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so i am soo excited for the social tomorrow!!!! cant wait to bring home a gajillion $ worth of everything !!!! (i put some money away for this event tomorrow!! ) a perfect event to have after the SAT !

i have some! im dosing something else right now that has calcium and iodine, so im not dosing the purple up anymore my issue with it is that i have a bad algae problem (i have concluded that its because my tank is near a window.) but purple up has high phosphate so that is like encourageing the algae and i dont want algae so again im not using it (ya want it? maybe a little trade ) haha why? cuz thats what i did... but not for coraline.. i switched to kent becase i needed to raise my Mg... and it says not to dose with Kalk... and even thogh purple up isnt Kalk... isnt it still practically the same thing

in mikes tank his acropora bleached (i believe) on the tips and grew flat tops

Can I have permission to use those pictures for paintings!!!

Submitters: Sara Location:My 40gl tank Camera Used: Nikon Coolpix 5600 Subject: hungry black suncoral

CUTE clown!!!

everything was ok... except that.. umm there was consruction paper on my floor... that when it got wet it stained the floor.. s my mom is a little pissed.... i think right now that my algae issue is that my tank is close to a window... because the algae stayed away for the longet time when i had the black construction paper up against the exposed sides... but when it fell off now i have algae.... so that kinda makes me feel better.. we just need to get dark shades/blinds/curtains in now ummm anemone is looking really pretty OH and i know its lame... but i named my clownfish Orange Juice (O.J) and Blackbarry. and yes it is blackbarry not blackberry. lol... because its a he fish and berry sounds a little feminine to me lol but blackbarry is now half black still with some orange on him. hes soo cute my tail spot is gettting a little aggressive... as in getting frisky with the nem... im worried shes gonna get stung and eaten... because she keeps getting realy close. but the clowns are trying to keep her out.. --- on another note my mom keeps saying i should get more (bigger) seahorses.. instead of dwarf seahorrses... so i might do that again. i'll prolly get a pair of kuda or erectus.. in a 20gl tank but idk.. they are a lot of work. and i really want to be able to take care of them right.. so back to the drawing board.. aka seahorse.org lol and do more research

SO somehow my tank flooded last night... not really sure how approx 3gls of water got out of the sump or the tank... if that was the issue. nem movd somewhere else annnd i think i have a mantis somewhere but i don knwo

umm soo the nem is happy there apparently... but i don't like it there.. however i think i'm just gonna live with it.. ah well

ummm sooo apparently the nem didnt like its new spot, and it moved... across the sand... into a corner of the tank, on the glass... hmm im not sure what to think.. it doesnt look bad.. but i don think its really supposed to be there

yupyupyup i took a whopping 517 pics in 10days!! and those are the ones i kept..... i'll deff. link to some in a bit.. but first!!!! tank pics!!! Before Mid way... pile of clean rocks on the left critters AFTER!!! Clowns playing in a walking nem EDIT! Good new not a mantis... at least what i thought was a mantis, wasnt one.. it was a crab in a rock that i now must eradicate... but can a crab in a rock clearing out stuff make a clicking sound also

AND GUESS WHAT!!! best news of the day! i still have a mantis in my tank..... great... well i guess its been in there for a long time... might even be the same one as before... just in a differet rock on the opposite side of the tank.... again as way back when.. any takers? you gotta get it yourself though..

eeeeeekkkk a HUGE bristle worm thing came out of a rock i was cleaning!! it has weird antenna and has these black jaws it opens every once in a while should i put this back or no...

certain things i just cant eat (as long as i have tried it once... generally) so i WONT eat cuttle fish, or octopus... (they are just tooo cute.. and i dont care for the feel either) calamari i will though.. and then i will eat pretty much anything. ... i cant eat lobster... because im allergic (Kinda) but i LOVE all other shell fish i just love food.. and i LOVE fish.. plus its good for you!! as long as im not eating any nemo sushi! im good!

so doing major maintenece on my tank today ttakes forever... so far have found 2 very small gorilla crabs... and put them in my empty seahorse pico so in total... i have found (since the start of my tank) 4 gorilla crabs, 1 small mantiis as far as pests go! cant wait to finish mytank and new and improved aquascaping... that allows for better circulation ! yay cleaning.... .....and spilling a small tupperware of corals!!!! ....

wow havent posted here in a while! just wondering, can i get this moved to dedicated forum? (i will post in it a lot more often) sooo update after 10 days in italy whith my dad taking care of the fish my fish look amazing... tank.... algae forest! nothing a little .... lot of cleaning today wont do SOOOo the green i had earlier suggested about my clownfish... turns out i have a black misbared clown!! cool right?! I come back and my clown fish look soooo good. they really separated in size, (misbarred smalled) and colored up beautifully.. fire fish is the same, big and strong. blenny is cute as ever and my anemone is really happy lookng.. when i moved its rock over when i was doing some cleaning. it then moved its foot underneath the rock which was kinda cool... corals doing well umm frogspawn (a new one) hasnt really opened up yet... extends when i feed the tank a bit... should i target feed it more? i will take pictures later!! before and after for my tank too.. its ewwy right now!

wow beautiful layout of the rocks

Awesome Let me know sorry i have been real busy with school...junior year and all i should techincally be doing my hw now.. also update i handed in the rough of my proposal because i was a little too lazy to fix it up juust a little anyway so im waiting for the response. i havent gotten an email but i might stop by the teachers room tomorrow when i go to tutor

is there anyone in the area that would be willing to help along in this project? any work would hopefully emergency only, or miniscule help, or building help if needed, i should do the majority of it just to get another experienced person in the room... or ppl to contact if there is anypone who has experience with school aquariums who wants to be added to the contact list incase any teachers have questions can you PM me your info?

Get out your flashlights here is the statement from the weather channel there is also a flood watch and power could go out a friend of mine called to tell me her power went out a few minues ago and its supposed to storm real bad later tonight

yuuup! thanks!

Thank yoU!!!

any comments?

how do you keep the macro in control

the majannos are kinda pretty/cute too bad they multiply like crazy