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N,I started my tank with water from here and add mud, snails, seaweed and amphipods all summer long. I run a very natural tank that depends on the "wild" bacteria which is another reason I don't quarantine as that is IMO un-natural and I couldn't do it using my approach and system. This is...

Yesterday I went to my favorite tide pool with my boat and did some collecting. (as I always do) It is the beginning of amphipod season and I collected thousands or maybe millions of them. Right now they are in an open net in my tank so they can swim, (or crawl) out at their leisure. I add...

After about 16 years one of my fireclowns feels he must bond with an anemone. I don't have any anemones so he is using a very large (and expensive) Duncan for a host. The Duncan is not amused and has not opened in a couple of weeks. I would like to spear the fireclown but probably would miss...

So it's been a week and this is what I have so far. Some streaks. The blobs are pieces of algae that I stuck on there to "seed" it but it looks like I didn't need to do that. A am not sure why it is growing in those streaks but I assume in a few weeks the thing will be covered in algae. If...

That is true, but the cabinet the tank is in is wood and a fire hazard, and the basement that the cabinet is in is wood and most of the house that the basement is under is wood so everything is a fire hazard. That light is a low voltage LED so not much chance of burning anything.

I realize that but I do my own research through my own experiments and come to conclusions that way. All of mine also used plastic mesh. Fire is not a problem as the thing is always soaking wet as water is constantly flowing over it. I am trying the cotton as an experiment because of the...