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A final panorama before lights out on the frag flat. Of course I would not normally have the sump lights on during the day.

Hah, I would have loved this fish a year ago. One of my favourite fish to encounter while diving.

Hah, I consider moving the TV upstairs in 2011 one of my greatest mistakes, it has been watched about 2 hours since being relocated/banished from the family room. I have wanted it gone for years… Few people are interested in volunteering to move it once they see it.

Probably late July. Fairly flexible.

I am probably going to go slow (my only speed) and won't need much assistance. Thank you for the offers! I would like to find a set of suction cups for moving the very heavy 92G tank downstairs. Anybody got a set I could borrow for a week or so? I plan to hire movers to get it and the 250lb 36"...

I am now expecting to start taking down the tank on July 4th weekend. I have returned the loaner clam @NelsonCh so graciously let me care for since March. It was quite an experience and I am grateful for having the opportunity to try a clam before I left reefing. I have given away a couple of...

planning teardown

I think that it is good to have a couple of other reefers and a professional service person as back up if you are going to leave town for more than a few days. I'm on a couple people's list next to their tank but have only ever had to be called twice. (repriming MJ1200 pump that was ensuring HOB...

Yep, Sodium Carbonate or bicarbonate plus Calcium Chloride results in Sodium Chloride. Dosing is an expensive way to make salt! I once (documented in my tank thread) dumped calcium chloride solution into my Alk dosing container. Instant salt! The best options seem to be wet skimming or removing...

I have been hosting @NelsonCh 's clam for a couple weeks now. These are really cool critters and I wish I had had one longer. I am still planning on starting teardown of my tanks in the next couple of weeks though I am already falling behind in prep tasks. I have made my first "for sale" post...

Thanks, responding.

Thank you to @Solitaryensis for picking up my frags. I hope it is was a good swap!

Dosing the tank with Fenbendazole to eliminate the blue clove polyps worked really well. No sign of return after 2 months. It did kill all of the other softies in the tank except the mushrooms. It also killed some, but not all, of the snails. The nassarius snails survived unscathed. Mini-maxi...

fragging!

This would probably be the most convenient option for everyone. DM me for the address and I can have everything packaged up on Saturday morning at whatever time you wish.

I won't be attending as I plan to take down my tank in late May but have a quite a number of frags I can provide. If anyone is available for pickup in North Berkeley I will package a bunch up for the swap.

You can get the Rancos with the extension cord already attached. I've bought most of mine that way. I did have to wire up one of them which I got used but with a sacrificial computer extension cable that I cut the end off and was able to figure out the instructions from a video: (the one I...

You can accelerate the cycling by adding an air pump and airstone (or more than one) There will be another leather coral waiting for you when I take down my tanks at the end of May. ;-)

Very sorry to hear this especially since I was having a bad heater event at exactly the same time. I lost only 4-5 snails and an urchin in a bucket but it always sucks when anything under your care dies. I agree with the suggestion of using Ranco ETC controllers. They are totally bulletproof...

It has now been 48 hours since I dosed the tank. I will be turning the skimmer back on tomorrow. I will put carbon on tomorrow night after the skimmer has been running for a couple hours and then do large water changes on Wednesday and Friday. Everything, other than the bucket heater failure, is...