G'day

Hi all, long time since I was last here but I've been hanging out at an
Aussie Reef forum which is really way more applicable to me I guess.
There are some really nice people there and one even posted me some
corallimorphs and another sent me a nori clip, both of which are hard to
get when you live in the middle of nowhere almost. Just dropped in to
say hi to the regulars (Hi) and give a brief update.

My tank (6 x 2 x 2) sprung a leak in the front. I think it was a worm or
something. I don't know, all I know is that about a month ago I had
water dripping out fast enough that I had to do something.
Have a look at this
http://miskairal.goatdairying.com/ma...g0001cause.jpg

All stock was removed to my q tank and my spare 4 foot setup and 3 40
litre rubbish bins. Tank resealed and reset up about a week later
however...most of the fish are still in the Q tank because wouldn't you
know it - I'd bought a new fish (Gollum, an orange spotted goby or
diamond goby) just 2 days before it happened and had to put my sailfin
tang, coral beauty and 2 pyjama cardinals in my Q tank with it. That
tank is only 120 litres I stuck the clowns and coral banded shrimp
in the sump of my display so they were right to go back in early as was
the coral. My spare 4 foot tank had had an outbreak of ich (fish died)
so I managed to not add any fish to there, only rock. What a mess.
Pretty stressful to the point I had a single cigarette after giving up
in June this year

All is Ok now. I never lost a fish and I didn't take up smoking again
All but one coral survived and that one probably didn't like me dropping
it in the sand!
Another thing I've done is I've also swapped over to using natural sea
water since September which I think has made a difference and works out
cheaper than buying salt.

Anyways, Hi to Wayne and TheRock and George and Pszemol and Don Geddis,
and Cindy and everyone I've missed. YOu may or may not remember me but I
can remember you all helping me at the beginning.