45g custom cube journal (latest pics: Jun 4)

[kwirky]

spent the day today cleaning through all the gear I've collected over the time. As the organization process went on I ended up scattering all my stuff across a 15'x15' area because I had so much. I didn't know THAT much stuff fit in 3 boxes and 2 rubbermaid bins. I ended up reducing it down to about half because most of it was garbage anyways from various DIY projects that didn't work or stuff I just pack-ratted.

I'm now using a second rather large rubbermaid drawer thingie to sort my stuff. I had one big open box that I would rummage through every week looking for various things and now the stuff's sorted in drawers so there'll be no more rummaging

as for an update on the tank I'm using my little JBJ wavemaker on a couple maxijets in the sump. I'm really liking these 200 micron filter socks and it's amazing all the stuff they're pulling out. I'm keeping all the sediment stirred up in the sump and display tank and the theory is in a day or two the tank will be crystal clear with no more crap on the rocks.

I've spent the day today blowing off the rock with a turkey baster every hour. It's getting noticeably better and the water's still getting clearer. After experimenting with the vortech more throughout the day I have come to actually prefer the reefcrest random mode. It's not as "cool" looking as the pulsing I was getting but it's doing the best job of making sure stuff doesn't settle on the bottom.