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Thanks, not sure. Just some random wild frag. I like it a lot though Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk

Not @Jon Lazar level pics but a few quick cell phone shots Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk

that's awesome. we need more pics from different vantage points.

looking great. i can help you frag some stuff

Really great meeting on Saturday. Phenomenal speaker in Julian Sprung on a topic that definitely got me thinking about my own disaster readiness. Thanks for all the hard work that goes on behind the scenes to keep bringing in great speakers and run these meetings. And a special thanks to Tom for his years as President. It's a thankless, demanding position and we're very lucky that you took it on for so long.

As usual, your workmanship is immaculate. How about some pics of the new rock and mushrooms Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk

Looks great, love the clowns. getting them a small haddoni?

Looks great....What happened to getting the puffer? You are gonna run out of space quickly. I think you have more corals then i do

Looking great! I think your idea is a good one and probably the best way to get some real diversity into the tank. I think you could still get a rock from the keys as well and put most of it in your sump with a few pieces glued to the existing rockwork without disrupting it too much. You can also likely tuck some pieces in here and there while maintaining the openness.

I know who I need to raid for some frags in a few months Sent you a pm as well.

i'll take the mp40s. pm sent

Too much nuisance algae right now for more pics...plus i'm a terrible photographer. Maybe you can take some pics next time you're over bad news: shipment got held for an entire day and fish spent 2 days in the bag. we'll see how everything does.

wow, pretty amazing colors!

you can also go the other way if you aren't set on your clowns and do a dwarf lionfish, dwarf frogfish or banana dwarf moray.

pair of shrimp gobies are one of my favorites for small tanks. clown gobies neon gobies small flasher wrasses geometric hawkfish if primarily sps, maybe something like a pygmy angel?

i should have waited for the sps but was in boston and visited a friend, who has some incredible frags. hard to leave empty handed. we'll see how it goes. No fish right now but a few coming tomorrow from diver's den. Final list will be convict tang flame hawk pair of percula clowns tailspot blenny pair of randall's gobies with shrimp cleaner wrasse P. fridmani starki damsel keeping it with a very low bioload (for me).

I think those are armor of gods. They are more pink in person. Don't quote me though as I'm notoriously bad at iding them. Also pulled my filter socks. I hated changing them in my old tank and with the decreased bioload, I'm leaning towards a more natural system with less mechanical filtration. I may use that first compartment for a cryptic fuge...or regular chaeto fuge.

that aquascape is even more impressive in person lights look good. you've been busy

looking great. is that a conch in the bottom pic or another hermit?

thanks, about a month ago. rock and most of the coral is from my old tank. working through some pests (a little aiptasia, a little hair and filamentous algae and some cyano but otherwise everything is doing well.

sorry to hear about your clown. There's not much you can do other then the safeguards you put into place but glad you didn't end up with an overflowing tank.

Some quick pics. My corals are finally back in my tank (thanks Jon and Maureen for holding). Please pardon quality (cell phone shots) and algae ( cleanup crew still being buffed up) Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk

Looks fantastic! Happy Thanksgiving

Great thoughts and exactly how I'd engineered it initially good to know that I'm in good company. My current setup was 55 gallon drum filled by ro/di with barrel tender, which was going to just have ro/di. This would then be pumped to a 10 gallon reef synergy topoff container, which would have kalk measured out and also be dosed from the LM3. The problem, in my mind, is that this added an extra pump and possible failure point for a benefit that I'm not 100% sure I need. I do think the way that Jon and you recommended would allow me more control but as a distracted/lazy reefer, I'm not sure that I'm ever going to be that exact in my reefkeeping (which is probably why my tanks never look as good as Jon's...or yours Tom, though you never post any pictures The other problem is that since my move, I can't find my other LM3s. I had 3 total, two of which were usually in use and one backup and I have a full setup for water exchange and top off (lm3, water exchange module and remote pump modules) but can't find my other pumps. I think once I dig up my other LM3, I might just setup like Jon said. I've got an extra high level sensor that I can hook up in the top off container. The biggest benefit would be being able to know the amount of calcium/alk I'm adding to the system to a much higher degree.

Very good points. Unfortunately, there is zero space under the tank and by the tank does not meet wife's standards. I think the strategy of having a powerhead turn on daily for a short period of time and then divided doses should work. Ultimately, it won't be exact but it will be consistent. The bigger issue is the evaporation rate fluctuating. I think for now I'll see how much that fluctuation is via charting alkalinity regularly and then figure out what I need to do to offset via other means. Since my tank isn't mature, for now I think kalk will be more then then enough to meet all needs.