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A water change, and let it ride till you get back to your normal dKH levels. Even if it went up fast, let it take it's time to come down.

I just used big coral clippers. I know some folks use a dremel tool and a disk. They are pretty brittle.

I never had a reaction to anything, until one day I moved a carpet nem, and I got what looked like little burns all over my hands! It didn't hurt or itch or anything, but if definitely irritated my skin! I also have recently figured out that sometimes when I move rock or have my hands in the tank, I'll sometimes get suuuuuuper itchy fingers, and it's bristle worm stings. It doesn't hurt me, but it itches like crazy for days. I try and wear gloves now when I shuffle rock or am picking things up. I've heard of people being irritated by torches before.

That's too bad. I've attended several conventions in Pittsburgh over the past couple of years, most recently the American Homebrewers Convention, which was super fun, but probably a lot smaller then MACNA. If I could go back in time, I would buy every single Gonzo CSB I possibly could at the 2014 MACNA. If I could go back in time to 2015, I'd probably get more whiskey, and a huge banner that said "REGISTRATION IS THAT WAY" *points to my right, your left*

Oh no! Any word on why?

I've never had, or built an in wall tank, but there are a few old heads around that have. Sounds like a solid plan to me. I also think I want to become a contractor, you're not the first person I've heard say a lot of good ones are booked out 6 months to a year.

Looks good. Do you plan to drywall once you get the tank running? Do you intend to drywall over the front/top of the tank, or put doors?

Space invader is far away enough from et I haven’t had any issues!

That's what I did with my 80 gallon Deep Blue. I'm not a big fan of any internal overflow, its such a real estate grab. Original: Removed internal and scraped back Drilled external: Fin:

Yes. Is there a rush?

At least the Deep Dimensions. I've known more then a few WAMAS members who have had the issues, an old DMV vendor had the problem on their store display, and if you do a quick google search you'll get a lot of first hand experiences from folks.

First blush, neither. I've never owned an acrylic tank, but if I did, I'd most likely scratch the heck out of it. The Marinelands (at least the deep dimensions) are notorious for having seam failures, and absolutely terrible stands. If I had to choose one, I'd probably do the marineland. I'd choose a date, get friends to help, and rent the clubs suction cups. Get a few plastic storage containers for rock and livestock. For less than $30 a day you can rent a truck from Uhaul if you don't have one, or a vehicle big enough. I've also hired folks off Task Rabbit to help move tanks, couches, and an industrial kegerator into my basement. There's no rush for something bigger, so I would wait until the stars aligned and everything was perfect.

Love to hear this! Always amazing customer service, and product! Congrats @ExoticReefCreations!

Looks like a little flatworm of sorts.

While a hydrometer is fine for testing, they do become off over time, and can't be calibrated. A refractometer is best, and relatively cheap. So your salinity might be off, and the water your making might be part of the culprit, especially if you don't know if your RO/DI is doing the job it's supposed to do. We can speculate left and right, but still looking for numbers:

Hello @Mbheat77Let me try and summarize here: You had a bad algae outbreak 2 months ago. You have a 120 gallon 6' tank. You do 5 gallon water changes every week. You've been dosing vibrant. It looks better, but you still have an algae issue. Is that all correct? First, how old is your tank? Do you have a photo you can share of your setup? What are you using to test, and what are the numbers? Without this information we're shooting in the dark. What are you using to test salinity? Is it calibrated? What is your water temperature? Do you have an RO/DI? If so, what is your TDS? Tell us a bit more about your setup, is your tank drilled? Do you have a sump? What equipment are you running? What are you using for flow? How many fish do you have, and what/how often do you feed? Without having any of the above information, I will speculate that 5 gallon water change on a 120 gallon is not a lot, a good rule of thumb is 10% of tanks volume weekly.

Looks great, I see your vision! A lot of my torches were 2 heads about 2 years ago, and now they are 20+, some with trimming in that time! I think there's a Bubble Magus doser holder mounted to the top of the stand still

They're run of the mill Vietnamese Zoanthids, like the Eagle Eyes. We used to see them all over the club and an old reefer who was in the industry for a looooong time called them Gorilla Nipples.

Gorilla Nipples King Midas Looks like Candy Apple Reds (CARs)

Good eye. I broke down a tank because of bryopsis. It was a 5 gallon nano, and I don't think at that stage the fluconazole solution was common knowledge. I later had bryopsis in my 22 gallon nano at the beginning. I used fluconazole, and followed instructions to a T, it took about a week and it took care of everything. This is the brand that I used.

Can’t wait to see!

Beef up your CUC a bit, then wait. That’s nothing that can’t be tackled.

Why are you trying to put foam underneath? leveling the stand is a good move, but why not identify where the leak is actually happening?

word, that’s a cool option. I’d like to be picky and request a peacock, I wonder if they can cater to that, I might reach out.