Browsing All posts tagged under »live rock hitchhiker«

Planning for the Unexpected

November 23, 2009

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No matter how much forethought goes into the planning of an aquarium, any seasoned reefer knows that Murphy is never on our side. Whether it’s designing the system to avoid a sump overflow, writing controller code to prevent failing heaters from cooking the tank, or quarantining new arrivals to keep unwanted intruders at bay, there’s [...]

Tank nightmares

January 23, 2009

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Now why would you want to pull out all these rocks with gorgeous, encrusted colonies? This may give me nightmares… One can only hope to never find something like this in their tank. The unfortunate reality is, you may already have one <cue theme from JAWS> From Zeovit.com: “The hunt for a 4 foot coral [...]

Status Report

December 2, 2008

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Been a while since any update on my tank, so … A few changes in the last couple months, well, all changes but water changes . I switched out the Iwasaki 50K bulb in favor of a Radium 20K. I like this bulb as well, and will stick with rotating the Ushio 14K, Iwasaki 50K [...]

Deadliest Catch

January 12, 2008

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Got suspicious this morning when I notice a rock had moved a couple inches from where I remembered placing it. When I looked closer, a small beam of sunlight cast perfectly over a tunnel in the live rock, I saw some red eyes staring back at me.