Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board - 15 Gallon Nano Build

I'm really no good with keeping journals up to date - might be why the ones I take backpacking always seem to stop two weeks after I start the adventure...

Anyway, the aquarium has had many changes since the last update in January (2009). I've upgraded the lighting to a 4 x 24W T5HO by AquaticLife (fantastic product, by the way) which is keeping my clam and SPS pretty happy. I've also added a Tunze 9002 skimmer and completely redid my Aquascape.

I had a mini-crash in June of 2009 when my lighting went (right before my current fixture arrived) and I was without high-intensity lighting for 8 days. This was also followed the next month by an absolutely ludicrous explosion of GHA which was most certainly the spawn of Satan and would not die. The sudden explosion of nutrients nuked four little SPS frags (which were starting to become some nice colonies).

I ended up pulling all my rocks and scrubbing them with metal brushes to rid myself of the vile weed. It worked pretty well, actually.

Then - tragedy struck. My little clownfish, George Orwell, ended his life carpet surfing. Shortly after his friend, Krusty the Klownfish, developed Ich and could not be saved.

The Goby is still alive and well, though she looks to be more of a Grey Watchman than a Yellow one. I tried to pair her up with another pistol shrimp but I haven't seen it in almost a week now. I hope it's still alive.

I took some pictures today with my SLR and here's what came out:

FTS

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...rsmew/FTS1.jpg

Clam

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...rsmew/clam.jpg

Zoa colony

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...rsmew/zoas.jpg

Plate

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...smew/plate.jpg

Green SPS

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...w/GreenSPS.jpg