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That seemed like an appropriate title for this entry. Today, I wanted to tear down the wall that made up the old tank stand. The platform was pulled out that was built almost exactly six years ago. It took a lot of muscle, as it was built to last. My son provided that need.




While the stand and walls had to come out, I wanted to keep the wooden walkboard that the manifold is supported by. Additionally, ...

Since I first started as a wee young reefer I have for one reason or another always refused to set up a refugium in order to help control the nutrient levels in my aquariums. At first it was because...well I didn't know any better and all I had was a couple fish and some zoas in a tiny nano tank anyways. Then it was due to space constraints under the stand and possibly a slight pinch of defiance. Well, my disobedience did not pay off and my corals suffered. For ages I couldn't figure out why it ...

So, our entire city (pop. 5500) lost power for about 10 hours last Thursday.

Thankfully, it was caused by a storm which lowered the temperature from triple digits down into the 80s. I was out of town for work, so I couldn't tend to my tank (10 gallons). I was quite fearful as bad things happen quickly in small tanks.

I have a battery powered air pump, but it doesn't work well when I'm not there to turn it on. I had my wife stir the tank regularly until I got home Thursday ...

Got a package in the mail on Friday! Thanks Ian. Now I can calibrate my ORP probe and further adjust my ozonier.



I also sucked up the cost of gas and filled my truck ($75 eek!) so this coming weekend we can do more demo and just be done with it all.

Well it has begun again.

The reef bug hit, and were pretty much settled in from the move so I decided it was time to set up a new reef.

It is just cycling now, so I got some time to work out some more detail on the livestock. I started with a base of a few critters I wanted to keep, and am going from there. It's amazing just how long fine sand particles will stay suspended in the water. I put the sand in close toa week ago and it is still there. I ran the AC70 ...