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Just another tank update... Made a couple updates to the tank I switched feeding to daily now. I don't know my par readings, but i suspected the lighting to be way too strong. I adjusted the radions to lower the led intensity on the whites channel running zero filtration except filter floss and skimmer Zoa's seem like they puffed up in size after the lighting change Here are a few pictures before i start the water change...

very nice setup man! i love the design of that tank and that anemone is awesome

its still breaking in so i can't compare yet. its been running for 6 days and so far it is skimming tea color with bits and pieces of solids mixed in and you can see a powdery grey/tan mulk at the bottom of the collection cup. its making a lot of micro bubbles but i think thats mostly because i have it in the return pump section i like the high quality build on the body and the pump is stronger with a needle wheel. i will keep you updated on how it performs

correction: my previous skimmer was a tunze 9002, not a tunze 9001

thanks man. i'm actually starting to like it more now that i've gotten used to it a bit. i like that both the front display area and the sump has increased in width so its not so cramped when you reach into the front or back.. what i don't like about the tank is the way the overflows and baffles in the back are designed. i'm wondering if they tested this tank before going into production the water level in the display tank area is really low due to low placement of the overflow grates. i'd say i have 1.5+ inches of empty space at the top even though i have already upgraded to stronger pumps that are gushing water into the display and forcing the water level up. with this tank its impossible to eliminate the water splashing noise.. the return jets are placed too high, and overflows too low, which forces the water surface to be turbulent and causes this constant splashing noise. when you aim the jets downwards, it causes the water to slurp, when you aim them strait forward, it splashes the surface. absolutely nothing i can do to silence it. this is the biggest issue i have with it.. the nuvo24 i had ran completely silent the baffles in the back are not tall enough (less water capacity) and spaced incorrectly (so nothing will fit). the way the baffles are sectioned, it is impossible to fit a skimmer.. the "constant water level/refugium sections" are tiny. but the "return pump section" is extra spacious... i cannot understand why. my tunze 9001 no longer fit, pretty much nothing fits in this area except IM parts.. i'm making the best of it though, i'm using an Aquamaxx WS-1 skimmer in the return pump area and using an ATO to keep the water level constant in that section.

i need to stock up on filter floss again since i had to change media basket sizing.. does anyone use pinky filters? looks like i can get a giant roll for pretty cheap but i'm not sure if i trust it..

so anyways, i can't go into too much detail but long story short---i'm on a nuvo fusion 30 now. i don't like it as much as my nuvo24 but... whatever it is what it is and i guess its sort of an upgrade. on a positive note, my sand has never been cleaner, and i upgraded to two cobalt mj1200's during the process and the corals are loving the flow it seems. rando pictures:

thank you both for keeping me motivated! yes, once or twice a week... i only have 4 fish, 1 of them being an algae eating blenney so i don't feed too much

super nice!!

i've been working on a few unexpected things that had to take priority over the tank so i've been abusing my tank and forgot about it. i think i let it ride out for 7 months now, barely cleaned the glass that it was hard to see through and only adding distilled water for auto top off.. i also fed the fish about once a week with pellets just to get by i did an 1/3 water change yesterday and cleaned the glass and also broke down all the equipment and cleaned it. i only put the skimmer and filter floss back in just to see how it was doing. so none of the corals really grew except the trumpets, everything else stayed the same. some polyps disappeared and a few new ones showed up depending on which zoa, lots of them moved around on their plugs. a small colony of i think feather dusters showed up out of no where on one of the plugs. i literally have a bacteria film on the rocks but it isn't too bad. i also have one huge bubble algae that i tried to pop but couldn't get it to crack. tank is in better shape than i thought it would have been though. i will be starting to take better care of it again now and hopefully it will come back to life. gonna do a few more water changes to get rid of the gunk that's built up for the last 7 months the lights are going into nighttime mode but i just turned them up to take some photos.. here's how it looks as of now:

What program are you using to resize them and what format are saving them as? For photographs, .JPG is the best format to retain image quality and lower the file size. i would set the "image quality" at around 60 to 80% if you have that option

colbalt aquatic maxijet 1200. is what i use for 5 gallon bucket and its turbulent. avoid the marineland version, i have both and the parts are inferior in the marineland version--you can tell by just visually looking at both versions. make sure to rinse with fresh water after every use and it will run for a very long time

just got a new lens in today. it takes beautiful shots! here are straight up unedited photos. enjoy!

someone mentioned to me the other day that New York City is #1 for cleanest, highest quality tap water. that blew my mind

Thanks guys! I dont know why, but gluing coral to rock is so satisfying --------------------------------------------------------------------- Random off-topic: So.. two and a half weeks ago i impulse-bought a tank after seeing Ne0eN's 8g and totally forgot about it.. fedex delivered it today, and I seriously have no idea what to do with it Cadlights 4g pico, low-iron glass, looks to be well made, but still on the economical side, the light it came with is a bit flimsy. Thinking about doing a bunch of cool shrimp like the pederson shrimp and glass/spot anemone shrimp. For now it will sit on my desk, empty, but i'm sure that wont last long since it is right in front of my workspace.