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There's nothing more I love than a practical DIY on the cheap. Actually, what I think I love more is putting all the odds and ends saved from where ever to good use. And over the years, not saving odds and ends from various projects or broken equipment usually leads to a trip to a hardware store. In my basement, I'll admit to a couple of coolers full of PVC fittings, a broken protein skimmer, odd lengths of airline, scraps of plexi-glass and I don't want to know how many linear feet of pipe and ...

I went from MHs to T5s and back to MHs!

Icecap 175/250/400 Pendant
Icecap 250 Ballast

I'm going to need a second set for the other half of the tank, but boy is it good to have MHs again




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With the increased visibility of captive bred fish I thought I'd post a few things to get everyone thinking.

Currently, under 10% of marine aquarium fishes that are available are raised in captivity, unlike about 90% of freshwater species. Captive breeding offers a way to limit the stress placed on coral reefs world wide. Learning to breed marine ornamental organisms in captivity will go a long way towards reducing the impact of the hobby. (I'll be using the term fish to stand for ...

After being out of the hobby for a few years, I started back a couple years ago with a 40 breeder that had a 20L for a sump. After going through all the normal steps of cycling my new reef, I placed an order for live rock from Tampa Bay Saltwater. When I received the rock, I was stunned at the amount of life that was on and in the rock. Not only did I have a couple porcelain crabs, but also some brittle stars, feather dusters, and a variety of of life. After marveling at the life in the rock for ...

Still a bit cloudy but I'm OK with that!!! I'll be filtering/cleaning for another week or so then I'll start adding some stuff as long as my levels check out. Until then it's on to my lighting and setting up the controller!

The cool thing is I'm going to do a video of all the stages of the controller setup and we'll have those on YouTube also.

I'm going to use an RKL for now and I'll show an upgrade to an RKE later this year. It'll ...