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I don't really have a refugium, but a lighted algae trough that is above my water. It is fed from the outflow of my skimmer (I don't have a sump) The purpose of it is to have a better place for algae to grow rather than in my tank itself and for the years that it has been installed, it has...

I like clown gobies because they are a very bright yellow, very peaceful, cheap, and reef safe. Except when they spawn. They like to live on and spawn on acropora corals and wherever they lay their eggs, kills that part of the coral. But luckily for my acropora, this pair only spawns on one...

I can't believe that there are so many problems in this rewarding hobby. If you read through these forums you will read almost nothing but problems and this is supposed to be a hobby. A hobby is supposed to be fun. If you have been in this for 4 years and for 3 years and 6 months you see...

OK, not that I am an expert on anything but I am old and have an old tank that I think is natural looking. Of course that is my opinion and it certainly is not the nicest tank or most natural looking tank but I thought it would make for good conversation. There are plenty of really nice looking...

In a few weeks this Fireclown will be 21 years old and I don't know weather to throw him a party of just get a cake. He will also be able to legally drink so I was thinking of dosing Vodka.

These guys have been in my tank for I think a year or so. I had the male first, then added the female and they immediately started dating. They are very cool and this is the fourth gobi they have paired with and they have been with him the longest. Every day I shoot some clam or worms into one...

There are varying degrees of interest in this, and all hobbies. I don't exactly where I fall in this because it is not really a hobby for me but a way of life as I have always had a tank of some type. But I think many people get into this when they are older and see a beautiful tank and want...

Why do I say that fish are smarter than us? Well think about it, we as 2 legged beings can go forward, backward and from side to side. Fish can do that too, but they can also go up and down, and they can do that just by thinking about it and barely moving a fin. If we get up in the middle of the...

It seems that there are so many people in this hobby that are stressed every time they see something either growing or just appearing in their tanks. I figured I would post things that over the years just went away with no help from me. Hair algae. I have no idea when I took this picture but it...

I can't believe it, this powerhead that runs my reverse UG filter stopped. I don't know if it stopped for a day, week or month, but it stopped. I don't know why, It is only about 20 years old, :p I am sure I removed it for cleaning or something maybe 10 years ago but it was all the way...

I know I posted this before but I just love this thing. I have been at this for a long time but I get all excited when I see the animals enjoying themselves, especially if it is with something that I created. Just about all of my fish eat from this live baby brine feeder even though they have...

I kind of like bristleworms but now I just have too many of them. Whenever I move a rock I notice it is loaded with the little slimers. I recently had a small clam up on the rocks and it fell onto the gravel. The worms sucked it out in no time so now it is war. Over the years I have made...

These two fireclowns can't make up their minds. For a couple of years they were spawning, then for the next few years they fought, now they are spawning again. This has been going on for at least ten years. The larger one is about 16 or 17 years old, I am not sure how old the smaller one is...

I thought I would document the life of one of my favorite fish. This gobi has been with me for I think about 12 years. When I got him he looked like the first picture. Yellow and skinny. As he grew a little I bought another one and they became inseperable. After a few months, they turned...

I just looked at the tank (behind me) and this decorator crab is swimming at the surface. No he is not dead. How cool is that? He can do that because he covered himself with bubble algae, which is filled with air. I wonder if he knows thats why he is floating. I had to push him down to grab on...

I am learning on this camera. I never took a video with it so I tried again with the focus locked. It doesn't get me as dizzy, but still not perfect. :o

All fish in the sea know how to find their food and in a tank it is even easier for them. The problem is that in the sea Mother Nature supplies food all day, every day. We as humans have other lives and usually don't want to feed our fish continousely. At least I don't. Also some fish are...

I have this bubble algae growing in a few places in my tank and in some places it is very heavy. I am not worried about it and kind of like it, but anyway, I noticed that it is just growing on my home made cement rock or the cement on bottles and none of it is growing on any real rock. It...

I was just looking through some pictures from a couple of years ago and I noticed the progression of one of my Euphyllia type of corals. These are an easier type of coral to keep but I didn't realize it had grown so much because I see it every day. I think this first picture is about 3 years...

Yesterday I watched a 4" bristle worm get cozy with the glass heater. He wrapped around it like a boa constrictor and seemed comfortable. Then the heater came on and bristle worms are not really good jumpers so he fried. :o The arrow crab who loves fried foods walked over and unwrapped the worm...