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They're probably just using "birdsnest" as a catch all term for seriatopora. What we're looking for is probably not s. hystrix which is very thin and wiry. I'm more interested in s. stellata which has longer and thicker branches, or s. caliendrum which has the blunt tips...

did some internet stalking. At Neptune's last year

@robert4025 do you have any or are able to get the blunt tip very pink birdsnests? I remember seeing them at your store before

I'm actually interested in one with that growth pattern too. At one time I did see colonies of them for sale at Neptune. Mine has very thin branches and is really all over the place. Pink colony on top https://www.bareefers.org/forum/attachments/birdsnesets-jpg.67588/

Let me know what you find. I'm looking for the pink birdsneset with green polyps https://www.orafarm.com/product/green-tip-pink-birdsnest/ I have the regular pink seriatopora hystrix birdsnest but I'm not a fan of the growth pattern. Too thin and messy

If anyone is interested in getting some orange spotted filefish, I may be ordering 2 more females. Benefit is split shipping cost ($70) and I could offer training them for you. With my two eating flakes like pigs I'm pretty confident that the new ones would catch on quick. Unfortunately my male...

Wow what a lineup! Definitely going to try and make it

@RandyC speaking of mariculture, u might like this. I was in San Diego a couple weeks ago and checked out Kung Fu Corals when I had some time. They just brought in at least 15 speciosa colonies and many other deep waters the night before. They looked rough and speciosas being speciosas, maybe...

Pros: Opportunity to try different species that wouldn't do well in your main system Cons: Decreased work productivity

Could be the dreaded leopard polyclad flatworm. They're nocturnal and camouflages very well so they're hard to spot. Have you guys noticed an abundance of dead snails?

A tad smaller but there's the IM 112ext (36x36x20"). There's a former BAR guy near me that got out of the hobby a couple years ago with this tank, I think he might still have it for sale. Lmk if you want his contact.

Big one for me. With 2/3 part solution, I was always testing and fiddling with adjusting the individual dosing of ca, alk, and mg and they were often out of balance, but maybe that's my tank's problem. With a carx you can add in magnesium chips so you get alk, ca, and mg all in one. I only test...

210 gallon SPS dominated. I'm currently dripping 1.52 gallons of kalk a day and running my calcium reactor at 45ml/min to keep up with the demand. You could increase the evaporation by blowing a fan across the water. I don't though because I don't want to be mixing up a new 55g barrel of kalk...

Did some Googling. I didn't do a thorough read, but the headline I got from it is what I suspected. Total UV dosage (power x time) is more important that time or power alone. https://uvsolutionsmag.com/articles/2021/uv-c-intensity-time-and-total-dose-germicidal-efficacy/