And now for something a little different ...

LBReefer · Oct 10, 2020

I'm going to try and start selling some of the zoas and other softies locally, if I can.

LBReefer · Oct 11, 2020

FTS Friday (a bit late)

LBReefer · Oct 17, 2020

I really love how this coral has come back from near certain death. I'm not sure how to carve out the dead skeleton, but i figure that giving it more time to heal before taking out the saw can't be a bad idea.

LBReefer · Oct 17, 2020

I picked up these two frags and a nasarius snake from Ellis Aquatics this week.

LBReefer · Oct 18, 2020

I feel so dumb.

I bought a new salinity probe a year ago because my probe had gone on the fritz. It ended up stabilizing out and I got too lazy to replace it.

Flash forward to this week when it just stopped sending a signal. I went ahead and replaced it. Well after calibrating it, I realized that my salinity is at 32.3!

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LBReefer · Nov 2, 2020

I've made some dumb mistakes in this hobby, but the one I consistently make is on my darn Eshopps external overflow boxes. I will never use these again.

I was working to install new elbows and soft tubing on my system to make the process of changing out my filter socks easier. I later figured out that it would be easier to get rid of the socks and replace them with filter cups. Huge thanks to @Reefer5640 for the recommendation.

After installing the new plumbing I noticed a steady leak coming from the overflow. Flash forward to this evening when at least 15 gallons had leaked out of my system. When I tried to diagnose the issue I recognized that I had made the same darn bulkhead gasket mistake with these overflows that I had made when adding my bonus tank.

I was then really dumb and tried to remove the overflow without sufficiently draining the tank. Needless to say, my floor, t-shirt and boxer shorts are significantly more salty than when I started this repair.

I got smarter and drained about 25 gallons from the system.

LBReefer · Nov 2, 2020

My comedy of errors continues. I refilled the tank, made some more water and then decided to check the second overflow. I had made the same gasket error on this side.

So, I brought out the bucket brigade again and repeated the process.

LBReefer · Nov 6, 2020

No leaks since the gasket fix.

And my order from Cali Kids coral came in this week. I bought a mystery box and I'm pretty happy.

LBReefer · Nov 29, 2020

After six years in this hobby, I finally got an anemone to host a clowning.

Now if I could just keep the anemone from doing a world tour of the tank, I'd be all set.

LBReefer · Nov 29, 2020

I snapped the filter on my phone last night and tried to grab some actinic shots.

LBReefer · Dec 5, 2020

These two provide us with a lot of entertainment.

LBReefer · Jan 10, 2021

I got around to installing our christmakah presentation this weekend. I'm curious to see what the extra flow will do.

It's also a good reminder that it's time to clean my existing wavs. I set the existing wavs to the same program as the new ones. The difference in power was palpable.

vetteguy53081 · Jan 10, 2021

LBReefer said:
I got around to installing our christmakah presentation this weekend. I'm curious to see what the extra flow will do.

It's also a good reminder that it's time to clean my existing wavs. I set the existing wavs to the same program as the new ones. The difference in power was palpable.

These guys can kick out some serious current

LBReefer · Jan 24, 2021

It looks like I need to invest in some new screen lids. I have lost two fish to jumping in thr last six months.

Most frustratingly, this was my most successful anthias.