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I'm sure the staff understood! ;)

If you have enough room to put the 10 behind the tank, why don't you consider trading the 55 up for a reef ready 75? There's enough room in the stand to house the the sump and the extra width makes aquascaping and coral arranging much easier.

Ah look here oh ye of little faith! ;)

And let's not forget that my original couch partner was Brian!

They came in a bag that claims to exchange CO2 for oxygen. They are in the fridge and I rinse when I feed. They even partially froze when they got moved to the back of the fridge and were fine when thawed out. So far very low maintenance. A single portion for $3.99 will be a weeks worth when...

Thanks Phil, you let everyone know the secret that my favorite LFS is Aquatic Obsessions. ::) No one would have ever figured that out! ;)

OK, so I hate taking pictures, so the happy couple shots haven't happened. And now for the update on the blackworm experiment. It seems the fish may not recognize these wiggly guys as food at first! I was expecting everyone to wolf them down immediately, but that wasn't the case. The fisrt few...

There were at least 10 when I was there tonight. Looked pretty good.

See, I wasn't alone! I've been waiting for you to join this thread Mike. I know you've added some local stuff to you tank. By all means please stay, Paul! This beats the heck out of discussing LE coral types and the greatest skimmer ever made.

Well my advice would be "answer the question that has been asked several times." ;) What are your parameters? Temp salinity ph alk calcium magnesium nitrates nitrites ammonia Anything else you may have tested for.

Guilty as charged! ;) But thankfully you have the energy to post enough detail to make the points I'm usually too tired or busy entertaining my best friend Jack to make. And that is, this whole reefing thing is a process that constantly changes and there is no one best/right/only way to deal...

I was also thinking there was more to this nitrogen cycle then we use to think. What do you think Paul?;D