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I still use it. I get some brown in my mixing tank, but I stopped even caring. From what I read, it sounds more like a bacterial issue. I've seen brown in my mixing tank from other salts too, like Brightwell Neomarine and LiveAquaria (Fritz), who told me it was likely magnesium related. I'm pretty sure the current Tropic Marin Pro that I'm using is from Turkey, because it was the boxed version. It's possible that if there is an issue, I'm not as exposed to it because I don't change water very often, and I send in for ICP tests fairly regularly (every 3 months or so). Warren

Oh whoops. They’re the 7206. Not 7204.

Yeah. I picked up 5 at a MACNA and another 2 off someone on R2R. The Mitras and Kessils run about 45% for 8 hours. Warren

LED lighting without dead spots. 7 Mithras and 6 360x

Coral growth has accelerated dramatically in the last 3 months. I ditched TLF Reborn for CaRx media and switched to KZ. It's far cleaner, and my phosphates are .06 or lower now, and stable. It used to swing very high and then drop when I got around to using lanthanum chloride. I'm running into some acro warfare. A nice problem to have, but frustrating for sure.

Checking in! The tank is better than ever coral wise. I've had some fish losses over the past year. My anthias and fairy wrasses slowly started coming out less and less. A few of the wrasses look like they hit the lid/eurobrace :( My favorite fish are still with me, a copperband and a regal angelfish. Here are a few pics!

Great photos! I agree that 85B is the best filter. I've tried a bunch. Not all orange filters are created equally! Yes, I agree about fish as photo subjects. They're rudely uncooperative.

I haven't heard this before! Yet another example of young tank stability issues. I chased my tail for a while on nitrates and alk until things finally stabilized, mostly on their own.

Flaring Potter's wrasse. This guy might be the most valuable fish in my collection, now that Hawaii is closed. I don't think they're collected anywhere else.

Are you running the CO2 solenoid off a controller with a log? Like an Apex? One thing that helped me determine whether or not things were working well is turning on logging for the solenoid on/off times, and looking for trends, like if the times get longer or shorter (indicating a problem). Maybe I missed it, but have you also tried checking your ph probe calibration? Just drop it in your tank and see what it reads. Which Geo reactor do you have? Is there a bubble near the top? The older style ones with the pipe out the top need an additional port drilled to pull from that, which prevents a bubble from forming, which could also throw off your ph readings. Actually, dumb question, do you have the ph probe inserted deep enough into the chamber? Don't keep it too close to the top. Other things I can think of. Do you hear the recirculation pump chopping up C02? That should only happen with new media, otherwise it's an indicator of a problem. Give the reactor a shake and make sure you hear the pump pull and chop up the bubbles. When I first setup my reactor, I ran my DC recirc pump a little too low, and it wasn't as consistent. Despite your current troubles, a CaRx is a relatively simple device. With enough data points, we should be able to figure out what's going on with yours. If you have an Apex, a few extra logging options could help tremendously.

I don't really do much post processing now that I have my settings on camera and LEDs all setup right. The main knobs I'll tweak now are crop, color temperature, and exposure level (I shoot in raw). Warren

Thank you! It took me a few months to figure out the right combination of LED lighting, and camera settings to get the right pictures. I was honestly kind of disappointed when I first started taking pictures with my Fuji XT4, but I kept experimenting, and I'm finally at a point where I feel pretty comfortable.

POTO Flamethrower in daylight from @gws3 BC Rainbows in Spain (Spainbow) Paletta pink tip. It's kind of all pink at this size The strangest RMF Candyland, also from @gws3. A few of my frags do this where the corallites are super dense, and it doesn't really branch out. LRO Candy apple goniopora RR Red Bull BC Backdraft. I was worried it would be too close to PC Superman. Even though they both table and are pink with blue tips, they're reasonably different

BC Bubblebath Unicorn in 2 locations MattV Hott Mess. It's much more yellow than when I first got it from LRO WWC Blueberry Fields TSA Billy Murray. I just moved it after it sat for a year with very little growth. MattV Ultimate Tricolor (center). Classic Pink Lemonade above Palmer's Blue Mille But the real blue champ is Oregon Tort RR Event Horizon Mille, which has a different pink than ASD Rainbow RR Vihn. I really love this one, but it's growing in a way where I can't really enjoy the colors, except from above :(

It's underwater picture time! ASD Rainbow Mille PC Superman table. Loving how this is tabling out! Not sure what this was. Pretty sure it was a named piece. I call it Lavender Uprights I got this one from @GraffitiSpotCorals This one is fun because you can see CB Maleficent (bottom) battling against another pink coral, Vivid Confetti F2M Chrome Illusion \ Another from @GraffitiSpotCorals ARC Fireworks