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I have had many flame scallops, No, you cannot keep it alive in a tank. But those cucumbers, Wow, they grow like crazy

My simplicity comes from cheapness and ease of building using stuff I already have laying around

I also have always used a skimate container. Mine is a 5 gallon bucket and for the shut off switch I just brought two wires from the GFCI that controls the pump to the bucket. The neutral and the ground. When the water hits those wires, the GFCI trips and the pump stops. I also use a similar...

That is still a matter of debate as I have not gotten that far yet in negotiations but the book is going well. It is about half DIY stuff and money saving ideas along with practices that disappeared so I am trying to build most of this DIY stuff and take pictures as I do. That takes time. I...

The tank is doing very well. I pushed back the reef structure a little so I can clean the glass. I had to break that large montipora in the lower center but it already grew back and you can't even tell where I broke it and it was 2 weeks ago. I added 3 staghorn corals you can see two of them...

No, I freeze them, sometimes read to them, but freezing is usually all. I am not the type of person that worries about such things as I collect water amphipods, mud, snails, seaweed etc and dump it in my tank By keeping them in the shell It is easier to hold them as I shave off thin pieces...

I just love clams, I collect them, I feed them to my fish, I eat them either raw, stuffed, fried, or in chowder but the only way I feed them to my fish is fresh. OK I buy them live and freeze them. I feel clams are the second best food we can feed our fish "and" corals for a few reasons...

I also married one, 41 years ago.

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OMG the title of the thread didn't come out. It was supposed to read I just installed a leak detector

Today I installed a leak detector in my house with 3 sensors. If any of the sensors detect any water they shut off the house main. I have been meaning to do this for quite a while and just got around to doing it. A few weeks ago my wife and I were going out and as we were leaving she said...

I took a new picture

My tank is doing great for some reason. I still have to move the entire structure to the back and break a bunch of corals to do that, but I am going to wait until after the holidays because I get a lot of visitors now and after I do that, the tank will need a little time to recover and re grow...

I was looking for my clingfish this morning before the lights came on and I noticed the blue stripe pipefish spawning. Those and the mandarins spawn just before the lights come on. Bluestripe pipefish are my favorite pipes because they can take care of themselves with no help from me. I am...

My Son N Law is Jewish, I know all about it

Today I was in the supermarket with my wife. (I started going with her because I thought Supermodels shopped there) Anyway we were at the deli counter and this nice looking girl about 45 comes up to us and starts talking about the stuff she is buying. Then she goes into how sick her husband is...

My simplified system. The large clear thing is an empty bio pellet chamber, There are just brittle stars in there, like a 5 star hotel, it is just there because I wanted to build one but I hate bio pellets as I think they are stupid and I almost crashed my system with them. The smaller acrylic...

My simplified system. The large clear thing is an empty bio pellet chamber, There are just brittle stars in there, like a 5 star hotel, it is just there because I wanted to build one but I hate bio pellets as I think they are stupid and I almost crashed my system with them. The smaller acrylic...

Yes, everything I have is high tech. That phone is steam powered

I got this very high tech brass thermometer from a boiler in the basement of the Plaza hotel about 20 years ago, but it needs a little calibration to be good as new. It has been on my tank for about that long and I can read it from across the street. I don't have one of those little Sissy...