Recent content by H2OPlayar

Got the tank cleaned up, got a little more coral, and got some flow going. I've had endless trouble with the wav pumps. I'm down to 3 working ones after starting with 10 new pumps three to two years ago. Not a great track record there. I now have 4x reef octopus 4+ pumps, 3x mp 60's, and 3 wav...

It needs an appropriately sized heater and a way to move water to mix with oxygen, with some live rock for filtration ready to go. Wavemaker or pump works fine. A light is a nice to have, as is a screen. An ato will save you some time but you can make a mark on the outside of the tank and...

Next BAR talk, how to catch the fish yourself by @PjFish One thought I had on the NSA style is that it might not give fish enough hides to come out and feel comfortable. To help with that you could add some fist sized rocks in a pretty pile or two to give the fish a place to hide when they...

Best to label ahead of time. There may be some labels, but don't count on it. Blue tape works in a pinch.

I have a Red Sea dosing pump that breaks my daily dose into a number of little doses throughout the day. I run the dosing line from a glass bottle into my skimmer neck running through a hole in the skimmer lid to keep it in place. The glass bottle is full of Phosban-L which I dilute down with...

What is all this freaking out over phosphate? It is not bad to be high and the numbers I am seeing are very reasonable. Thumb through my old journal from when I was in the bay and you will see some real phosphate, and a beautiful tank. Don't change rocks over phosphate. That is silly, put...

https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/2000?amount=200 So should be about $400 today all things equal. My bet is $500 a box.

@MichaelB

I haven't noticed it specifically but I'll look for it

Doing fine, nothing to report on that tank

This tank just chugs along doing great with very little intervention.

I don't know if I have posted this recently, but here is my office with all of the aquariums. 120 Leather tank, 120 Fresh Planted tank with living wall (needs some irrigation tuning), 45 Cube Magnifica Nem Tank, and my 300 display 20 Fresh, 35 AIO Mushroom and Bubble Tip Clown Tank

Are these baby fuzzy chitons? I don't know what else would be a mollusk with such an elongated foot. I added a bunch of these guys a while ago.

Some full tank shots. The fish and gorgonian colonies are doing great. Everything else, needs work. This leather's stalk is calf sized