My lil reef

Rick.45cal · Mar 10, 2019

LilElroyJetson said:
This is the type of content I am here for!! What type of monti is that?

JF Alter ego

LilElroyJetson · Mar 11, 2019

Rick.45cal said:
JF Alter ego

Awesome color and the way it’s encrusted the rockwork right there is super cool. Keep em comin!

Rick.45cal · Mar 12, 2019

Just cleaned the glass!

Rick.45cal · Mar 13, 2019

Rick.45cal · Mar 14, 2019

Cleaned the skimmer!

The smell was delightful! ;Vomit

Rick.45cal · Mar 14, 2019

Yellowsub’s colors are starting to come back, man it really pops!

Speaking of popping, this escapee from my now colony of WWC Lemonhead mushrooms is looking large and in charge, he’s even got a litte buddy who’s escaped with him in the background!

Rick.45cal · Mar 14, 2019

Off to test my alkalinity since I had to increase my CO2 to the reactor because EVERYTHING IS GROWING!! (It’s gone apey!)

Rick.45cal · Mar 14, 2019

Alk is 9.6 dKH (all is well!)

Lasse · Mar 14, 2019

Wonderful tank

Sincerely Lasse

DLHDesign · Mar 14, 2019

Agreed - tank is looking great!

dbraun15 · Mar 14, 2019

Wow...great job and beautiful array of colors!

Rick.45cal · Mar 14, 2019

Lasse said:
Wonderful tank

Sincerely Lasse

Thank you so much Lasse! It’s becoming great in spite of me!

Rick.45cal · Mar 14, 2019

DLHDesign said:
Agreed - tank is looking great!

Thank you! I hope you have been well! How’s your system doing?

Rick.45cal · Mar 14, 2019

dbraun15 said:
Wow...great job and beautiful array of colors!

Thank you! It’s very hard to get anything done around it, it kind of just sucks you in when you walk by.

DLHDesign · Mar 15, 2019

Rick.45cal said:
How’s your system doing?

Most of the time, it's not flooding onto the floor. So that's a plus!
"Slow" would be the best description. Not a bad thing, but certainly makes it hard to keep the excitement up...

Rick.45cal · Mar 15, 2019

DLHDesign said:
Most of the time, it's not flooding onto the floor. So that's a plus!
"Slow" would be the best description. Not a bad thing, but certainly makes it hard to keep the excitement up...

My excitement waxes and wanes as well. I’ve tried to make the way this tank operates as hands off as possible because I know me. It’s worked except I let the nutrients drop over the last year, so I’m trying to get it all back in order now. You’re not alone, my friend!

It’s interesting how your ideas of “fun” change over time, as an aquarist. Back when I was younger, I loved bringing home new corals and being excited about the new fish I’d never seen before. Fast forward 30 years, I don’t enjoy coral shopping or buying new corals (WWC live sales made it fun, but that was for different reasons than the corals themselves). The new “rare” fish isn’t as exciting as it once was, or the weird one doesn’t evoke the same physiological excitement response. But now I find my most enjoyment from watching new corallites appear, and just watching the tank slowly bl0om. Maybe I’ve “matured” with the tank

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I can also relate to things when they all seem to go wrong in spite of your best efforts, that’s the most frustrating of them all. Good luck my friend!