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Here is a picture of the inside of my "in tank" surface skimmer. I don't have a sump and this thing skims the surface to remove the thin film that accumulates there. It also functions as a overflow as It feeds my HOB protein skimmer.
This is a view from inside after I removed the bottom. It...
I am very happy with the way my tank is running now. It has gone through many cycles over the years and now the LPS, SPS and fish all seem very healthy and there are no problems that I can see. These cycles usually only last a year or so and then something or other changes and either the LPS...
Yesterday I was looking at this guy who was resting in a hole. Suddenly I noticed there was something in there with him. I took my flashlight (that I keep next to the tank) and peered in. It was a huge bristle worm wrapped around the bleeny. At first I thought the fish was dying and the worm...
I don't know how many of these local mud snails and grass shrimp are in my reef but I dropped two pellets in this spot and with in 5 minutes there are 8 mud snails and 3 grass shrimp here fighting for lunch.
The tank is 6' long so they came from long distances to get here.
It's raining and I feel like rambling. Biodiversity. I am facinated by this. I also think it is a cool word. But for us aquarists it is restricted to marine animals, some good (for our tanks) and some bad (for our tanks). All animals are good for something, at least they think so. Even...
I deleted some pictures, I am not sure the wedding party wants their pictures published.
The first picture was two guys in wedding Tee shirts but they were the son and Grand Son of the couple.
As a Captain today I re married my closest two friends on our boat.
Actually we had 6 boats tied together and I performed the cerimony. It was their 40th anniversary and they wanted to renew their vows.
It was a goof, I was dressed like Captain Steubing from the Love Boat and I am not really...
Jim I took that picture in Bora Bora while SCUBA diving. I went there to study moorish Idols but there are long nose all over the place also. They do have longer ones than the ones in the pet trade.
Redfishbluefish, yes that is a fire from a downed power line, my entire village looks like that.
I didn't lose power so I lent my generator to a friend.
I just went to my boat which is about 5 miles away and there are only a handful of homes here with power.
They pulled my boat out of the water...
I live on Long Island and we just drove around and here is my block. We live in an area called the Oaks and this is why.
I know the South Shore got flooded and many people have a lot of damage.
About a third of the streets are blocked with down, still alive wires and trees.
This is the sight al...