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Worry about the difference of 1 degree?

Hello Everyone, I am cutting down my large colonies. They are shading and taking up alot of real estate. SO... I am extending this...

Perhaps you DO need just need a fancier skimmer ;)

that ain't no chocolate donut!!

Maybe your low return pump turnover is not getting the fish poop and particulate to the skimmer in time and it's just decomposing in the...

My nitrates right now are holding steady at 7-9 and my phosphates pretty steady right around .07 I am no longer dosing LC or doing...

@derek_SR. Dude. This is totally the solution to your coloration problem in your tank. 100% guaranteed to work for you. You're welcome...

@Alexander1312 My skimmer is in exactly 8" of water (mine is the 220, not the 200 - FYI. my system is also quite a bit larger though)...

That fruity pebbles looks so good I should give you the mother colony to color up and return to me. Would be an interesting experiment...

Newest additions, no buying corals for a while lol. Defugium's Morning Star from CFM 5/24/25: Defugium's Rosie Cheeks from CFM...

Also make sure you are doing this for the right reasons - skimming wet probably actually pulls out more stuff overall, it just does it...

Agree w/ @RandyC it still looks like the water is too high to me - that looks to be a pretty wet skim. See how it goes, but see the note...

This is the way. From the picture of your foam, it looks like your water line in the neck is probably too high not allowing for larger...

I actually don't put LC anymore as my Po4 is pretty low now, although I doubt that matters. Certainly our husbandry differs but there a...