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It's great to have them this close. Top notch all around.

I have a bare bottom mixed reef in an 85 gallon that started as a deep (4") sandbed. I couldn't be happier. I have two variable speed Tunze 6095's that do a constant wave with random bursts and flushes to keep the poop and junk in the water colum. I do an 8 gallon water change every weekend. With the sandbed, i used to have to blow the rocks off with a turkey baster to get the junk off of them. With the Tunze's and bare bottom, I only do that every month or so.

Agreed. Mine had good growth under T5's but it is exploding under my new LEDs. I like to use my turkey baster to blow water across it to watch it go from green to orange as the polyps retract. It's definitely a cool piece.

Thanks. It sounds crazy complaining about chromis or damsels, but these aren't the average Petco variety. Each of these were around $30. The first order I placed was around $250. Just wanting to put that out there. I buy a lot for this reef, from a complete LED setup a few weeks ago, to a jawbreaker and high end favia that was just delievered Friday. I have a ton of high end corals and have bought a bunch from some of our high end local vendors as well as from reefers all around the country. I don't cut corners in this hobby, and I definitely don't cut corners with the livestock. I'm just glad the last bunch were fat and happy. Like I mentioned earlier, that is the last batch of fish going in the reef and unfortunately, I am completely out of room for any more corals. So now it's time to just sit back and enjoy it. I'm really hoping our members have good transactions with LA/DD in the future.

Sorry for the posting about my last order. I wanted the fish to acclimate first. This order came in with no problems at all. Each of the Agile Chomis were fat and happy. They added a heat pack this time so the water was still warm to the touch. I ordered the medium Agile Chromis and they were definitely medium or bigger. If anyone is looking for a friendly, well behaved set of chromis, I would recommend these. They look great, hang out together in the upper band of the water column, and look better in person than on the website. I was worried they were going to look simply rusty, but they have some nice color to them. I'm hoping it was just a bad run I had and all future orders from WAMAS members all come through like my last order.

That thing looks wicked!

LOL, I still pull my hair out every now and again with it, but I wouldn't consider running a reef without it. Seriously, let me know when you are ready. Read the guide online and RC has a specific forum that is real helpful.

Some people run two, but with your APEX, just have it text you when your temp drops. I keep a second heater on hand but not plugged in. I'll probably just replace it once a year now that it routinely comes on since I switched from the T5's to the LEDs. I don't ever trust heaters not to short and they can quickly crash a reef.

I'm not sure. The woman I talked to today seemed a little lost and had me on hold for a while talking with her manager. I just wanted to get this last order placed so I just ate it. These are the last fish going in my reef. I'm just hoping all three show up healthy.

Ok, I just ordered three new Agile Chromis. They only credited me with two of my three dead damsels ($27 each) but they are giving me another free shipment, so whatever. I am just hoping these guys arrive healthy and happy like the other fish I received from them. Good point about the local pickup location. Unfortunately, down here in Southern Maryland, our local pickup location is in Waldor, almost an hour away.

Jeremy, I have been once. They seemed pretty good, I'll have to go back. As an update, all three of my Tracey's died within the first night. I called and they are giving me credit plus another free shipping discount. Can't complain about that, besides the dead fish of course.

Good point. I just figured they would know what they have or what they have coming up the next day. It's just hard when you order a matched trio and one doesn't make it. You pay extra for the matching and when they don't make it, you can't just replace that.

Man, I thought my $80 fish shipment was bad (1 dead, 2 stressed). Sorry for the loss buddy. USPS strikes again...

The Panama Red Cardinals (trio) came from Divers Den. I got refunded for the loss but they said they wouldn't notify me when any others came available. The next day, a new trio showed up. You would think they would have let me know they had another trio or worked with me on filling my request for three. Instead, I got no help what-so-ever, except for a refund from the one fish.