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My main reef has some valonia here and there that Spock can't get due to their location, so I decided I wanted to add some emerald crabs. However, I have a Melanurus and a Mystery wrasse and my concern is that they'd be devoured as tasty snacks. I did some homework via Google and the articles I read didn't indicate a problem, so I'm going for it. I'll be sure to update y'all if in fact one or both of these wrasses hunt down my new emeralds.

I bought them before the LFS closed, ...

From time to time, something tiny catches my eye. This guy less than a 1/4" was holding onto the side of a Hammerhead AlgaeFree cleaning magnet. It's a chiton, totally benign/reef-safe. You'll usually see many of these on the rockwork after lights out if you look closely enough.

Using a tripod, remote flash, remote trigger, delayed countdown, macro lens with extension tube... this was the best I could get. And it was quietly moving, hence ...

Thursday means another new video:

For years, I've been running Vortech pumps on my tanks. The driver for each pump has to be installed somewhere dry, safe from splashes, drips or worse. Velcro pads have held them to the woodwork, but they didn't stay there forever like one might hope. Over time, the glue on the back of the strip would let go from the surface of the wood, and I'd resort to using more velcro after struggling to remove the old sticky stuff the impeded a decent bond.

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Here's my collection of go-to items. There are others, but these are the most prevalent ones.