Thanks guys.
The reef is doing very well. I got the 140 up and running a while ago, and transfered everything from the 80 bow into it. Had two casualties. My elegance, and my hammer. MAJOR bummer, I had both for almost two years.
Anyway, I upgraded from pc's to 3 175w MH. I was one of the stubborn pc people. I did opt for 15k bulbs, I like the blue tint. I added a huge skimmer because I overfeed and I know I do. An ampmaster 3k and a quiet one pump run the whole show.
My corals are loving life, and I have added a maxima clam (purple and turquoise). It is my first and it seems to be doing very well.
I also ditched the kent products (superbuffer and turbo calcium) after some research and have begun using seachem. I had no problem growing green corraline and maintaining my purple, but no new purple. Now I have tons of little patches of new purple everywhere. I suspect the seachem has helped with actually raising my carb alk, and my calcium seems not to flucuate as it did before. Good news.
The most exciting news is I took down the 40 that was in my son's room, and added the marine betta from his tank to the 140. I also had a betta in the 80. I was afraid they would fight, but instead they began to spawn! Just the other day, I had tons of little bettas swimming around. The "reef" filtered them out, or they starved. I don't think DT's cut it for fry food, and I don't have any golden pearls or rotifers yet. But when they do it again, I will be prepared. I also have wilkerson's book en route. I figured raising baby clowns can't be too much different.
You will be very happy to know I still spend waaaaay too much money on my tank, like everyone else here.
I'll post pics as soon as I can. I'm very happy with the new set-up.
How are you guys' tanks doing? Pics of new additions?
