Toying around with Flickr so will post 3 old pics I found of my 65g tank that is coming down. The first is my clam about 3 years ago when it spawned the first time. He was about 3" long when I first got him 8 years ago. Spawning went on for about an hour and made everything in the tank go crazy.



The 2nd and 3rd were of the carpet who decided one day to stretch all the way out to grab...

So Let's me just start by saying WOW! I had no Idea that this was going to be this difficult at first. I conducted roughly 6 months’ worth of research before jumping into this hobby. I still under estimated this project and what it was going to take to be successful. 2 things I heard, and should have listened to before getting started were (this is not a cheap hobby)!!! And (you have to be Patient)!! Just FYI I am cheap and I do not have much patience, but I have loved the ocean since I was a kid....

No photoshopping, all pics are taken with evaluated white balance under 250 watt radium 20k lights



This is 7 heads of utter chaos from Rik /Dodgerblew

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Starting bottom to top:

Green/Purple Goniastrea I won in the RAP volunteer raffle

Above it is an orange polyp didgitata that was included when I bought a CaCl2 reactor from my LFS...

Why New To The Hobby at times seems to be Ich Central...
The answer is sadly simple. NTTH folk too often concentrate on precision with the cycle chemistry, and then---don't know how very, very, very, very critical the next step is, which is to be absolutely certain A) the sandbed is somewhat matured beyond mere cycle (ie, can it handle even one fish safely yet?) and B) that the water will not be (for a fish) like a run-in with sandpaper.
SOLVING A: put a CUC in and even FEED them for...

Started to get a small CUC together. Love this little snail's face!

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Updated pic of my hitchhiker coral. Don't know what it is yet but I love the colors!

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