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After about a year of saying I needed to do this, it's finally operational. The stand, tank, sump, ATO reservoir, doser container are all built (by me).

Three pictures from today of what my reef looked like. No reef-related gifts this year for me, other than some scuba-related ornaments for the tree.

11/28/15 Performed water tests at 1 a.m. specifically because I spotted some STN in my tank all of a sudden. Temperature late at night read 78.1 °F Looking at

I noticed three areas in reef today with white skeleton showing, which seemingly came out of the blue. Not sure why so I did a full set of tests to see what

I've been talking about a new frag tank system all year. It's November and I'm finally getting it done. The frag tank was made a month ago, but I needed a

Back in November 2013, I set up the 400g anew after a very long wait for the aquarium to arrive.  I got my rockwork just right, added my corals, adjusted the

I took this picture yesterday, and once I pulled out the blue fog via Lightroom, I was blown away by how pretty this coral is.  I see it from the front of the

Testing is something I always recommend to anyone, especially if their tank is seemingly off. But what about testing when everything is right? When talking to

Using carbon in your reef will help improve water clarity, which allows better light penetration for your corals to utilize. I've been using GAC in a reactor

From October 2014 to October 2015, here's how my reef has changed for the better.    Yesterday I made this comparison image of my reef, showing where it was

Today my reef turns 23 months old.  I've still got plenty to do: Install the NYOS protein skimmer, plumb in the Vectra L1 return pump, and get a new frag