Recent content by MrMatthew

I broke down my 110g reef last week to sell it in preparation for a move. In the process found an unusual brittle star. It was imbeded in rock. Since my rock was going to a cycle tank at a LFS so I decided to break it out of the rock and put it in my nano. It has five very slender arms about 1mm...

Don't worry I would never think to run it without a GFCI plug. However it didn't trip. I mostly have it worked out now, mostly. I have resorted to downsizing to a 'unit' that will support my new found budget (or lack there of) pending the sale of my tank. I have a buyer interested, a VERY good...

First, forgive me it's 0430 my time and I'm grumpy and on my way to drunk. I decided to clean out my skimmer this evening and as I reached my hand in to the sump I was suprised by a sudden stinging, shock. I instantly withdrew my hand and began looking for the culprit... I expected to see a...

To be honest I have never had the intention of keeping the acro in the nano. I plan to place it under MH in my larger tank when its finished cycling. Don't worry I will aclimate it to the light. I will post more pictures as things grow. Matt

@brandon, I check the levels regularly and just drop in diluted calcium, alk buffer, iodide, or what ever is starting to lower using a 1cc insulin syringe. The calcium has stayed pretty level doing water changes and this dripping method however it eats through iodide rapidly. @matt, The flash...

I decided to start my first Nano a while back, let me know if it sounds good to you. I choose to go with a 5 gallon acrylic. I desired the end product to be as ‘natural’ as possible with no visible modifications. I replaced the stock light with two 13 watt 50/50 PC (The most I could stuff in the...