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This shows the amazing pooling of the pink lemonade. Also note the red orange monti in the background, from Radiata. FTS Sort of

More Pics Red Planet from the top: Never grows fast for me-- Joe the coral, regrowing from a surviving frag Pearlberry via Dr. Jim, very happy Little wild colony from DD, it's erncrusting Strawberry Shortcake, Dr. Jim Tricolor from EricBA, this is growing almost in the shade and...

Slimer, thanks EricBA This A. Plana or A. Nana was regrown from a little patch the size of a quarter which survived SANDY! ORA Plum Crazy, this almost died when my tank was down and out, doing great now! Blue Tort The incredible survivor Montipora Spongodes Miami Orchid...

Getting close to PAGE 100, we have to pick up the pace here! I took some pictures. I think I forgot how, but here they are anyway. It's a mixed bag, I'm just gonna kind of barf them onto the thread. This is my wild Monticulosa from DD. These side shots are never good, but give the size. I can't...

I know, right? "Reefing -- Yer doin' it WRONG!"

I went away for 11 days and let my wife take care of the reef. She did a good job considering the long hours she works. There was only one hiccup (the top-up float valve stuck, despite or because of my cleaning it before I left. No biggie.) The thing that has me shaking my head is the huge...

I want to point out something that I figured out: If you depend on big important pieces of equipment made of acrylic, it's a good idea to have a tube of Weldon-16 or similar on hand for emergencies. It's not sold in the hardware store, you have to mail order it or get it from a plastics place. I...

Ahh, the big downdraft is skimmin' like it used to! Great to see that foam caterpillar-ing up the column. Finally, I'm back in control!

I got the skimmer body successfully sealed and the glue cured today. It's remarkable how adversity focuses the mind. I worked out the other leaking issues and the skimmer is running on the tank as I write this, though it does need to break in before it skims. (Me: I am invincible! Wife...

Mike, where did you buy your skimmer? I think it may be time for a new one.

Well, that was a bad day! Already sick with a cold, I woke up to another flood in the garage as the becketts had clogged once more. Got that cleaned up and started to remove the MRC and install the old ETSS. Got that done with much swearing, only to discover that the skimmer body on the ETSS now...

You are correct, I've had amazing growth in my red planet and the wild acro I got from the DD is much bigger, unrecognizable. Part of the deal is I'm out of the habit of using photobucket since I've been sucked into facebook like the rest of humanity. I shall endeavour to post some pics.

Garage sale Note for other folks up north: I will be having a big garage sale on August 13 and 14. Mostly it's just ugly crap we've accumulated over the years, but if you ask nice I can probably sell you a used aquarium or let you paw through my old pumps and MH ballasts. Longaberger Baskets...

Been running filter socks, Becketts are still clogging every 48 hours. Too much work cleaning Becketts (although I can now do it in about two minutes total) so back I go to the old ETSS 1000 / Iwaki combo. Good thing none of you bought my skimmer when I put it up for sale. I ordered a bunch of...

These shrimp are sometimes known as volcanic red shrimp. They evolved to live in pools formed by lava which vary in salinity due to rain and evaporation. These are the shrimp they put in those eco-spheres. I myself had an eco-sphere where the last shrimp died after six years, and that is not...

Will need to mount filter socks sooner than later. Injectors are clogging on a daily basis now, probably due to calcium trash being shot under the divider in the sump. If the injectors clog enough, tank water shoots out of the air intakes, flooding the garage. Happened twice last week already, I...

I changed the plumbing in my sump so the drain now goes to the center section in an effort to keep tiny calcium bits out of the skimmer. If that in and of itself does not help, it will make it easier to use filter socks, which has helped before. I actually drained the sump and vacuumed it with...

Second goby successfully paired with the Tiger Pistol -- All is happy in the biocube!

It's great in a small tank so you can see all the activity.

Stopped by AO to get another blue tux urchin for the big tank. The one in there is doing a good job on the red wire algae that seems to cover everything, but always stays in the same rock section I figured, just get one for the other section. And some additional trochus snails. There were a...