It's been a little while since I updated my journal. I went away for a fantastic vacation to Costa Rica. Thread here with photos:
http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=90538
Nearing my departure date, I was still at the winning end of a battle with Cryptocaryon. When vacation day came... well, flights are booked so here we go... Came back with many fish not making it, but most corals ok. Pretty dejected for a while. Oh well. If I fear for my tank, I'd never go on vacation... life's too short to miss out on seeing the world.
Anyway, things have come back to normal now since that late October trip. On Nov 19, I added a second light to my 65 gal reef. Now it has two Innovative Marine 92 watt LED tablet Skkye lights (dual spectrum model). Got the new unit from Wai's for $500 + GST and was pretty pleased, as this unit sells for $581 USD mail order out of US and Pisces in Calgary sells for $675.
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I've recently added an Elegance coral. Picked this up on Black Friday at Pisces for $80, though it wasn't on sale. The size of its skeleton is the size of a regular hard shell taco... actually I told my wife it was a taco coral... silly non-aquarium folk. This piece was a good deal, as Ocean's wanted in excess of $110 for his piece that was not neon green with pink tips... he has a few like that too but said those were more expensive and I didn't bother asking further.
Full tank shot 65 gallon Nov 24:
25 gal cube frag tank currently housing 5 new acquisition fish under observation, using herbtana. There's a Powder Brown Tang, a Naso Tang, a Yellow Tang, a Flame Angel, an Arc Eye Hawkfish.
