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I have been looking for this little pipe for weeks and couldn't find him. I figured he croaked. But he came out all smiling and happy looking. Who would have thought?

I am glad that I found a new reliable source for clams to feed my tank. They sell clams all over the place here on Long Island but sometimes the larger ones are hard to find. I ran out of them for a week and my fish were carving Human Racial Slurs at me on the glass. But now they are happy.

Today I noticed my tank had only the blue LEDs lit. My new water cooled home made fixture had a problem. It has worked flawless since I built it but I used old LEDs from an old fixture so I figured at some point there would be an issue. I tired to fix it while it was on the tank but that was...

OK, I am sure no one is going to do this, but I needed a way to close the front hatch of my wall that my tank is in so that if anyone dropped it, it would not break the glass of the tank. When I put the tank in the wall in 1979 I added a screen door closer that you can see here above my...

I found my clingfish today as I was cleaning the sponge that strains the water that goes to my reverse UG filter. He disappeared for a few weeks. He is happily grazing on the "mulm" that grows on the back of my tank. I knew I would find that little sucker. I think he is much cooler than a...

That montipora that was bleaching seems to be almost fully recovered. That is weird but I think I figured out what was making it fail to thrive. I tested my Alk, something I rarely do, and it was high. Higher than my test kit goes which was 13. So I just dosed calcium maybe 6 or 7 times with...

My montipora actually looks a little better so maybe it is just teasing me. The fish are all great, but as I said to big and they seem to like being pregnant. My arrow crab is still scary and I hope he also stops growing. Another molt and he may break the glass. I can't seem to find my...

My largest montipora coral is bleaching. It is only that one and this is the third time this has happened. It seems after they grow huge, they get bored and start to bleach. I have no idea why and the rest of them seem fine. The last time this happened I had a piece that grew from fingernail...

Yesterday I had to take my wife to the emergency room of a hospital. Here in New York we are with in walking distance of 3 of some of the best hospitals in the country and one five miles away, Saint Francis that is rated the best. So we went to the closest one because her doctor wanted her to...

This was just published (written by me) about the health, or unhealthy of reefs in the world. http://www.saltwatersmarts.com/reefs-in-decline-6570/

About mandarins. Very cool, easy to care for fish, "IF" you feed them correctly. DIY Target Feeder for Mandarinfish (and Pipefish) Keeping "Difficult" Marine Fish

It seems that my clownfish spawn almost exactly every 30 days that I notice. They may spawn twice as much as that but I don't notice. The bluestripe pipefish are harder to tell because the male always seems to be pregnant. The mandarins sometimes go through spawning every couple of weeks to a...

Sometimes you just can't win.

That is true except for the job part. Our "job" is to have fun as this is a hobby. Our goal in this hobby is to keep the creatures we keep happy and healthy. :dance:

Another example of box thinking is cycling a tank. We hear all the time not to cycle a tank with a live shrimp because it is cruel. But it is OK to cycle a tank with a dead shrimp. But that shrimp also died just for us to use it's dead body to cycle a tank and not for any other purpose. That...

Thinking outside the box Unfortunately there is this box. It is very comfortable and warm inside the box which is why almost everyone wants to stay and think inside the box. People inside the box all have much of the same ideas and ways of thinking and oddly enough many of the same problems...

That arrow crab shed as I knew he would and now he is much larger. So much larger that I am afraid to go to sleep at night as he has been looking at me funny lately with those beady little eyes. I think he is mad that it is taking me so long to find a suitable mate for him but I am looking for...

They are usually shy and do it in the dark. :)

This guy stopped eating today which means he will molt in a day or two. Not a minute to soon as he is becoming to be covered in some algae and a little cyano. After he molts I will look for a female for him to date as I want them to mate. I have had arrow crabs mate a few times and it just...

I spent 8 days in the Caribbean and my tank is fine, maybe even better than when I left. I think my fish like my Supermodel tank sitter better than they like me. (I don't blame them) She doesn't know anything about fish but I make it very easy for her. Before I go, I make up individual...