New reef in the works, 225g

[Delphinus]

Looks good so far. Should look really nice once the coraline starts to take hold on the rocks.

Why put the calcium reactor on a controller though? I'd just have the thing run all the time. Otherwise you'd also have to have a CO2 controller on the reactor (I'm guessing you probably already have this) but what's going to happen is that it will just be constantly cycling on and off whereas usually it's pretty easy to dial it into a steady-state operation. I don't mean to dissuade you out of buying toys if you really want to buy them but I'm just thinking that this is one you don't really *really* need if you know what I mean?

Originally Posted by Flusher

How well do clams do in a BB tank? I don't know much about them at all, but I always figured they liked to sit in a sandbed.

Truth be told, you won't find clams in the sand out on the real reef, at least not maximas or croceas. People like to put them on the sand for a variety of reasons, some of it is aesthetic, some of it is that they can't "fall off" the sand, etc. But in the real reef, these guys live on (or more accurately, "in") the rock of the reef. They actually can burrow into the rock and all you see of them is their mantle (looks a little like a nudibranch until they see a shadow and zip in).