http://projectreeftank.com One guy's experience setting up a new reef tank. Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:29:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the Northeast U.S. the past few days we're getting our tank cooling methods and techniques tested. I don't know if this is considered a heat wave, though it's certainly close. Here a heat wave is three consecutive days over 90°F. In fact, today threatens to break ... http://projectreeftank.com/2008/06/09/summer-heat-and-your-reef-tank/ This week I had the opportunity to visit a fellow reefer Michele Wronski to pick up a pair of tank-raised clownfish. Michelle runs a non-profit organization called Oceanis the Inland Reef which focuses on community education on marine life and coral reefs. Michelle teaches and inspires the people of all ... http://projectreeftank.com/2008/06/06/virtual-tank-tour-oceanus-inland-reef/ Last night I visited a fellow member of the Boston Reefers Society, Chris. It was a small get together to drink some scotch and swap fish stories, so to speak. Chris has a 92 gallon corner FOWLR tank in which he's got a big lionfish, a monster wrasse, a cool ... http://projectreeftank.com/2008/06/01/a-match-made-in-heaven/ Here in Massachusetts we get some crazy heat spikes, and we had one a few days ago bringing the tank temperature up near 84 degrees. That served as a hard reminder that something needs to be done to help keep the heat down from the two 250W MH lamps ... http://projectreeftank.com/2008/05/30/vornado-clip-on-fan-for-tank-cooling/ A common situation with reef tanks is the drain plumbing dropping down into the sump, creating loud splashing noise as well as spray caused by water hitting water. Generally, noise and splashing can be eliminated by submerging the drain pipe below the surface of the water. Putting a pipe straight ... http://projectreeftank.com/2008/05/26/reverse-durso-to-quiet-a-noisy-drain/ Wow, I've let this blog go fallow. While I've let this blog go stagnant, my fish tank activities certainly haven't. Last time I wrote here in May, I was running a 20 Gallon long reef tank. Lot has happened since then. Over the summer, I had a crash ... http://projectreeftank.com/2008/01/22/reef-tank-update-2/ One evening while sitting and staring at the tank, as I often do, I caught a glimpse of a worm that took a bite at a snail.  Before I could really register what happened, it had darted back into its hole. I have a red LED so I can see the ... http://projectreeftank.com/2007/05/30/eunice-worm-terror-in-the-tank/ It's been a busy few weeks here and I haven't had much chance to post updates, though a lot has happened. I replaced that peppermint that died. I decided that I probably killed it with a bad water change that affected the pH too much. That's the only explanation ... http://projectreeftank.com/2007/05/26/new-corals/ Just like the in ocean, I suppose, things die. They're replaced with new life. Now someone doesn't just plunk down a replacement in the ocean like I can do in the tank. One cannot deny the god-like role we play as aquarists. Maybe that's what makes ... http://projectreeftank.com/2007/05/12/life-and-death/ I've added a few new corals to the tank this past weekend. I've been going pretty small since it's only a 20 gallon tank. I figure I can get more smaller things in here and let them grow. The primary purchase was these button polyps. This rock, however, came with ... http://projectreeftank.com/2007/05/08/new-polyps/