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Here are some interesting things that grow in our tanks that aren't readily visible. You may even have wondered if they are okay or not. Unless I state differently, most items taken in my reef are fine or I would have eliminated them.

Asterina starfish. They self-propagate by ripping themselves apart and grow more arms from the center. For the most part, they are well-behaved. Sometimes you'll see them on zoanthids, and it might be good to rescue the polyps manually. If they appear ...

60g lit by one Radion Gen2 LED fixture

End of tank view of the 400g in 10,000K mode.

Front of 400g in 10,000K mode.

In other news, I've been updating the shop area of my website to make it easier to find products. Here's the link: http://melevsreef.biz/catalog

My son came over while I was watching the Olympics, and took an iPhone video of the two tanks. It came out nicely, so I put it on my Youtube channel.

I've been dosing Prodibio's products in my tank since February 2011. Three years, already? It's almost hard to believe.

I have an article abut how I dose here on ReefAddicts: http://www.reefaddicts.com/content.p...dibio-Products

The one substance I've just not embraced is Reefbooster. It just makes me nervous, plain and simple. It's their microfood, and they highly recommend it. Every year at MACNA the owner of ...

More shrimp activity had me hovering around the 60g with my camera in case I could capture the actual release as it happened this time. While I watched and waited, I took a few more pictures.

This fungia plate is part of a siamese arrangement. Two grow on the same skeleton and eventually compete for traction. This one bubbled up like this for about a week, and I had to wonder how it would play out. The day after I took this picture, this bubble was gone as was all the tissue. I have ...