[Acropora ID Please]

Pretty sure it is a pest. . . I have a QT that can house it for a while. . . Very nice growth!

It grows like a weed. I would consider it a pest since it shaded my fox flame and killed it.

[Acropora ID Please]

Stunning colony! A better pic of the coralites and tips would help.

 

thank you! This is the best I can do with a cell phone.

[Acropora ID Please]

Wow Ron! Very nicely grown.

Have better pics?

I’ll check my coral log when I am back in town.

Thanks Chuck. I'll add a few more pictures over the weekend.

[Acropora ID Please]

 

Hello All Can someone ID this acro for me please? I believe it came from Flooddc a few years back.

 

Thanks

 

[Avast Replacement Parts]

Thank you. I left a msg.

[Avast Replacement Parts]

Hello All, I picked up an Avast ATO a few months ago from another member. The magnet holder is begining to rust and bulge. Can you tell me the best way to get a replacement holder? Thanks!

[20 gallons Dendro garden]

The first time I saw this concept was when I took the behind the scene tour at the Georgia Aquarium. They had a 55 or 75 gallon display full of dendro's. My question is do you notice elevated NO3 and PO4 levels with the frequency of spot feeding?

[How do you reuse your frag plugs?]

If pests or chemicals were the reason why the corals died, I would be cautious re-using the plugs. Although I have frag plugs in my system, I prefer to cut the corals off the plug and attach straight to my aquascape. 

[Saving Dying BTAs]

Glad you were able to save the anemones. I had a somewhat similar situation with a BTA. Long story short, the nem went surfing decided to ride the waves into a MP40. I thought it was toast. Rather than tossing it, I placed it my sump to heal. Now it's back in the display and about the size of a small dinner plate. 

[Need advice on sump size for 150 g]

How much room do you have to spare under the stand? get Just keep in mind that bigger isn't always better. If you are keeping a skimmer, heater, and return pump among other items, you want to make sure there is enough room to remove them as well. I went with a 55g DIY sump for a 180g tank and I barely have enough room on top to remove everything if necessary. In hindsight, 40g would have sufficed with a little more wiggle room. 

[Making Frag racks from Jebao parts]

Is that a poker chip set I see? 

[Reject Water for Freshwater Aquariums?]

Keep in mind your reject water will still have undesirables like ammonia.

Would Prime work as declorinator and ammonia reducer?

[Reject Water for Freshwater Aquariums?]

I've used reject water with 200+ ppm TDS to raise a couple hundred German blue rams (which generally prefer soft water). I think you will be fine using it in a freshwater aquarium unless you are keeping maybe discus or caridina shrimp.

Keeping discus and rams...

[Reject Water for Freshwater Aquariums?]

I just moved my reef tank from Bowie to Crofton last weekend. During the process, I made RO water from both locatins to help with the move. Out of curiosity, I evaluated the TDS in and out from both locations. Bowie - 138 ppm, 0 ppm out. Crofton - 40 ppm in, 0 ppm out. Would it be safe to say my reject water in Crofton is still better than straight from the tap water in Bowie?

[Dr. Office tanks]

Although it's not in a doctors office or medical center, the tank which made me sad is the one in Annapolis Mall. It houses african cichlids now.

[Chalice ID]

Thanks Ron,

I searched around the web and seem like that's the one for it. The light orange (I think) in it throw me off a bit. I asked my kids and they said "pinkish". Maybe I don't know my colors

I have a few buddies with the same coral. It has amazing colors!

[T5 lighting schedules]

I am roughly 15" off the water surface. This is as low as I can get currently since my basement has tall ceilings. When I move the tank in a couple weeks, I want to see how it does around 12" off the surface.

[Chalice ID]

Pink boobies?

[T5 lighting schedules]

8 bulb ATI fixture over my tank. 2 bulbs (purple plus and actinic) on between 11:30-8:30, 6 bulbs (4 blue plus and 2 coral plus) on between 12:00-8:00.

[My GFI keeps tripping!!!]

Sounds like either faulty GFI or stray voltage from faulty rquipment. Same thing happened to me last year. I thought it was the heater but it was actually my return pump causing the issue. Check all equipment making contact with water. Purchase a grounding probe or two as well.

[Sand turner?]

I have a couple pistol shrimps and a couple conches. They do a pretty good job. The symbiosis relationship between pistol shrimp and goby is pretty cool.

[harlequin shrimp with urchins]

I wonder if my pincushion urchin falls in the category of some speices.

[harlequin shrimp with urchins]

I have a pincushion urchin in my display which is filled with astrea stars. I want to put a harlequin shrimp in but read that they might feast of urchins as well. Anyone with experience or suggestions with the two in the same system?

[discus question]

https://www.amazon.com/SEACHEM-LABORATORIES-INC-METROPLEX-GRAM/dp/B007R5M89C

 

Sold under a different name now.

[discus question]

Hi Mark,

Your discus feces white? Usually when they are thin and dark, its caused by a parasite which lives in their digestive track. Look up hexamita, which is what I suspected based on your discription.