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Remember, if you are the type of person that quarantines everything, you can't put stuff from the sea in your tank because your fish don't have much of a functioning immune system. You can't quarantine that stuff. You need to be running a natural tank to add all that stuff. There are...

:eek: Don't boil anything. Remember, your fish came from the sea, and they probably came from a place where the water was much dirtier than where you collected that seaweed. I have been collecting things for my reef since it was started many moons ago. No problems yet. Here is a video of...

Just collect it and throw it in your tank. Your tangs will love you for it. That nonsense about collecting water and stuff far offshore is ridiculous.

Today I am making a typhoon in my tank using a diatom filter. I do this once or twice a year to stir up the gravel as much as I can right down to the UG filter plates. The fish seem to like it but the corals always look mad, they will get over it. In my tank this needs to be done as I run...

This morning I helped my Sicilian neighbor, (who was born in Sicily) to put up his 20' flagpole and put the American Flag on it. Many Americans don't even have a flagpole so I am truly honored to have such good American neighbors. :grin:

Yes, that engine runs my nano :eek:

I soaked the tiny pump for my worms in bleach and I noticed that the hole in the magnet is large and egg shaped. This happens all the time with those cheap pumps and it can be fixed, at least for a while by putting shrink tubing over the shaft. That takes up the space and the pump will run for...

Today I finally got a chance to take care of my tank. I cleaned the glass and immediately noticed one of my newer gorgonians fell on top of a large mushroom and most of the gorg croaked. That is not a big deal as it happens all the time. Gorgonians are tall and top heavy so if you don't glue...

Last night when I came home after my Mother n Law's wake I noticed an awful smell. I went downstairs and looked at the tank, and it looked fine, but in my workshop I found the problem. My live blackworm tank reeked. Yesterday for a split second the power went off, but the small pump in the...

Thanks guys, we appreciate it.

Sorry to hear about it MadReefer. This was very weird and I am still looking at Frank here, but he won't sing any more. The batteries in him were the original batteries, I am surprised they lasted so long. Unless he was waiting for the right time.

My Mother n law died yesterday in a nursing home. She was 90 years old and she lived a good long life. Her last few weeks were, unfortunately wracked with pain and suffering so now it is a blessing and she is at rest. Judy was a big Frank Sinatra fan and she would always listen to his records...

I changed one of my seawater circulating pumps this morning. Now it is nice and quiet again. This of course is the engine with the pump removed. It covers those two holes in the block. Now I can get on with some collecting again.

It is this. DIY Target Feeder for Mandarinfish (and Pipefish)

I will probably go collecting on this beautiful Father's day after we visit my Mother N Law who is near the end of her life and in a nursing home. My tank has been without fresh mud all winter and I think it needs a new infusion. I will also collect amphipods, worms, mussels, snails and anything...

I will get back to my tank when this is all over. If I still have a tank because I am ignoring it for now. I am having some issues now because my Wife's Mom is on the verge of dying in a nursing home and it should be any time or any day now so we are spending all our time doing that.

Today I needed to remove my algae scrubber to scrape off the algae. To do that I have to reach in to the back of the tank that is in a wall to remove a hose clamp. AS soon as I touched it ZZZZZAAAAAAPPPPPPPPPAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH. I got a shock. Not one of those little Sissy shocks that...

pineapple forests can be interesting. :cool:

This is a hobby and everything associated with it is supposed to make you feel better. :grin:

I think one of the most important, and least understood or mentioned things in a reef tank is "mulm". That stuff that grows in the dark portions of a tank if it is set up long enough. "Mulm" is a combination of algae, sponges, bacteria, pods, worms, detritus, poop and any thing else that can...