Has there been a period when you left reefing---and to what extremes did you go when you needed saltwater?
Myself, I sold everything back in 2000, and re-reefed in 2006. In the interim, I got so desperate for something watery and alive that I bought one of those ecogloves with brine shrimp in it, back in 2001.
They're still going. I've had the wicked thought of setting them in my tank and driving the fish nuts for a few days, but the thing would only algae-over. So it sits on its shelf, alternately growing film and thread algae and supporting its shrimp.
Myself, I sold everything back in 2000, and re-reefed in 2006. In the interim, I got so desperate for something watery and alive that I bought one of those ecogloves with brine shrimp in it, back in 2001.
They're still going. I've had the wicked thought of setting them in my tank and driving the fish nuts for a few days, but the thing would only algae-over. So it sits on its shelf, alternately growing film and thread algae and supporting its shrimp.