Oldie but a goodie

Finally had time to set up my auto top off. Can't believe my 10+ year-old Ultralife float switch still works like a charm. No more adding water to the tank EVERYDAY...  yeah! The 10 gallon reservoir is hidden inside a Lane Chest along with all the stuff I can't inside the stand. An AquaLifter handles the duty of pumping the water from the reservoir to the sump.

Some have rose gardens...

I have flower beds..  Here's Christine's garden of flowerpot (goniopora) corals.. Regular target feedings of Reef-Roids and Goniopower are keeping them happy and growing.

My Growing Euphoria of Euphyllias...

The field of euphyllias is start to fill up nicely... frogspawn, hammers, anchors, torches.... love how they sway back and forth with the water. I would have to say that my favorite is the Australian Gold Torch: fortunately, their tentacles are not as long as other torch corals so they are less likely to sting nearby corals.

 



CoralChopping...

Chopped up a few zoas and palys today... I guess I should have grabbed my camera earlier... in a week or so, I'll have some nicely healed frags to trade : ) Here is how I'm "motivating" my mushroom to split so I can frag it. The rubber band works like a charm for mushrooms.

The "Mooosh" Pit

Amazing how many different colors, shapes and sizes mushrooms come in.. here is just a tiny selection of yumas,  ricordia, rhodactis and others. Would love to have a 'jawbreaker' one day.

DIY'd and transformed...

The EcoPico is a great little light.. at 3W, it just didn't cut mustard. With a little work of the soldering iron and $15 in parts, the little scrawny light has been transformed in to a 12W par monster... yes, my supervisor was on hand to make sure the workmanship was up to snuff.

It's not about the size ..

Christine's 4-gallon nano-reef.. it's her tank  but I'll probably end up doing all the work.. doh...  as with all nano's,  the trick will be to keep a constant salinity and temperature level. Keeping organics levels low will also be a challenge; fortunately, I can perform regular LARGE water changes with mature water from the big tank.