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    Anyone running a GHL WiFi mini controller?

    in General Discussion

    I have the a apex on my tank and I love it. However we just got a Hydros for my girlfriends discus tank and honestly if I wasn't spoiled by the bells and whistles of the apex I'd be completely happy with the Hydros. When I need to replace the apex it will be hard to decide between the 2. 

    Frag Tank Set-Up

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    I used egg crate with my last frag tank but if I ever start another I'll go to these placed on the bottom. I visited a guy once that was using these to grow colonies he was taking frags from. He had them placed on the bottom of a 12" deep tank. Pretty nice set up and from what I remember very clean. 

     

    3" Coral Frag Tile

    ro/di waste water problem insanely to much

    in General Discussion

    Have you looked at some of the videos on Bulk Reef Supply about installing and tuning RO/DI systems? 30 psi is too low. Membranes are much more efficient at higher psi. I don't think I've ever seen a membrane that suggest less than 50 psi as minimum pressure. The 30 psi you have right now is not enough pressure to force your source water through the membrane efficiently. That's the reason you're getting so much rejection water. Up the pressure, lower the rejection rate. You need a booster pump and if you're still worried about wasting water add a second membrane.

     

    Reverse Osmosis Accessories

    Vibrant. Does it work??

    in General Discussion

    Another option is API Marine Algaefix. I've used it twice to get rid of Dictyota algae and have had very good success with it. No harm to anything in the tank except it will eventually kill your caulerpa or chaeto after about 10 doses. Make sure you use as directed and do not overdose. Also continue to use it a couple of weeks after you no longer see the algae. Bubble algae usually starts to disappear around the 3rd week and is mostly gone by the 5th in my experience. It's tough and there may be a little left but it's completely manageable then by manual removal. I imagine if you kept going with it you may eventually get every bit. I stop dosing after the Dictyota has been gone for 2 weeks. 

    Lyratails in QT

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    I've always had luck with lyretails if I got at least 5, preferably 6 small females and let them decide who will turn male. With 3-4 females when one turns male they usually will stress the remaining 2-3 females to death. Remember there's the male and there's also a dominate female. With only 1 or 2 other females the aggression from the male and dominant female has no place to spread out. With a single female the male will eventually stress her to death. I have 6 in my 120 at the moment. Started with 6 small females and eventually one turned male. Also as a side note. Make sure when you purchase them that they have been collected from the same area. If they are from different parts of the world they never seem to accept each other in my experience.  The Indian Ocean ones on LiveAquaria that are collected off the coast of Africa/Kenya have proven more hardy for me and are my favorite color pattern.

    Stephen's 120 gallon display & 30 gallon frag

    in Dedicated Tank (Build) Forum

    · Edited by Stephen

    Updated shots of tanks today. The display was rearranged after the move and recently the frag tank has become a lagoon tank. Some equipment upgrades were made and I also added a Aquafuge MP Medium that's plumbed into the sump I have on a reverse cycle of display lights that I am growing caulerpa in. 

     

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    Petco save

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    No I didn't. The one local to me is not equipped with the equipment or know how to house anemones for even a short amount of time. They get a few in and one may get purchased while the others quickly decline. Thankfully they don't get them in as regularly as they used to.

    Petco save

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    I saved this sebae anemone from a local petco 8 or so months ago. It was about the size of a racquet ball, bleaced, not attached to anything, and not sticky at all when I convinced the fish guy to sell it at half price. A little TLC and it's now about 10 inches across. 

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    LFS near Berkeley Springs?

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    It's been a couple of years since we've been to Rick's but we thought it was a decent enough shop. I'd visit again if I was in the area. There's a bigger pet store in Winchester that has lots of freshwater and while we were there a good handful of empty saltwater tanks they were waiting to stock. Saltwater isn't a big thing in that area according to the owner of the store. They did have a decent selection of supplies for fresh and some salt. Also I'm not sure if they are still around but the outflow of Berkeley Springs used to be full of wild guppies years ago. 

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