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Pretty great deal on sand here too: https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/caribsea-arag-alive-bahamas-oolite-aquarium-sand $6 flat rate shipping!

Yeah, I have two sebae nems, one pink and one purple... the purple one is the big one against the side of the tank.

Phase 1 was yesterday! Here's some 'before' snapshots. The tank is a peninsula viewable from 3 sides. An in-progress shot: It took alllll afternoon to pull out rocks, chisel the corals off, siphon out the sand, wait for the water to clear a bit, add sand, wait for the water to clear a...

Between work and other hobbies, my tank has been in maintenance mode for awhile now. Feeding the fish, refilling chems, and the occasional water changes has actually worked pretty well for this primarily-softies setup - all the fish and corals are healthy and growing. But the majano population...

I bought this tank to QT a batch of new fish. Now that's all over with, it's time to move the setup along to the next person who needs a QT/Hospital/whatever tank. Totally Plug-N-Play: Tank, stand, light fixture, HOB filter, heater, and even a new ammonia alert badge.

Sounds like fun! Can I join the group leaving from San Mateo?

I kept a big green one (was a smidgen smaller than a volleyball when fully expanded) for several years. They seem to be quite fussy about exactly the type/direction/amount of flow they get, but otherwise not too bad if your params are GOOD and STABLE. Ultimately lost it due to a bad test kit -...

Have used it on my mixed reef (SPS+Softies mostly) several times with no problems. Followed the instructions exactly and only dosed one drop per gallon of water volume, and I rounded down. Does what it says.

The ones from daiso don't have a "half-closed" kinda state... You pull the trigger, and they try to close all the way, which if you miss when picking up a frag, can be disastrous. I've had a pair of these for ... since before I moved up here 4 years ago, and they're still going strong...

I've had one of these http://yamfam.com/aquarium/red_serpent_star.jpg for ages and yes he is fish safe. He does much better when spot-fed meaty foods rather than just leaving him to scavenge. He'll get a meal, become a bit scarce for a few days, and then hang out in the open again as a hint...

Ehhh, so hard to take pix... best I could do tonight...

The one I got is pretty darn cool, but I'm not sure it's THAT cool. ;) Orange base, and solid-yellow polyps that completely cover the base when they're open. I'm treating it like a stylo for the moment, starting with med light+flow and it seems to be happy enough. Will know in a couple weeks...

SO! The mystery creature (a 4' eunicid worm) was found, and then donated to CalAcademy. We had to take the aquascape completely apart, made lots of accidental frags, got the worm out, and then put it all back together again in an afternoon. Lots of sore muscles the next day, but so worth it...

So I came across a nice frag of stylocoeniella the other day and had to have it. I've killed a bunch of these, with plenty of help from my wormy friend. Now that the worm is gone, I'd like to be able to see actual GROWTH on this thing. I see relatively few photos of these growing in hobbyist...

Red mini-carpet.

Holywow, wikipedia keeps exploding every time I try to edit that document, so here you go: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pseudanthias_bicolor_male.jpg

I'm loving the red sea pro mag and ca kits (all liquid reagents in the mag kit!), and the hanna colorimeter for alk. I do notice that with the hanna checker (and the api tests too, for that matter) the readings become less accurate as I get down to the second half of the bottle. Whether the...

Most likely a fan that blows air across the surface of the water in your tank will do all you need. You'll evaporate water faster, but it's much cheaper/simpler than a peltier setup.

A eunicid worm of some sort, AKA a lawnmower for soft corals.