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My friend converted his 180 gallon reef tank into a cichlid aquarium, and on September 1, 2009, he gave me so much of his live rock that I couldn't fit all of it into the 28 gallon tank I setup to receive it. He also gave me one Yellow Tang, one Purple Tang, a Tomato Clown, a Green Chromis, a Watchman Goby, five Pyjama Cardinals, and about six damselfish. Two of the damselfish were put in my other 28, with a pair of Blue Devils.

The next day, I ordered a large hang-on-tank refugium from… Continue

Figuratively speaking I was away, anyway. I just haven't been doing much with the aquarium, and it shows. I had a brown slime outbreak that turned into a black slime outbreak, and over the course of repeatedly cleaning my 28, two nights ago I discovered two starfish and a chiton. Today I did a big water change and put in about 4 lbs. of new live rock and replaced some aragonite sand. I am planning to buy an external refugium soon, after I get an internet order delivered.

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I noticed yesterday that the acropora frag was peeling off its skeleton. I think I'll stick with fish... sigh...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1165930/Barry-giant-sea-worm-discovered-aquarium-staff-mysterious-attacks-coral-reef.html