Here are some photos of my RBTA’s (Rose Bubble Tip Anemones). I started with one and it’s split/reproduced several times. Right now I have three in the display and one, in a basket, in the frag tank. Too bad my stupid Ocellaris’ only host in my hairy mushrooms and not in these. I’ll be adding [...]

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There are three main ingredients to a successful reef tank. 1. Lighting 2. Filtration 3. Flow. All these items need to be in proper balance for things to work. Lighting feeds the photosynthetic needs of zooxanthellae in corals. Filtration affects the water quality and health of corals. Final, water movement allow the delivery of nutrients [...]

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I just added a 3 1/2″ sohal tang into the tank.  My hippo tang came right up to it to inspect the new neighbor. So far no aggression between the two of them. In fact, they’ve been swimming together and grazing on algae. Hopefully this continues and they live peacefully together. I’ve recently noticed a [...]

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Auto top off systems replenish the evaporated water that occurs in our reef tanks. Because evaporation only affects water and not the salt in the water, large salinity swings could have a detrimental effect on the tank. Also, if too much water gets evaporated, your return pumps may end up running dry and can lead [...]

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I found my yellow coris wrasse, dried up and on the floor, the other day. I love wrasses, but they like to jump out of tanks from time to time. Covering the tank’s top is not an option, so it’s a risk that I have to take.  This guy had a lot of personality and [...]

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