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Here is a new bicolor blenny, peeking out from the frilly mushrooms. Interestingly, the lower mushroom didn't like the little guy and deflated pretty quickly.

Cute little blenny
melev | 05 June
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My crazy Cleaner Shrimp is hosting in my Rose BTA now. Literally, it stands in the anemone and just hangs out. Amazing. One of the benefits of selling RO/DI

That's crazy
melev | 03 June
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I'm trying to increase the pH in the 55g reeftank, so today I hooked up an airpump in the garage that pushes in "fresh" air into the tank. The outlet of the

New corals, new invert
melev | 31 May
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This evening, I pulled out the sump/refugium under the 29g reef to make a couple of alterations. I needed to trim the baffle before the return section about

Routing an existing sump's baffle
melev | 26 May
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Finally! The BTA is done splitting. It only took about two months for it to finish. I now have three baby BTAs in my 29g. I would have had four, but one

Longest BTA split session completed
melev | 24 May
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All the return pumps were cleaned tonight. While working on that, I pulled out the Aqua C Ev-200 protein skimmer and cleaned it thoroughly, because it wasn't

Maintenance day
melev | 23 May
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My 10,000K XM bulbs arrived today, so I swapped them out with the one year old 10,000K Ushios. I got them for a good price, and now I just hope they have the

Fresh bulbs arrived
melev | 20 May
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What is the difference between a Whelk and a Nassarius snail? Here's an image below. The creature on the left is a Nassarius, the one on the right is a whelk.

What's a whelk?
melev | 19 May
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Here's a webpage about cooling your tank, if you feel the need. Summer is almost here, and this method is cheaper than buying a chiller.

A new page has been added
melev | 17 May
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Running the T-5s today, I noticed two things. The tank looked the same as when I've run VHO actinics, so the new bulbs are working out perfectly. The other

Found a very lost clownfish after being missing for weeks!
melev | 15 May
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Two new things to share today: I installed the new High Output lighting to supplement my Metal Halides, because I felt they would save me money in bulbs and

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Two new things to discuss
melev | 14 May
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