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I on the other hand believe most LFS are infected with pests. It's true that 100s of different people put corals in their tanks every year. And suppliers have a crazy amount of corals hoarded. And it is too labor intensive for LFS to dip. Aiptasia is a bummer but if I saw I frag I like I would chop it off the plug, use a tooth brush if there is a skeleton and go with it.

I might be able to help in Damascus. I'll know closer to that date

PM NAGA I don't know what he can and can't do though

Oh no! I don't know much about sea horsies :( I do keep brine shrimp 24/7 now. Is the phyto for them? I just sprinkle in a little reef roids and selcon. I have even kept them in an un cycled bucket. I of course use a lot less food but somehow they live through it. Just keep adding water to it to dilute the nasties or put a piece of LR in there! Good luck lyndzers

Make sure you get mysid shrimp from a fellow reefer. It would be easiest to suck them up with bulb syringe. They reproduce and are fun to watch

I'm an ocean revive fan but I have grown stuff under a few different fixtures. They all grew stuff even the cheap EBAY one

the balance thing doesn't seem to matter in my tank as long as Alk is Same number every time. I like to keep calcium above 400. Those are my only two rules as far as balance. I'm sure balance helps. But I had similar problems chasing multiple numbers.

Stometella! Love them. They drop their tail when I grab them to put them in my upgrade!

Since we are on the chaeto debate I'll throw in my two cents. I grew it like crazy when tank was newer and I had nutrients. Upgraded skimmer and tank got older. Now it just melts away starved out IMO. Did research. Tried more flow. Tried 3 different lights. No grow. So I had to switch to Devils breath macro or something like that. Pods grew great in the chaeto but it's a lot of trouble to get them out. IMO They don't live when they get pumped through your pumps. A fuge is a lot of fun and slightly beneficial but not a must IMO

one MP40 would probably do the trick. You could get fancy and do two but will need dialed down pretty good. They communicate or connect so if you are into SPS it would be nice to get different flow directions. They are pricy and expect one item per year to crap out if you have two. Usually it's a wet side, but I once had a controller go and another time a power cord. But with the jebao I havnt had much luck with them lasting. The nice thing is they are disposable at the price.

If it's not micro bubbles it's just leftover "stuff" coral waste, bio degraded matter, poop, dust etc. etc. filter floss will get it. If you don't run that like me then it eventually settles in dead spots for you to siphon out.

I would do two mag5 pumps on a 120. That way if one fails you still have one pumpin good water. That's 1000gpm before friction loss

You made the right choice. Excited to watch these sticks grow and color

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It took me a couple weeks to see anything but I didn't squirt in dr Tims fluids. Be patient it took awhile to be able to dump in fish slowly

My house may be the place to go for people in Frederick area

Where can I buy an ATI sunpower fan mine probably need to be replaced. Where are the good deals at? Are they all the same size? Part number? Thanks

Update video please? I'm so ready for a mostly damsel tank. Tired of fish dying.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G44Twb8sA8 Tort garden finally transferred. Colors are much better in person

Should be fine if it's like hammer. See where mine healed over Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So are you suppose to take it apart and lube the gears once a year or so? Did anyone keep the directions? Are they cheap plastic gears?

Follow your dreams and get the MH. If not you will be sitting around wondering why you can't get your SPS colors to look as good as all the photoshopped SPS pics. Sorry I'm frustrated if you can't tell. My original plan was to do MH but settled for T5 the curiosity of what the corals would look like bothers me sometimes so I say go for it .

I use them. thanks Good to know. Do you use a PH probe? Did the PH lower with the alk to help alert you?

You might have had something die in the tank or have some die off from rock work. The only time I saw this was when I lost my old hippo tang. Might not hurt to check ammonia level