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Checking in.....
Checking in.......
Hey guys, just wanted to check in.......Im NOT dead!!
I have been very busy and have not posted in MONTHS!! The tank is doing amazing, in fact it is pretty self maintaining, I have not changed water or cleaned it in awhile and it is chugging right along. I tested all my parameters the other day and all were extremely good. 0 on all the bad stuff.
Nearly two years after buying the rock almost everything is still alive. All my tube corals, anemones, quite a bit of sponges, a billion porcelin crabs, the pistol shrimp I have never seen, all of it still alive. Currently my Kenya tree coral is going insane, I need to cut that crap back!!
In other exciting news, I am teaching summer school and I have two student teachers, one of them has a 200+ gallon tank at home. He was enamoured with my little 40 gallon TBS reef and when I found out he had a 200+ at home I said "Why in the world are you enamoured with my little 40 gallon tank then?" and he said "Because mine doesnt look anything like your tank!!"
Anyways, he has to take the Texas science cert exam and he said "Ive got a deal for you." I have a complete dual 250 watt metal halide system I bought three years ago, ballast, bulbs, reflectors, everything. I have never used it or taken it out of the box, you tutor me in science and it is yours!"
I now have 500 watts of metal halide lights. Now I have to get a tank to put them over. Either that or convert my 75 gallon FO into a reef. But I REALLY want a 110 long!