Saturday, May 27, 2006

Check Out DFWMAS!


Check out DFWMAS for a ton of information about Marine Aquaria. Our President, Marc Levenson, owns Melevsreef.com

Saturday, May 13, 2006

My Idea For A Refugium

I am trying to come up with a different idea for a sump and refugium. This is my idea:

The idea is to have water enter the skimmer area. Then the water will travel through teeth cut into the lower half of the first baffle. The water will then travel over a 14 inch length of macro algae to the next baffle. That baffle will have 8 inch slits cut out in the middle to allow water to pass through without changing the water level in the Macro area. The water will repeat this process two more times. After passing through the third baffle with slits, the water will then pass through an additional 14 inches of macro algae before being forced to go over the final baffle. The final baffle has teeth cut into the top to keep the water at the proper level through the refugium filtration process. The water in the Macro section will only be as high as the teeth in the final baffle. The newly cleaned water will then travel through the return section into the return pump, and then back into the tank. All told, the water will travel through 56 inches of macro filtration. The water will be 12 inches high through the macro area, 12.5 inches tall in the skimmer section, and will be kept at 10 inches tall in the return section. The total water volume through the three sections will be 28 gallons.

Sunday, May 07, 2006

Pictures of Corals

A few more pictures of my corals. I hope you enjoy!

This is a Candy Cane coral. They eat various small shrimp, i.e., mysis. This is a great looking coral.

This is a Coral called Xenia. Xenia is a great coral for removing nitrates. It is also exceptionally beautiful.

Saturday, May 06, 2006

More Pictures Of My Corals

I decided to take some pics tonight of some of the corals in my tank. I hope you enjoy!!

Yellow Fiji Toadstool
Frogspawn
Montipora Cap.
Green Zoos
Multi-Color Zoos
Kenya Tree
Red ZoosCopper Penny Zoos
Mean Green ZoosFrogspawn

New Shot Of My Tank

For some reason blogger isn't posting the date on this shot. It was taken May 6th, 2006.

This is my newest shot of my tank. It is coming along very slowly. I removed the rock in the very middle. I thought that would open it up a bit. I need to update this page more often!