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With the reef tank torn down, my routines are a little out of sync. I don't have to worry about cleaning the glass nor much of anything else, it seems. Still, I check on my livestock and view them from above, and make sure all the equipment is running.

The calcium reactor seemingly sprung a leak, but after a careful disassembly, no crack was found. I applied more teflon tape to the threaded area, and have it running again. I'll have to keep an eye on it and see if it happens again. ...

I swear, I can't keep fish to save my life.

Willard my blenny is missing. No sign of him. One of my 2 cleanup crews is absolutely thorough as I can't find any trace of him in the tank or near it if he jumped. This weekends project was a screen top for it too after my green mandarin jumped a lil over a month ago

The corals, 2 black clowns and gamma are doing fine. Water parameters are great, and I just looked at him yesterday and he had a full belly. Why for they no ...

Well I finally got to pick up my new tank this last weekend, bought it from Dallas North Aquariums. I've been meaning to post a couple pictures here but we had an unexpected emergency in the family over the weekend also, so it had to wait, my girlfriend's mom passed away in the Philippines so I had to get her and our son to California, then on to the Philippines as soon as I could.

Now for the tank:

It's a 60"X18.5"X19" tank, I guess about 90 gal, they ...

I'm going to be in the Seattle area for a few days, any sites of interest to a reefer? The public aquarium is already at the top of my list. I haven't been there since I was 7 years old, which was over 30 years ago.

Thanks!

This is my current tank build a 92 gallon Corner tank with a external overflow. I have since applied black adhesive vinyl that i aquired at a local sign shop. After searching for a stand .I ended up getting the one made by the manufacture as to not void the warranty on the tank. The tank and stand are now in the permanent location. My next step is to build a canopy. The final design will all depend on what lighting I decide to go with. All input is welcome..and ...