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I was wondering what this slimy stuff was in my algae trough and of course, it's algae.
Slimy, long hair algae. The thing is doing it's job because there is absolutely no algae in my tank. just in the trough. Cool
It's just a shallow trough which is a PVC 2X4 sliced in half and placed over a tank with a small powerhead. The water enters the trough on the left and goes through some screens that the worms hang on to. The water goes into the tank where there is a small plastic container. The container is...
Speaking of anniversaries, last night I went to a very large wedding (just under 400 people) at the SeaPort in Manhattan.
But the wierd thing is that the couple got married in the same church that my 99 year old Mother was married and babtized in. Old Saint Patricks, She even went to the...
Today is our anniversary.
Wow 36, thats a big number, I guess I am old.
I am also lucky to still be married to my childhood sweetheart.
We met when she was 11 and I dated her older cousin. My wife is 6 years younger than I am.
We are somehow still best friends and hang out together all the...
For anyone who does not believe that corals have wars, I caught two of mine fighting. My hermit crab turned this small SPS coral towards this LPS and this is what happened. Both corals lost significant tissue.
This happens all the time and you need a lot of distance between unrelated species.
I agree with most of these things which is unusual because I usually don't agree with much 8)
Circulation is of course important especially eliminating dead places. On some very healthy reefs the currents far surpass anything that we could ever acomplish in a tank.
One thing that may be a...
My temperature is lowering itself now that winter is coming.
To save money I had my wife knit my fish little "fish cozies" so I won't have to heat the tank this year.