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Thanks Bob. Have to make a trip out to BRK sometime...been too long.

Hey Johnny, thank you very much for the offer. I ended up using another treatment. Maybe if it doesn't work, I'll come knocking on your door. Really appreciate it dude.

Thanks dude. BTW, how is your tank doing?

None of my local stores in Rockville have it. Anyone have an idea where to buy tomorrow?

Hey dude, I had major red bugs and did 2 treatments as Interceptor doesn't kill eggs efficiently or maybe at all but they will hatch and you'll have red bugs again after your first treatment. I haven't seen any since, but I would definitely recommend a second treatment one week after the first. The experts out there suggest 3 treatments. Those are definitely red bugs you have there. Mine looked very similar, yellow with red dots:

When I had a 14g biocube, my fish started to disappear, not a single trace left. Turned out to be a mantis shrimp that hitch hiked and was assassinating them one at a time. Mantis shrimp must be ninjas, because I never saw it until I stayed up with a flashlight.

Excellent. I hope they don't all change to the same color.

Spawned?! That's amazing. Are they a nuisance?

I have 2 pocillopora corals, one green and one pink. However, my pink pocillopora has developed some green on one branch. Is there a pink/green pocillopora that exists or is this some type of hybrid that formed in my tank? Pic below:

Bro, get that bad boy fixed up! You have got a lot to live up to since your last tank was so nice. It's looking good so far. Congrats on the downgrade.

Hope you made it dude.

Congrats! I need to see pics!!

Jan, you are right about it seeming to go away with light. It is cyano mixed with some hair algae which has been an issue that I had mostly under control but is starting up again. The combo of the cyano on the hair algae misled me. MP40 is in tank and has helped immensely and the tank is going dark for 3 days to get rid of the hair algae. On the positive side, the corals are growing like crazy. Thanks for your input everyone!

Thank you very much for all of the great advice as your opinions really matter to me. One thing that is consistent is the mention of increased flow. Flow has worried me recently hence the disturbance of the sand by moving the output nozzles in my tank but maybe not enough as detritus has been building up over time in some areas but more so recently. I will pick um an MP40 today, clean my pumps in case they are less efficient now and siphon off as much of the brown/red stuff to start. I'll update here on what is working and probably bother you guys again if things aren't working. I do feel positive about increasing the flow and thanks again for your time.

Could an Alk drop from 10 to 7 during the last 4 days of not dosing cause a cyano outbreak?

My ORA Red Planet Acro is great looking and seema to grow exceptionally fast...not as fast as the ponape but I can see daily changes measured in millimeters.

Thanks!

It looks brown and fuzzy but I am red green color blind. What are you recommendations for the dynos? Thanks!

I don't have a sump. Should I avoid water changes as much as possible for now? Thanks.

I thought about doing that but hesitant about spending on a tunze right now. I have a closed loop system (Red Sea Max 250) and my just get something cheaper. Thanks.

I would very much appreciate your help if you can. My tank is about 15 months old and I recently started dosing two part. Part of the sand bed was disturbed recently by my clown and also change in flow. I saw some brown stuff on the sand the next few days that made me think my tank was going through a mini cycle. I did a 25% water change and went away for 4 days. Came back tonight and more of my sand and now rocks are covered in brown stuff with air bubbles attached on the ends. It actually looks like dinoflagellates based on pics I saw online. I am sure it's not red slime algae (red slime remover didn't work). Below are a few quick cellphone pics. 1. Do you think these are dinoflagellates? 2. How do I deal with this? I read that no water changes helps to get rid of them. Thanks. Nishal

Pods of course and also oyster eggs worked. Mine didn't eat red bugs :(

I really like your minimalistic rock work. What method did you use to stick them together? One video a month would be an awesome way to see this home reef mature!

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That's awesome. Good strategy. I guess your clown got schooled...heh, sorry. Do you have a picture?