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is really behind us…so much so
that while in CA in early August, I
ordered a couple of unusual acros from
both Dr. Mac and Reefer Madness (Walt
Smith) with complete confidence that
they would be okay. See the 'SPS' section
for details. Unfortunately, my Pectinia
and my cool barnacle filled Montipora
could not recover and had to be removed.
As for the Heliopora, I've got
faith that it'll make it. Its
sores are already showing signs of
healing. |
| So what have I learned
from all this? Well for one, subscribe
to Maxim. I'll get it earlier
and I won't read so many artificial
salt studies. There's also something
about bandwagons that would probably
apply here so I'll just say right
now that my 'jumping' days
are over…no matter what respected
expert is driving one. |
| The plan from this
point was to let the tank 'chill' for
a few weeks. It needed quite a bit
of redecorating but we figured it had
gone through enough stress for a while.
Then during the 2nd week of Sept.,
we added about 50 lbs of new live rock
and once again rearranged some of the
corals. Everything was finally completed
on Sept 19. About the only thing the
tank did NOT have to go through, thank
goodness, was the devastating blackout
last August. We had just installed
a monster whole house generator last
spring and the thing came through like
a champ. It took us through the |
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9-hour power outage and barely
tapped it's propane supply.
I can recall being teased for 'overkill' by
some people when I installed it
but even THEY'D have to admit
that it probably came close to
paying for itself that day. The
ambient temperature was about 90. |
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Tank Go!
No changes. |
Gallery Go!
Feb/2003-Pre-Overhaul 
March/2003-Post Overhaul
June/2003-Pre CS/IO Episode
Aug/2003-Post CS/IO Episode
Sept/2003-Post Overhaul/Rearrangement
Sept/2003-After Acro #19 Fragging |
Description Go!
No changes. |
Lighting Go!
No changes. I am considering switching bulbs 2&5 to 400W Radiums however
in hopes of 'coloring up' a few of the acros. If and when this
happens, there should be time to give you a full report with results by
the next Update.
I have also removed my eggcrate due to the demise of yet another one of
my fish who jumped through it. Details in the Fish Section. |
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