14
Jan 2018
Did you know that if you get a harem of female Lyretail anthias, you'll end up with one or more males at some point? Lyretails are beautiful bright orange fish with a purple eyeliner like Cleopatra, when female.
13
Jan 2018
Sometimes we may notice tiny pockets of air building up in the area where the sand touches the glass. Occasionally you'll see worms, or pods, or just an empty tiny cavern to peer at, but this time I saw something different. This is a typical view, captured with my iPhone:
11
Jan 2018
While taking a picture of the blue tort acropora that was recently mounted to the aquascape, I spotted something on the coral that I didn't want to see.
10
Jan 2018
It's been 1522 days, or exactly 50 months since the 400g was restarted. And it's really looking more beautiful each day. I'm enjoying the open space above the corals, seeing how the acroporas have room to grow upward and the fish to swim.
09
Jan 2018
Several years ago, I got a coral from the LFS that I thought was a green slimer. Turns out, it was a Lime In The Sky, so I call it a Limer. It grew from a 1.5" frag into a decent colony about 12" tall over the years, despite what the Shadowcaster tried to do to it.
08
Jan 2018
I was reading an interesting thread on Reef2Reef about TDS measurements today. I think you might like it as well:
http://www.reef2reef.com/threads/poll-do-you-know-your-tds.349288
03
Jan 2018
After the customer told me he wanted me to build his frag tank, he asked if I'd build the stand as well. I said yes. This is the project I undertook, using cabinet-grade plywood.
27
Dec 2017
Every few weeks, I get a message asking me if I'm dosing Prodibio and what specifically am I dosing. My preference has always been the big four: Biodigest, Bioptim, Stronti+, and Iodi+ which are all dosed back to back during the same session twice a month, on the 5th and on the 20th.
25
Dec 2017
I've been observing this one area of my reef for a while, which is pretty much in the center of the 400g. The sunset montipora of course is vivid and beautiful, but the leading edge of the rock -- what's going on there?
21
Dec 2017
I found this video to be quite interesting. It's 33 minutes long, showcasing how fish are captured in Indonesia, how they are quarantined, measured, and prepared for travel.
19
Dec 2017
For the past few days, I've been watching the film algae grow on the glass of all my tanks and just wasn't motivated to clean it off. My guilt grew worse as I imagined the fish were disgusted with these conditions and I swiped all the panes clean today.