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Nice to hear! Now I need a frag =)

I thought they were all dyed....how long have you had them?..let us know if they are real as that would be a killer color morph if they are natural...... Darren

Adding an air stone to the sump won’t fix anything if the ambient air that it pulls from has high CO2. If you pulled air from outside that will help as outside air usually has significantly lower CO2 levels....that is what reefers do if they don’t want to use a CO2 scrubber. Also, you can just live with lower ph, which primarily slows the growth of calcerous corals. Here is a video that may help...... Darren

The most likely cause is high levels of CO2 in your house (I have the same problem in my tank as do most other reefers). The easiest solution is open a window, though that sucks in the winter or summer. Run a test and leave the window open preferably one near the tank. If the ph goes up that is likely your problem. I run a CO2 scrubber on my skimmer but it is costly. Your refuge should help a little. For reference, my CO2 scrubber increases my PH from 7.8 to 8.0. In the fall and spring I can get up to 8.1 and sometimes 8.2 when my windows are open. Also, make sure the Alk dosing you use raises your ph rather than keep it steady. BRS has a nice video on dealing with low ph you can Darren

So sorry to hear this Rik, if you ever determine what happened let us know. I had a similar event happen to me tenish years ago, all acros dead, but lps happy as can be. I determined mine to be a sudden drop in alk caused by a blockage in my calcium reactor.....once one started to rtn it became a domino event. To this day, I won’t use a calcium reactor for dosing..... Darren

It will be in water.....

Hello, I was wondering if anyone had a suggestion for covering an in sump reactor to block light. I am looking to convert my zeovit reactor into an algae reactor but want to keep the light inside the reactor to prevent algae growth in my sump. Thanks for the help Darren

Supreme reefs also do installs Darren

Looks great! Darren

Jeff, one of our sponsors also makes them and also artfully acrylic if you want acrylic.....both are wamas sponsors Darren

Buy an octopus and let nature takes it course ? Darren

Sounds like you are looking for a reason for an upgrade ?. Congrats on ten years with the same tank! Darren

I must run zeovit very different as all I do is dose zeostart everyday and then add a few drops of zeobac and zeo food every 2-3 days. It takes less than 5 minutes a day (even when I remember to shake the zeo rocks). I keep PO4 at ~.03 and nitrates around 10-20ppm. I test and do water changes as I would using any system, so I am not sure where all of the additional work comes from. To me zeostart is just a carbon source like NOPOX (though it clearly is in a different form). Adding bacteria just prevents one strain of bacteria taking over....that said, running a tank near zero is playing with fire as you have such a slim margin of error, maybe that was the source of all the additional work? Cheers, Darren

I’ve never used one....where were you when diablo was terrorizing my tank ?

Yes, I have used lots of different types over the years and I have had the best luck with Zeovit. I don’t run an ulns, but I use zeovit 4 part system to keep nutrients (both PO4 and NO3) down. With zeovit I don’t have to worry about using gfo or any other PO4 chemical absorber whereas with NOPOX I had to use GFO. Also, I have never had a bacteria bloom with zeovit, whereas I had several with NOPOX.Both work, zeovit just seams to be more stable for me..... Darren

Nice design, What happened to the frozen food project? Darren

Put a piece of underwater epoxy between them, once they encrust it break it off and start the process all over. You protect them from each other and now have a frag to sell:) Darren

Looks great, I saw this on reef2reef, but didn’t know you were a local. I miss my halides..... Darren

Over the years I have had similar experiences, the worst for me was a group of bartletts anthias in my 150 deep dimension tank....one terrorized all the others to death than set out to terrorize all fish smaller than him. In all, I would say he killed 5-7 fish. Dang I hated that fish, but I couldn’t catch him without destroying my reef. I swore them off after him.....pretty though and very active. Good luck! Darren

Best of luck Rob, it was great having you here over the years. Darren

I have some in Reston, pm me if you want to pick up. Darren

I got all of my blue eyed cardinals from Ben at supreme reefs. They were far better than my attempt at blue chromis. The chromis slowly killed each other off until I had one big one and one small one, though they did school when they were small. The cardinals are friendly and easy to care for. Also, the silver color was a nice contrast from all of the bright colored reef fish. I would highly recommend them. I traded them in to capital reef when I downsized from my 150DD to a custom 40 breeder. If I get another big tank someday I would get like 10-20 of them. They would look awesome with a bunch of yellow tangs! Darren

The best schooling fish I had was blue-eyed cardinal fish. They school really tight when scared or at night, but would venture out from the school during the day. Darren

I like shorter stands so you can look down in your coral (top view is the prettiest especially for SPS). My old 150 deep dimension tank stand was only 24 inches high! I ran my sump in the basement with the display in my living room. I had a great view while sitting on my couch. Darren

I have been using a jebao dct 12000 for about 5 years with limited cleanings, it has yet to fail on me Darren