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Got my lights installed, still waiting on the controller.  Need to get my nitrates down from…well, lets just say they are higher than they should be.  Once that happens, let the corals begin. These are Aqua Illumination led’s.  Sol Blue is the model.  Bulk Reef Supply is where I got them.  They just started stocking … Continue reading »

(17Oct10) Lost my first fish. Ordered a mated pair of banggai cardinalfish from Divers Den. One died w/in 24 hours, a week later i moved the other one to my main tank. Really wanted a pair, still want a pair, not sure what I will do. I am going to put one more species of … Continue reading »

(Sept 30, 2010) eggs…19 days after putting 2 adult cleaner shrimp in my tank. One of the shrimp molted (drop old shell, creates new shell). A few hours later it looks like there are some eggs. I am only guessing though, I have never seen a cleaner with eggs up close. We shall see how … Continue reading »

(Sept 18, 2010) 2 new entries into my tank. It now has 2 clowns (Nemo’s), and 2 skunk cleaner shrimp (Jacques) They were drop acclimated for about 4 hours. If you look close at the upper right hand side, you can see the effects of a drop of water falling into the container (exciting stuff) … Continue reading »

(august 7, 2010) 2 clowns are going good…i guess…seems i can only tell if they doing bad, so i’m assuming they are doing good Saturday project…copepod condo, shamelessly stolen from The Reef Tank. Not sure when i will get my own ideas, sometimes i want to design a new wheel chemicals…you can never have enough … Continue reading »