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You can borrow my Tamron 90mm.

Did you go through RR to get one?

No. Prices are too steep.

Like a favorite pair of jeans.

Not much to show at this time as I sold most of the colonies and I am moving in new frags from various sources such as RR and JF. New batch of frags arriving in a couple weeks. Against my better judgement, I decided to get into the wrasse game and I have several Cirrhilabrus in quarantine. Collecting Cirrhilabrus and Paracheilinus can be very additive.

Do five gallon water changes every week.

Can not believe you said that.

Maxspect Quick Guide

I did not glue the magnet because I wanted to maintain mounting options. I drilled holes to allow plenty of flow, food swirls around.

This is what I use. I drilled additional holes and secure it to main display with Tunze magnets. After quarantine, fish are moved to the box for 3-5 days before released into main display.

Something like this?

How do you get the fish to stop swimming in order to insert the thermometer?

Will the final version be able to reverse flow???

My sump

90% of the time, removing rock will make the aquascape look better. I know the hammer, chisel, and epoxy well. Encrusting corals are on my tier one bad land list.

Plates and tables will shade out his zoanthids. A rose bush has no chance under a tall Oak.

Depends on how much rock is used. 40 lbs, easy. 300 lbs is a challenge that can be solved with money.

Stay away from plating and tabling SPS. Zooanthids and stags work.

Eventually coral wars will occur and a decision needs to made. I kept the corals that I liked the most. Speed of growth was not a factor. I only keep fish and corals that excite me. I loosely defined Bonsai by the amount of rock used. For example, a 100g tank with 25 - 50 lbs of rock with artistic elements could be described as such. A mixed system can work, the challenge is balancing the correct nutrient and light requirements to keep everything thriving. I often hear, "Why is this coral doing so well, but the SPS are dying?", and vice versa. Stick to bullet-proof SPS and you can focus on the zoa's as they are the primary actors.

Bonsai style requires A LOT of restraint. My old setup started with 50 frags and ended with 15 colonies 2.5 years later. If it was Bonsai style, I may have ended with 6-8 corals.

The rock wall aquascape was a popular method years ago because it allowed maximum surface area for corals. Rock wall (2 lbs of live rock per gallon): Maximum surface area, little to no negative space Bonsai (.5 lbs of live rock per gallon): Moderate surface area, moderate negative space Minimalist (.2 lbs of live rock per gallon): Limited surface area, maximum negative space My next setup maybe Bonsai influenced.

+1 I used the round orange ceramic balls for soil. Kept Phalys and Poison Arrow frogs at one time.

That is the correct amount of food for that system. The food web must eat.

Orchids love humidity.

Probably will look better when it starts to grow in. As I mentioned earlier, too many wild colonies. Would love to see it a year from now. A few strategically placed stags and caps would break up the look.