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    Lowefx's epic journey in a 120!

    in Dedicated Tank (Build) Forum

    looking forward to following this build.  Sometimes I do miss running zeovit.  My warning would be to be careful with using Reef Crystals.  It has a much higher alk content than regular IO or other popular salts in the zeo community and could cause an alk spike after a water change.  If my alk ever went over 7.5 I would end up with burnt tips running ULNS.

    apcoleman's 250DD

    in Dedicated Tank (Build) Forum

    Big improvement over a year ago!

    Is the carpet Nem still around?

    Carpet nem is still alive and well. It has grown and knock on wood, has yet to eat a fish. My clowns still ignore it and continue to call the overflow home that is less than a foot away.

     

    My bubble tip split the other week and I now have two. I am thinking of removing them because they are getting pretty close to some sps that are growing pretty quick. I got the BTA from Curtis and he mentioned this strain seems to stay on the smaller side. They havent moved much and I am lucky that the carpet nem has not moved once since being introduced.

    apcoleman's 250DD

    in Dedicated Tank (Build) Forum

    · Edited by Apcoleman

    Tank has been going for two years as of next month.  I hit a few bumps along the way but I am still happy with how things are going.  The corals are growing very well and the fish are healthy and eating well.  My latest speed bump was that I noticed back in november my acros were not having much polyp extension.  Upon further examination I had redbugs.  I know, I should QT everything that goes in the tank but I dont.  I dont have the time with work to set up a separate system, monitor etc.  This time it caught up to me even though every thing that goes in gets dipped.  My vet was happy to provide me with the proper script to eliminate the little buggers and three weeks later I was redbug free.  Since then polyp extension has been incredible and the corals have taken off again.  I was still getting growth with the bugs but after the treatment, growth has really taken off.

     

     

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    ZEOvit Users

    in General Discussion

    I ran it for a while on a 90 gal and then for a bit on my 250. It works very well and I had great results. I would recommend you spend some time over at zeovit.com as it is a dedicated forum for its users.

    Coral in a bag

    in General Discussion

    What happened to doing it the right way and not buying off impluse? Going fallow for 11 weeks? I'm sorry but I read your long post earlier about wanting to do this the right way and avoid losses? I was really proud of what you said earlier about wanting to create and sustain a wonderful tank and taking care of the issues at hand. We want you to succeed and I think that's why everyone is so vocal on your threads. We are trying to guide you in the right direction but guidance can only go so far. It's the same thing all over. At one point I feel yours questions will fall on deaf ears. Sorry if I sound harsh but I after reading what you posted earlier I just don't understand.

    Duncans

    in General Discussion

    dude, you need to chill and relax.  this is a hobby that takes patience.  corals will open when they want to and fish will hide when they want to and come out when you stop messing with them.  let it happen.

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