My 90 (The Rebuild again)

Bwahahahahahahahaha You still kill me Steve!

 

that is seriously so awesome. I love it, definately created a thread about intoruding macros to my system.

 

No big changes to the 90. Just thought I'd post this months FTS.



And this shot since I was just playin around and it turned out pretty much o.k. Daylights off, actinic VHOs only.

 

That looks great Mike. How's the background holding up?

 

looking good Mike

how often do you have to prune/ cut back the macro algae in the DT these days?

Steve

 

The part that came loose is still loose be the rocks above and those that I stacked against it hold it in place. I've lost a couple chromis because of it. They get in there and can't find a way out before the serpent makes a meal of them.

I seriously just trimmed the grape caulerpa back to the rocks on Thurs. 6/30. The chaeto up on the shelf yeilds about 1 gallon a week. That and the caulerpa usually go in the trash.

The hermit crabs trimmed all of the red clear down to the rock work. The little bit you see is what I just got from John this last week and even it's not all there. No it wasn't hermits, they reside in the fuge. It was the miserable Turbo snails. There's two of them, about the size of a ping pong ball each.

You can't see it well in the FTS but the sargassum is my favorite. Both of the original plants are doing great and have grown from about 6", double stalked to 13"+ multi-stalked bushes.

The caulerpa prolifera is making a comeback and looks great. There's 2 spots of it and it looks like long, twisty seagrass.

 

Bummer on the loss of the Chromis

 

Both firefish and the yellow watchman went carpet surfing.

The firefish really upset me because it was me that spooked them while messing around in the tank one evening. I thought they just went and hid but found them on the carpet behind the next day.

 

It looks really good, great in fact, like a natural tide pool.

 

Thank you Cheryl! Mean a lot coming from someone who would know. And that is pure gratitude and no attitude. I mean it.

The aquariums are getting harder to take care of as my writing is taking off. Two of the last 3 articles are on the first page of Google searches. One of those is in the #2 slot. The only one above it is from an author on Advanced, Leonard. But still, it's a few slots higher than Reef Builders article on the same subject.