles all spread open, like a spider. This time I took it out with plastic claws (didn't want to touch it).
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My powder brown seems to hiding out in one corner. He has a cob web slim me coat hanging off him and hes blotchy. Do notice any cist on him like you would with ich.

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Nothings has been added to the tank for a few weeks, except I started bio pellets yesterday. Only have added one cup to the reactor for now. This is on a 125.

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Hey All,
Is there anything special we need to know about lighting timers to be used for metal halides? Will regular ol' outdoor timers such as those used for outdoor Christmas lighting do the trick?
Thanks in advance!

Long long week and a half. A friend getting out left me with a bunch of live rock. And two tomato clowns. The clowns are fine, but the live rock required some re-aquascaping and another tank being started. It looks ok, pictures later.
Trying to quit smoking before re-aquascaping however, terrible. Bad times man. Totally leaving me drained as I'm not drinking caffeine either. Hard to gain motivation to even change water, and I love water changes!