A new webpage has been created to help those that want to make their own acrylic sump. This page explains how to create the top flange.
http://www.melevsreef.com/acrylics/sumps/diy/flange.html
Water tests were done again. Parameters page
Yesterday, I received two Aiptasia eating nudibranch Berghia verrucicornis and they were tiny. A club member did a group buy for six of these from someone on Reef Central, I believe. I've got a lot of aiptasia (btw, I've always spelled it 'aptasia' but noticed in Google that the 'i' was left out.) in my reef, and I've tried a few of the typical solutions but they continue to pop up out of everything including within corals themselves.
Okay, I'm calling it: Time of Death - 4:15 a.m. 
In honor of my lovely Mandarin, here are three beautiful portraits Travis Staut (Reef-Life.com) took in 2003.
I created a new webpage today about editing images in Photoshop. Hopefully it will be helpful to others.
Here are a bunch of new images. Enjoy.
2/11/05 Images - 3.5 megs
It looks to me as if the female mandarin is pregnant/carrying eggs perhaps. She's never looked like the shape I'm seeing now. It should be interesting to see what develops.
I reworked my food recipe as the main ingredient was no longer available. I also put together a webpage about feeding methods, and hope it helps you guys in some way.
http://www.melevsreef.com/feedings.html - methods
http://www.melevsreef.com/food.html - recipe and servings
A few articles have been added to my site, that have been in the club newsletters over the past few months.
How to buy a good digital camera
Why should you use RO/DI water in your reef tank
When can I safely add a mandarin to my tank?
