You have the fattest fish Untamed.

Next time it gets bad, I'll make a point of doing a before and after shot... But this shot, taken in January, gives you a pretty good idea of what the sand bed looked like a few days ago.
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...000_0280-1.jpg

Geez....this was January. I can't believe the size that some of the little frags in this photo have become since then...

I suppose I do. I've never really given that algae a 2nd thought. It doesn't seem to be any kind of problem. I assumed that it was naturally part of the Florida rocks. The tangs seem to like it and it stays closely trimmed.

...except for the Lookdown! I think the Atlantic Blue is getting a double chin...and the foxface does seem a bit fat....but I firmly believe that my Nasos are shaped the way Nasos are supposed to be shaped. No doubt that my challenges with cyano are related to heavy feeding.

Is the Tank web-Cam still working Brad? couldn't get it to show me anything.

Yes, it is working fine. Viewing hours are only 1PM to 10PM PST. You also have to click on the "single" tab in order to see the tank.

http://brads-aquarium.viewnetcam.com:50000

ok after 1 pm, thanks

Hey what about me...I have just about the fattest wrasse around :)

Tough day....
 

We lost power up here on Westwood Plateau today for about 4 hours. Believe it or not, this the first power failure I've had since the tank started. It was a pretty nice day today, so it is odd...

The tank seemed just fine throughout. The power failure happened just before lights-on, so the tank was at it's lowest daily temperature. Over the four hours, temp dropped about 2 degrees....from 78 to 76. No fish showed any signs of distress, but I think the starfish seemed to be out-and-about a bit more than normal.

I got my generator out and ready and was probably another hour or so from firing it up when the power returned.

Then, a few hours later, Buster (the white cheek tang) had some kind of accident during lunchtime feeding. I'm not sure if he got slashed by someone or just ran into a piece of coral. He was already not doing really well as he has been fighting some kind of infection/parasite of late. Now, he's going to have to recover from this wound. I hope he makes it.

So far, he continues to behave normally. I think time will tell if this wound becomes infected or not.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/100_0381.jpg

Looks like a slash from a tang to me and Lymphocytis.

http://www.chucksaddiction.com/
Links left sidebar to info-links---->disease. Scroll down to lymphocytis

That slash looks NASTY... Ouch!! Hope he recovers. I love White Cheeks..