i think if anyone ever gets any pests in there tank the first person they should talk to is Samson haha hes been through i think almost all the ones there is to get that we've seen so far. Keep up the good work!

It's not fun dealing with those pests. I am battling pyramid snails now. They are such PITA. Already lost 1 clam to them and they are onto my other 2 now.
Last night I hand picked over 30 tiny little ones from one clam. Who knows how many more are there.
I am afraid I'll lose the other 2 clams. It's very discouraging.

some wrasses are known to eat these snails but i don't remember which ones...
6 line, maybe?

I've read that 6line does eat those snails. But I am afraid it would cause havoc to my other fish.

I took a 3 week vacation back in Taiwan.
During the time, I got a friend coming by every couple days to check out the tank and feed the fish.
All went will until the 3 days before I came back. My return pump died. Probably couldn't start after a power outage.
My friend could not get the pump changed. But I figure it should be ok with my MP20 running in the display. I wasn't really worried.
The day I got back, the MP20 was also stopped because the water level of the display dropped causing the motor and powerhead out of alignment.
Not sure how long the tank has been running with any flow, but surprisingly my corals looked fine. I quickly got the MP20 working, but since the return pump is dead, I had to wait til the next day to get a new one.
The corals have grown substantially. I suppose because I didn't see them for 3 weeks, the difference really shows.
The colors of my corals actually got better because there were not vodka dosing during the 3 weeks.
Here are a few pics taken at 4/19
http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/DSC05184.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/DSC05223.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/DSC05230.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/DSC05210.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/DSC05205.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/DSC05222.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/DSC05197.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/DSC05201.jpg

It's been another 2 months.
So here are some updates.

I lost a couple deepwater colonies due to alkalinity problem. Also replaced some colonies with some other new ones.
Added quite a few fish to the tank because I want to improve my coral colors.

I've also started using biopellets. It's working fine, except that I am feeding a lot more as well. The algae is sucking up nutrients faster than the pellets. Got a lot of red turf algae, some hair algae on the back wall with some cyano as well.
Most of the corals are doing pretty well though:smile:. Here are some new pics:

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/DSC06031.jpg
http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/DSC06096.jpg
http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/DSC06095.jpg
http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/DSC06083.jpg
http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/DSC06048.jpg
http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/DSC06051.jpg
http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/DSC06028.jpg
http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/DSC06010.jpg
http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/DSC06007.jpg
http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/DSC06004.jpg
http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/DSC06022.jpg

Wow you have great colors! Very busy little tank you have there. Is that thick blue one a. gemmifera?

Ya, I believe it is a.gemmifera. Someone identified it for me last time. :smile:

wow, the cube is looking amazing.

Great tank, you have good taste.

Thanks guys for the compliment.
I still get a lot of things fixed for the tank. Mainly the algae problem. I guess you can't really see them in the pics.
I also want to switch to 2-part dosing instead of Ca reactor. I just got too much trouble with the reactor.

Looks awesome. I'll tag along.

So last friday, because BC hydro had a scheduled maintenance which cut the power of my building out from 12am to 6am. Prior to that, I wanted to make sure my pumps are on my UPS properly, I double checked under my stand.
To my surprise, I saw some salt creeps on the bottom of my tank. A closer inspection, there is a crack on the bottom glass. The crack ran along the 3 bulkheads for well over 6 inches.
I almost freaked out. Just my luck on friday the 13.
Next morning, I went looking for a new tank. I was fortunate to find a 45 cube and 60 cube in Island pets. I decided to go with the 60. Yay upgrade!
Other than the tank, I still needed glass and acrylic for my overflow. The day somehow went by so quickly and I did not get a chance to get the glass.
I crossed my fingers and hoped the tank will last the weekend.
On Monday, had the glass cut from the glass shop, but when I got home, the glass would not fit because the size is off. Finally I got the glass and installed my overflow on Tuesday night.
Last night I started to transfer my fish and corals.
Here are the corals in the rubbermaind bin.
http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/v...9/DSC06309.jpg
http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/v...9/DSC06308.jpg
It was difficult to fit the corals back to where they were. I had trouble fitting the big stag in the back and dropped it into pieces. So I decided to trade that in for credit. I did not put the sand back in because it sat in the bucket for too long. So for now, it is bare bottom.

The tank dimension is actually 23 inch on both length and width. So it's 1 inch smaller than my old tank. The corals look crammed in there.
Here is the pic I took after the transfer. Still a bit cloudy.
http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/v...9/DSC06311.jpg

It was a long and tedious process, but I'm glad it went well.
There is so much room on the top. It looks kinda strange.
It's also funny that the fish don't swim up there even though there's so much more room.
I think I might stack a few more rocks and put more corals higher. What do you guys think?

Here is one from another angle. So much open space on top :P

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/v...9/DSC06315.jpg

Looks really nice. Only way to grow is UP!

Is that a marineland 60?

Yah, it is marineland 60

Lately I noticed that my elegance coral is receding from the middle.
It's split into two now.
Over the weekend, By chance I noticed this little crab creature that came out.
http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/v...9/PA070055.jpg

This little thing has been on the elegance for all this time.
I never realized it was a crab. Because when it retracts, it just looked like a little round disc like thing on the rock.
I think I will cut it out and split the elegance into two as the same time.