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    Acropora Eating Flatworm ID

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    Pretty neat and disgusting pic I saw on the internet. AEFW eggs, there is a flatworm visible on the acro. Bite marks. Looks like they tried to stay hidden on the underside of the acro. Pretty classic symptoms. Trailmarks is another way to help spot them but I don’t see them on this one. 2195ba011870e6a5f7ae24b843f35e9f.jpg

     

     

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    Ballast, bulb or starter problem ATI

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    I ordered my ballasts via ERC. On a pinch, I can check to see if I still have a spare you can use (80w). Unfortunately, I'm in Crofton, Md though.


    Glad you said something I just happen to be going to Marcos house tomorrow I’ll contact him now to see if he has any extra. Let me know if you have extra just in case it would be nice to get itdone before the holidays


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    Ballast, bulb or starter problem ATI

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    Do you have the regular type, or dimmable? My ATI fixture had the same issue a few years ago. I had to take off the case and change the ballast. No issues since. Wiring it was pretty easy as long as you orient the new ballast the same way and replace one wire at a time. 


    Non dimmable. It’s the ballast unfortunately. Will watch YouTube videos on how to do it. Not looking forward to it


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    Ballast, bulb or starter problem ATI

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    Are they on their own channel? 
     
    I had a BNIB ATI that needed a ballast. Of course the easy fix is to always just swap a bulb in first! Good news is, no matter what the issue, it should be an easy fix, so long as you have the tiniest of hex wrenches laying about, haha. 

    6bulbs are on that circuit two bulbs are on the other one. Is it odd that the other 4 bulbs are still working?


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    How does WAMAS and our hobby help or help the eco system?

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    I frag probably 300 home grown acropora per year for Wamas. Now calculate all the sharing from all the members and we put a huge dent in the amount of acros that have to be imported For hobbiest use. A local frag swap I bet 1000s of home grown go out.  Until acropora/LPS are completely banned from import we are helping out. More corals left in the ocean=more cover for the fish = healthier reefs and increased fish #s.  I would have lost everything by now had someone not told me about Wamas and I can’t tell you how many times I was able to acquire a tool locally that broke or helped until I was able to buy one. The knowledge of how to treat a reef and what sunscreen to wear while snorkeling or beach going. The fish death in the hobby is a bummer but they are working on captive bred. Now that I am over the flashy fish and tangs I try to just buy captive bred. My 2cents

    Green Birdsnest Hitchhiker (Need ID)

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    That’s green pocillopora. Not green birds nest. Looking very healthy!! Very happy coral grows fast. After a few years it starts dropping polyps and they pop up everywhere. I think it’s a good problem to have but that explains why it hitchhiked in. Now as the worm just frag it out if you don’t like it or cover the hole with super glue. Shouldn’t bother that coral though

    Stung SPS

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    Yea energy sources seem to increase in the burnt area and encrusts back over quick. Seems to encrust back over slower over super glue. The only thing I will do is trim off excess dead stone (only if there is a lot) so there is less surface area to encrust back over 

    Coral arriving late- your experience

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    My acro was supposed to arrive at 1030. I called it’s on the correct truck for delivery today but running late. If they were fish I’m pretty sure some wouldn’t make it. But what is your experience with late corals in winter? The shipper is confident they will arrive fine as there is plenty of water and a heat pack

    I can't keep anemones alive

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    Helped me a lot to buy local. They don’t ship well and have trouble making the adjustment from ocean to captivity. Unfortunately like others had mentioned they like cleaner water so excellent nitrate phosphate test kits are a must if they aren’t doing well. But not too clean like someone mentioned. I like to just keep the stuff detectable on my Red Sea kits.

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