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Anyone know of a reef safe, preferably easily available at home depot or lowes, plastic dip for magnets? I would love to make my own frag mags and use them for other in-tank reef applications. Thanks in advance.

Whenever I have to head out of town, I have to trust all will go well with my reef in my absence. When I walked in the door 30 minutes ago, it was great to see everything looks perfect and all the corals look right.

I had a nice time in Louisiana at Fragniappe this weekend. I visited a couple of fish stores, got to stay with a hobbyist and see his tank, worked the event as a vendor as well as a speaker, and ended my day with a tour of Coralvue's warehouse. My flight home today ...

I figured I'd create a short blog about my past tanks. Unfortunately, I can't find most of my pictures. If I come across them soon I will add more, but for now this is all I have.

I started my first saltwater tank in college. It was a 55g with a 40g sump. The sump had a Vertex IN-100 skimmer, a small section with a DSB and cheato. I had a Mag 9.5 return with a SCWD. The display tank had a Koralia 2 and two Koralia 4s. My lighting was a 6 bulb Current Nova Extreme pro T5 fixture. This ...

Took some macro shots of my reef last night. Thanks for looking....
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Howdy Reef Addicts!

I have finally completed the fish/equipment room in my basement! I built a 6' x 8' room that will hold my sump, filtration, water top off, chemicals, etc. All reef related items. I will also have a 10gal quarantine tank set up here.

I thought that the room was going to be plenty large, but now I find myself wishing it were larger, and there isn't even anything in it yet! I ended up using a high-gloss white paint for durability, even though I didn't want ...