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After letting my 75g grow for almost a couple of years, I was getting bored with it and decided to move up for more coral to grow out and to add more and larger fish.
Hence, the decision to move up to a 150g. I would have liked to go bigger, but it was going upstairs and I didn't want to stress the floor more than necessary. After speaking to the homebuilder, he felt confident that the floor could support the weight. So I moved forward. I got Richard to custom order me a 150g with one ...

I picked up my new tank today, an Oceanic 58g (36x18x21). It will sit on a freshly built stand. I will be transferring all of the equipment from my current tank and will be picking up a few goodies this week. I am waiting for the pin-wheel on my Euro-reef RS-80 to come back from Reef Dynamics on warranty.

I made the mistake of starting my first tank with crushed coral. I will be using 40 lbs. of Seaflor special grade sand for the new tank. The 40 breeder I have set up now is using ...

Went to the LFS today to get my new bulb. While I was busy with the owner my wife started looking at the fish. She picked out some beauties.

Powder Blue Tang


A Scopas Tang

Hey guys, Its my 2nd blog ever in my life... and my introduction to Reef Addicts was my first. Still trying to figure out how to fix my pics on the album section. It says, something about too big of a file, but I cant figure out how to fix it, I have no pics loaded on it. Anyway on to my story... er... Blog.

So here go's...My house has a little nitch where a 54 corner round tank would fit perfectly, but having limited carpentry skills, and not a huge budget, I decided to give it a ...

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I sold my T5s and decided to go back to MHs. I didn't want a fixture, so I would need a canopy. I decided to make my own to save some money. Although in the end I probably spent just as much as if I would have had bought a canopy, I feel the project contributed to a skill I would like to further develop, carpentry. Not to mention the sense of accomplishment that you get from completing the project.

While you look at the pictures remember, this is my first ever carpentry project. It's ...