SuncrestReef

I’ve currently got about 62 gallons for auto-top up at the moment. That should get me through this heat wave. 😎

I'm not sure. Since my ATO is fully automated and pulling from my 75 gallon RO/DI storage tank, I never really look at it. I guess I could review my Apex logs to see how long the pump runs each time, but that would be tedious to produce a report since it goes on and off every 30 minutes.

I love our sudden onset of summer weather, but my tank temperature started rising rapidly this afternoon. I brought the portable fan in from the garage and set it up on my Apex. It always amazes me how quickly a basic fan can lower the tank temperature:

I have mine glued to a rock just a couple inches above the sand. Be careful if you have a goby that moves a lot of sand. My goby repeatedly covered a Goni and eventually some of the skeleton holes got plugged and killed half of the colony, even after I kept blowing the sand off.

Here are some shots of what I picked up at yesterday's party: @CuttleFishandCoral Rainbow Acan group buy: @Gil&Fin Holly's $10 frags:

Wow, Lefty wasted no time! 10 minutes after I put the new shells in the tank, he was already moved in to his new home. @NateDawg Thanks for the shells!!!

That’s amazing! What a fun, well-planned, and well-executed event. Thank you all for putting this on.

@Gil&Fin Holly, will we be able to keep our purchased frags floating in a frag tank until it's time to leave, or should we bring coolers?

That’s one of the things I like about many moth photos...it’s easy to gauge the relative size of the moth when they’re on window screens since most screens have a standard mesh size. My moth above spanned about 10 squares, but yours covered at least 50 squares. That’s a chunky moth!

Wow, I count about 22 entries within a minute. I already have a red goni so I decided to pass on this one.

Speaking of escargot, I saw several of these in France last week, and ate a few.

Thank you! See you tomorrow.

Holy cow!!! What, do you just eat escargot every day??? I'm hoping for turbo snail or astraea shells, about 3/4" to 1" across. Something not too wide or bulky. Maybe an assortment of 5 shells would be awesome.

Just to keep the Silence of the Lambs theme going, I spotted this one on my window today. My macro lens isn't just for corals you know! Not as colorful as the Deceptive Sallow Moth above, but pretty hairy: (and I need to clean my window screens)

See...Holly told you I was useful! 😎

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I'd love to if I can find them. I've only spotted one of them in over a month, and when they're on the rocks they can disappear into holes very quickly, so I'm not sure how easy it would be to catch them.

Good plan.

Update: There's been a huge drop in aiptasia this month! Right now I can only find 3 in my tank, and I really had to look to find them. Last month I'd easily spot 10 or 20 aiptasia and was still occasionally zapping some with my laser. I'd say the nudibranchs have been a big success in just over 2 months.

Are they the typical elongated-type conch shells? I'd prefer something more compact like a turbo snail shell (like his current home) so he doesn't knock too much stuff over. The less he's dragging around the better.

Update: I re-applied the update to my FMM's and now it appears to be working. Perhaps the first update didn't complete successfully or somehow corrupted it, but it looks like the problem is resolved.

My largest hermit crab, Lefty (shown below) is outgrowing his shell and needs a new home. Does anyone have any empty shells between 3/4" - 1" diameter to spare? I'll be at CNC tomorrow for the Cinco de Mayo party, and will gladly toss you a free raffle ticket in exchange for some shells. Who knows...a snail shell could win you a $250 gift card or a Waterbox aquarium!

Neptune released the newest AOS update for Apex and Apex-EL yesterday with a lengthy list of new features and bug fixes. As an IT guy, I know the risks of being the first to update to new software, but I decided to update anyway. Most of the update went well, but it did mess up 2 of my 3 FMM modules by mis-identifying the sensors I have plugged in to each port. The one for my ATO normally has optical sensors in ports 1, 2, and 3, but now it shows this and it won't let me make any changes to it: I submitted a ticket to Neptune Support, but I'm not sure if they are open on the weekends. So, be warned...If your Apex is currently running fine, I'd recommend avoiding this update until further testing has been done and other bugs revealed. I'll post updates as I learn more. Here's Neptune's release: https://forum.neptunesystems.com/showthread.php?26615-AOS-5-05_5A19-is-now-available!