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ATO- I got an Aquahub ATO kit and an aqualifter in the mail yesterday. I got it all assembled last night and it was a little more involved than I expected. I haven't actually...

While still present, the cyano has been reduced significantly. I added a little bit of GFO in a media bag to the sump today and hopefully it will wipe out the last of it. More importantly, I...

8 little red legged reef hermits moved from the invert QT into the clown tank yesterday. They seem to like it and are busy cleaning things up in there.

Small update that i forgot to post... Last weekend I installed my ventilation fan for the sump closet. With door closed and vent fan on the low setting, the sump fan cools the tank quicker than...

The GHA and Cyano likely came over from the rubble I used to seed the tank. It was out of the fuge of my big tank, which went through a really bad GHA and Cyano bout most of August. GFO has knocked...

Day 16, the tank has cycled. It was a nasty mess in there. I did a 15% water change and sucked out the worst of the GHA and Cyano. I didn't think to take a pre-cleaning pic, but below is the after...

Small update... I added a small bag of Chemi-pure elite to the media rack in the sump today.

Unrelated note... As part of the same order I got a Reef Gently Acclimate Pro. I had wanted one as...

Day 9-Ammonia is all gone and the nitrites are now way up. Diatoms are out in force. The temperature gets up near 80 by the end of each day's light cycle. I ordered a little hang on fan made by...

Tunze osmolator installed. Now that I have ATO, I think I will pick up some Lime.

The cloudiness in the tank has cleared up so I snapped a pic with the blue bulbs on. They come on an hour earlier than the whites and stay on for an hour after the whites go off....

Today I replaced the Maxi-Jet 900 with a new Koralia Nano 425. I love how small and quiet it is compared to the MJ900, but it seems like a lot less than half the flow that the MJ was putting out. ...

The tank is up and running. I ended up going with an inexpensive fishneedit.com 4x24w T5 fixture that seems to get decent reviews on Nano-Reef. It is running the stock bulbs for now but I plan on...

I purchased a pair of "Todd's Long Island Reds" at MACNA, and they are doing well in QT for now.

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Thanks... I am very happy with the Bristletooth. I am really amazed with the coloring that the lights have brought out in her, and I am shocked at how quickly she adjusted to the tank. In QT, she...

After way too long of a wait, the tank's first finned resident has moved it.

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Yep... I love the way my big tank turned out and I know there is no way I could have pulled that off without dry rock and an empty tank.

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Thanks... I am tempted to add sand and saltwater in the next few days, but i really like the ease of aquascaping dry. I am trying to hold out.

I added a couple more coats of black paint to the back of the tank tonight. I still need to fix the overflow tooth I broke yesterday, and I want to do some work on the bottom of the stand. I was...

1 step forward and 2 steps back.... I got it all plumbed up yesterday and leak tested it... all good there. Unfortunately I managed to break off a tooth in the sump that I will need to fix, and I...

If it was a dog, I would spray it with bitter apple, but I am not sure how you train a hermit crab to stop gnawing on the furniture.