wangspeed

Speaking of aggression, that is one seriously aggressive word filter.

New experiment. Orange tree sponge from Incredible Corals. Figured there should be enough crap floating around between the zeovit reactor pumping, sponge power, and feeding frozen. Picked up a Miami Hurricane and what looks just like the WWC Rainbow Boobies chalice (I don't make these names up) while I was there. Also picked up a killer chalice from Ben @ Petland. My red velvet fairy wrasse and jawfish are fighting on occasion. Usually at night, when I attempt to feed the corals. It's quite the display. Pinky, the wrasse will flash, and circle, and his colors change dramatically, and he gets these crazy purple stripes instantly. I wish I could film it, but it's all LED actinics. Meanwhile, Jaws, the jawfish, gapes with his mouth open, which seems to just %$#* off Pinky. Last night, my wife and I watched Jaws lunge a few times threateningly, and Pinky had enough. He grabbed Jaws by his back and just held him there for a second, and then spit him back into his hole. Poor Jaws. Pinky forgot to read the page on how cirrhilabrus rubrisquamis are peaceful community fish. He also the only darn wrasse that comes out at night. He'll actually leave his mucus bubble if he smells food in the water. What a pig.

Silicone.

A lot... More than I want to add up, probably, but the main ones are: Very seldom: Zeobak Sponge Power Zeofood7 K-Balance strong Iodide Iron Strontium Staples for me: ZeoStart3 (this one is key!) Coral Vitality (needs refrigeration) Xtra LPS amino SPS amino Dosed 2 times: Zeospur2: This stuff is truly scary. Most of my corals are already light, so it's rare that I dose Zeospur. I could see how it would easily wipe out a tank if dosed too much. Even when I did it, I only used half at most! Overall, I'm not sure why people blame tank crashes on the Zeovit system. I have a lot going in and a lot going out in terms of nutrients. You CAN starve your corals by going ULNS and then dosing Zeospur on top, but IMO, it's not a requirement to run the KZ stuff. It's just one more method of nutrient control and carbon dosing. For me, I enjoy it, because I'm a tinkerer. Always have been, so this suits me well. If you want low maintenance, there are probably better ways. I will say though, that this method allows you to start up an SPS tank in very short order. I've come to the conclusion that either I got a crappy version of a mystic sunset, or it wants different light. It's definitely a reddish brown. I don't think it's a hologram monti at all. I may frag this and move it, or try another frag. I see brilliant red on a few tips of mine.

Which coral are we talking about here? The Leng Sy like one? I just don't like the sort of pale green that it is in my tank. I do have a decent purple rim around it. I just moved it down low yesterday to see what happens there. In its place, I put my green plating cap with red polyps. Dunno which variety of it that I have. I love the polyps on my mystic sunset, but the base is sort of meh for me. I think it's because it's kind of growing in a funny spot and isn't getting a ton of light. I was hoping it would spread up, not plate out. There's a coral that's hard to see, since I don't like to picture it. It's on the magnetic rock on the back. It's a montipora peltiformis that got thrown in as a freebie. I heard that it the base would lighten up if blasted by light. The purple polyps are beautiful, but the base is ugly. Not for me. I can't really dose zeospur much since my corals are already light, so this is another that is probably going away when I get the chance to pull it off and sell/give it away.

I dunno. I have some ceriths and nassarius to stir the sand. Plus my melenarus and jawfish stir it as well. I've seen plenty of cyano complaints in Zeovit tanks, so my sand condition probably cannot be attributed to that. Maybe it's the water movement. 1 WP40 and WP25 at full power else mode. -- Warren

More shots. Red Dragon from Copps. ORA Tricolor from Marine Scene Red Planet. Slow grower, but it's encrusting away. From PEAC @ the last meet: Thanks Paul! Bad Azz:

It's always going out of town when something happens. Alk dropped to about 6, maybe a little under. My Tubbs birdsnest started to peel. Grr. Otherwise all is well. My porcelain anemone crab found the only anemone I have! You'll have to forgive his dirty shell. It's about time to molt, it looks like. Jaws, the blue spot, out from his cave. Leng Sy like monti, with a little frag of a purple cap on it. I'm probably going to let this one go. Not in love. My what a long fin you have!

Reef Breeders has the Photon48 available, which is what I use on my 90. 48" fixture with integrated controller. It's made by the same factory as the other lights we're talking about here but I prefer having one unit. It's a total of 102 3 watt LEDs. -- Warren

I don't use a needle. I basically try to cook it and anything it might release. The use of vinegar is just an extra punch, just in case. I've never had an outbreak from doing this. Nothing seems to mind this except for aiptasia and algae. There's a quick burst at first, and then just a steady amount til you run out. Make sure it's appropriate for your tank size. -- Warren

Use silicone to help seal things up, and don't over tighten. The silicone should also help if you want to take it back apart one day. -- Warren

Never had a majano to try it on. -- Warren

I've had the occasional aiptasia. I microwave plain vinegar til it's super hot, suck it up in a plastic syringe and then blast the aiptasia at point blank. I think the key is not to go too fast. In a 90, the vinegar is happily consumed as carbon dosing. Added plus -- Warren

Remember, red light tends to be more effective at algae growth. A specialized grow light may have a little blue in it too. -- Warren

My vote is something like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-10W-20W-30W-50W-Blue-554nm-Red-660nm-Hydroponic-Plant-Flood-LED-Grow-Lights-/230950111502?pt=US_Hydroponics&var=530130136527&hash=item35c5b3090e Or a PAR38 LED. If you want to do it on the cheap, you can go with the CFL and home depot clip on option.

Yeah. It's doing a great job. Especially considering how much I feed and the punt of fish I have. It's a pretty heavily loaded 90 at this point. -- Warren

I had a problem with the first pump causing surges, but I've got it sorted now. This is what I get out of the skimmer after about 10 days. Keep in mind, this is post felt sock. I never hear anyone talk about the RO DC powered skimmers, so I thought I'd post. I know some people think having DC pump on a skimmer is useless, but I've used the adjustability quite a bit, and I love it. The only downside is that there is no independent air control.

Thanks everyone! The speaker was great, and I scored a ton of loot. Many thanks to the members of the board.

Good chance it is tempered. I turned my RR Marinelamd into a herbie setup by using the smaller 3/4" as the siphon and the 1" as the emergency. The return is drilled on the opposite side of the tank. Even if it was not tempered, I probably would not do that in such close proximity in a corner. -- Warren

I'm going to put money on maroon clown. -- Warren

4 months of growth. This is probably my fastest growing coral right now. The colors aren't quite right in this pic. The electric purple and blue is tough to capture, and the base isn't quite this boring looking. Yes, it's actually plating out into the water column.

For anyone still paying attention The jawfish, Jaws, been forcefully moved to another part of the tank. My red velvet fairy wrasse, Pinky, is a jerkwad. Starting this week, Pinky was kicking Jaws out of the hole to use it as his bed at night. I think what he does is sneaks into Jaw's burrow from underneath or the left side, not head to head confrontation. At least his new spot is front and center, but my Yasha, who swims in the water column at times, does not appreciate that.

Submitters: Wangspeed (Warren) Location: my 90 gallon tank Camera Used: iphone 5 Subject: Porcelain anemone crab

If you want to be stunned by chalice and SPS combos, take a look at The Marine Scene's main display tank. 270 gallons of broken rules. It's amazing. SPS and chalices next to each other, and one chalice at the top growing like a monti. Some combos of fish that normally don't work, and little to no sand for their grey head wrasse.

1" should be more than enough. Keep in mine that 1" siphon can flow a tremendous rate. You are just going to have to close it off with a gate valve anyways. Even Beananimal himself uses 1" bulkheads.