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4 indispensable cheap tools for the hobby:

Coral Growth Update:

For contrast, here it was in August 2017 in my old tank:

Continued Growth update as my Melanurus Wrasse is transitioning from Juvie to Adult:

A review of the Caribsea Life Rock and it's advantages and disadvantages compared to Dry Rock and Live Rock:

I had a request for a Chaeto growth update and see how my CF Grow bulb is doing. Here it is 1 month later:

Species Spotlight on the Conch Snail and why they are so valuable to sandy bottom tanks:

Black Friday Frags:

Melanurus Wrasse growth update as it begins transitioning from juvie to adult:

Added new CF Grow LED to my sump for chaeto growth:

Apparently no one told my wrasses they aren't supposed to eat/like seaweed:

The Pajama Cardinalfish:

Glad to hear it worked. I didn't necessarily use the aforementioned move to transfer stuff across town, but it is the method I used when transferring stuff from my 36 gallon (and moving it out of the way) and replacing it with my 90 gallon setup and it worked pretty well for me as well.

1. If you can go with new sand, then do it. New sand prevents the nasties that may be trapped and stirred up in removal from being an issue. As a compromise, what you could do is new sand and a cupful or two of the old sand to add established bacteria to it. I did this when I upgraded from my...

The Melanurus Wrasse

The biggest key in this whole thing is keeping your rock submerged/wet in saltwater to maintain the cycle. I recommend removing the rocks first and keeping them submerged in containers that have lids that you can travel with and then drain part of the water (buckets with gamma lids/tops or a...

Two more going up today: The One Spot Foxface:

Species Spotlight: The Blue Star Leopard Wrasse

First of several species Spotlights:

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