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Yeesh looks like I paid a premium. I wonder if it's because I'm not on a business account or because I got "food grade" co2. Thanks for the recommendations!

What's the going rates? I did a 10lb tank swap at Airgas in Hayward and it was like $60 + $30 in fees. Seemed high but my first time and didn't have any price points to compare to.

@Bryce.martin23 for the halides

I'm surprised how quickly they acclimated too. I've had far more struggles with certain wrasses and seahorses. I plan on keeping them in this 30g tank which is a nice work distraction display in my office. As cool as they'd be in the main display, I don't want to risk them bothering my acros...

No amazing finds or deals but I did get these. I prefer these small super glue tubes that get one or two uses, because they all inevitably clog for me. $0.23 per tube which is enough for ~5 frags. https://www.amazon.com/Adhesive-Superglue-Cyanoacrylate-Plastics-Ceramics/dp/B0DMJP36WD/

Day 10: With the masstick I was also experimenting mixing in Cobalt Mysis flakes that I got from @Darkxerox , whose copperband likes to eat. After they developed a taste for it, I then started just laying whole flakes on the acro skeleton and they started to pick at it. Not aggressively, but...

Wet dry vac would've been my first recommendation too to extract sitting water. Second I would want to rinse and extract with fresh water again to remove any residual salt or organic matter that was in the water. Either with a professional machine, like the Rug Doctor kind u can rent at Home...

Indeed. The sad part is I've read about similar instances on other forums, yet I didn't take further precautions :( I've always known that these are extremely difficult fish to keep, and the thinking was always that they ate coral polyps. Now the rumors are that this is untrue and they're...

Stopping the seahorse macroalgae project. Inspired by freshwater planted aquascapes, I wanted to create a lush macroalgae system with seahorses and mangrove trees but eventually ran into too many problems. Algae I've had infestations of it all one after another. Massive snotty hair algae...

I use a 3/16" barb to 1/4" push connector. Barb end connected to the Kamoer soft tubing and 1/4 push going into an shut-off coupler. From there you can connect rigid tubing to your reactor.

Yea I see what you mean now in some of the pics they do look like axial corallites, but not definitive. We'll have to wait and see if someone gets it growing and if the growth tips are smooth or have the axial corallite.

Because of the lack of prominent axial corallites (polyps at the tip), I almost want to say this is an anacropora and not an acropora. Maybe anacropora puertogalerae. I think this is the original colony while it was still at Stanford

Octo skimmers get my vote, either the Elite or Regal if you're looking for higher end. I have the Elite 220-sss on my 210 gallon and it does a fantastic job with a high bio load (24+ fish). With a variable speed pump you can turn it down until your bio load need the additional power. If you can...

Yup. They used to have an external one too, I think the Magnum 350 Or way back in the 90s there was the Vortex filter that was specifically to use with DE.

Sounds like the leak is above the overflow weir if it slows down when you stop the return pump? Open up the drain valve all the way so it'll have maximum drainage flow and keep your return pump on low. This way, the water level will stay at the lowest possible level while still draining and have...