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So.. the reef took the move pretty well. There was a noticeable dip in my pod population but the numbers came back up again quickly. Other than that nothing seemed to really notice the move.
I did get a little wake up call in maintaining water temperature in a small tank since we've been in the new place. We had a string of 90 degree days in Chicago the second week in the new place. ...now in my big tank a heat wave was pretty much a non event, but wow does it work differently in a nano. Ab… Continue

No sign of the nudibrachs since my eradication attempt, so I'm hoping it worked. If I never see another nudi it will be too soon. And holliherb, I hope you're successful at getting those things out of your tank as well.
Polyps are spreading, in particular the GPE, there are about twenty of those now.
I added a few more Protopalythoa frags... I just can't resist those things. These came from a local reefer (non nano). One was a dark maroon skirt with green and purple centers, really kin… Continue

(here I learn the value of dip and QT.... sorta a little too late though)


Ah... well ya know, just when you think that things are going smoothly...
The lights come up on the tank the other morning and I notice something crawling on some of the new zoas that I've got in my tank. Wanna take a guess as to what it was? Looks like a slug. no shell, frilly things coming off it's back, crawling on my zoas.... yep a nudibranch. So, I don't bother trying to figure ou… Continue