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@@lvlichaelly I don’t have an opinion as I have not seen lots of different reds in person, I only know what I have and most ‘reds’ are either purplish or pinkish. The flamethrower is pretty red but I’m sure there are fancier ones out there too. I don’t see a or of other’s tanks in person be never seen an acro as red as some LPS.

@@InappropriateReefer yeah it was nice to capture it but the novelty wore off quick with the chaos in the tank lol. Would love to try again in the future in a bigger tank

It's fine, I'm used to it, lol. extra workout.

I like a little discomfort in life ;P

59"x30"x21"

It cleans up the tank fast and its easy to clean, so no brainer. I notice it does suck up the acropora snot well.

Yeah, I thought they were fighting at first. pretty neat to watch even though it was destructive.

I plumbed it incorrectly, lol. This model needs to be horizontal and I had it vertical but I had it split on my return line so its not 100% of my return. Thought is that the flow is low so has time to receive a high dose. I took it off line in august and haven't noticed much difference so leaving it off for now i guess.

I buy a bunch of replacements and swap them out when I notice streaking.

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They can certainly keep MOST of the algae at bay on the rocks if you get the right stuff, but as Rich Ross says: you are the tank's main clean up crew.

Thank you! Cheers!

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Thank you very much!

I am hoping to, but might be about to get busy, so may be a while.

Yeah, its sad to see a few years worth of growth go literally overnight. Woes of acropora.

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The pumps they come with are loud and don't last forever, so once it goes, I will go with their upgraded pump which is supposedly very quiet. I'm not super annoyed with the sound since I have it on a time to one run during certain times of day.

I don't think the hobby is there yet to fully address what's happening with RTN/STN. I know a lot can be linked to bacteria, either primary or secondary infection of compromised corals. I ended up buying oxalinic acid (like cipro but not used in humans) to do a full tank treatment, but things started to turn around before I could start the treatment, so I didn't. My experiences is most that started the slow, slow tissue loss didn't get better and slowly died. But, if you cut a healthy piece and dip in iodine, it had a good chance of regrowing fine. The red dragons are known to just start dying for no reason, so clipping a health part would be a good idea. I haven't seen an update on your tank in a while, how's it doing otherwise?

@@NBurgReef The tank is doing great! Besides the random STN on a few SPS, it's gotten to a point where I've had to remove colonies to make space. I've just let everything continue to grow and it's gotten to the point where I can barley see any of the rock anymore. Will post an update in the next few weeks!

Yep, you have to remind yourself that this is a hobby, and its supposed to bring positivity, not stress, well net positive positivity because there will always be a stressful events. That's why I don't do moonshiners or have a million different pieces of tech on here because I know I will only stress about keeping up with them. Funny, because at the company I worked for, we changed the way management worked, from just the president to a group of leaders, and one of the things we did was the strengths test and how you should work on your strengths, not your weakness... so this philosophy may have stuck with me, lol. I am finding it actually feels good when a struggling piece dies on me or I just give it away or trash it.

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I will make a lighting video soon. TL:DR - peak 75% for 6 hours, long ramp up and down, custom color programs: both blues 100%, white 33%, violet and UV around 50% cyan and red 0%. Cyan washes out colors and I think is a terrible addition but it does add PAR if you don't mind the color loss.

Welcome back! lol

check my update from last friday ;)

I did, then I started to get a lot of those branching hydroids, so I have slowed down. Haven't noticed much change in corals, so I think I am done feeding them... I just feed my fish heavy and let them feed the corals 💩

Washington DC. I only sell locally at this point… but someday I will.

@@NBurgReef darn. I'm really trying to get my hands on some golden rod anacropora

they were great. they would occasionally carry a hermit shell around but they can’t really get in it so I would say invert safe and 100% reef safe. their mouths point upwards so they must almost go upside down to eat something off the rocks. they did frag a lot of sticks for my because they’re clumsy and big, but don’t eat them. It got bad when they started mating which is why i rehomed them.

Thanks! I'll the longer format then!

No. it’s in its nature to nip everything in the tank, not just rocks and coral, but it does no harm. new additions get nipped more which may affect polyp extension but after a while it stops when it realizes it’s not food. I’ve never had a dwarf angel eat coral, just nip.

It’s gets easier over time but never ‘easy’. There’s a reason why most of my fish are in the ‘beginner fish’ category 🤣

@@NBurgReef At the moment for fish I have 1 Blue Tang (Dory / Blue Hippo), 1 Yellow Tang, 1 Yellow Tail Purple Tang, 1 Mimic Tang, 1 Foxface Rabbitfish, 1 Pacific Blue Tang, 1 Sailfin Tang, 2 Dwarf Angels - Flame angel & Coral Beauty (RIP Corals haha), 2 Diamond Gobies, 1 Lawnmower Blenny, 2 Maroon Clownfish, ( I can't remember if I miss anyone, I think I got them all written down, I am at the office now lol.)

@@JohnnyBlankify that’s a lot of tangs! I hope your tank is big, lol.

@@NBurgReef We've got a lot of tangs you are right. And they all get along very well, thats because we got them all when they were literally so small, almost still invisible! It is a peninsula tank, the Neptunian MG180 - About 700L +-. It is made here in China, and they are really good priced here too. Well, speaking of which. Red Sea tanks also made here, and when you go to the local factories you can literally buy any of their tanks for 50% of their asking price just without the brand name 🤣🤣

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I've had a few people ask, so I will at some point.

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🤘Thanks!

Not really other than syphoning every week with water changes and adding sand cleanup crew. Mine looks like diatoms in person, but could be 'sand dinos' like you suggested. Maybe I should pull out the microscope and look.

ESV B-Ionic 2 part and kalkwasser. I do like 5-7ml of sodium nitrate per day, but probably doesn't have an effect anymore.

ATI Straton Gen 1

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