Recent content by finalphaze987

I've left some freshly shipped frags in a KCL dip for 30 minutes when the baby crapped himself...totally forgot about em for a sec. All fine when I pulled them out. I would imagine as long as you keep them wet with multiple applications they should be fine. I have yet to try it tho, so take...

Look up Takashi Amano of ADA. His tanks are amazing. I tried emulating the look but didn't up keep it, as they require lots of pruning and attention. Natural look, only 3-4 species of plants...it requires alot of restraint to not add something that takes away from the look. During COVID, I...

Very clean and organized. Nicely put together!

I knew something was up when I saw all of my hermits with a nassarius shell on lol. What are your thoughts on strombus alatus? From what I read, they'd stay mainly in the sandbed. Any experience with those taking out snails?

Hahah...still got around 12 spots to add..one side of the scape is still pretty bare. Good call out on the sunset..looking at it, it could be a major problem if it started encroaching on the areas with sticks..I think I'll move that to its own rock to be safe since Its a pretty fast grower

The temp has been pretty steady around 78-80. I think it hit 81 for a couple hours when the mini split didn't turn on. Lack of food may be possible. There hasn't been much algae to graze on compared to before. One i can confirm was a casualty to the carpen nem due it the shells proximity to it...

Right before lights out

FTS this guy's happy again..moved some rockwork out and he gets more light. First Zoas in the tank...thank you @Ayman

6 month update The tank has been coming along. Everything stabilized for a good month until I had an unexpected nutrient spike.A couple weeks back and thought the little chaeto I had in the algae Rx was dying off. After checking things out, still had that golf ball sized chunk in there and was...

@MichaelB if you keep your tank waterless for too long the BAR mob tends to get restless...I know this intimately..lol

Not sure where your located, but i got a few I can spare if you need. I'm in Hayward.

After doing some quick research I'd probably go with this. Its DC, so noise is cut down. At 180 watts youd be able to power it using an ecoflow for a little while. Id consult @richiev on this..hes a wiz at calculating this stuff and can give you an honest answer. Its cost effective enough...

I had one set up on a reef flo dart. At the time the flow was great, but ideally for a tank your size I'd spring for the hammerhead. I don't recall what the flow rate was..somewhere in the ball park of 5-6K. There's larger pumps, but the larger you go the more heat, noise, and electricity If yhe...

While I love the clean look of closed loops, it would take an immense amount of power to equal the amount of flow you can attain with low wattage powerheads we have available to us today. If there were DC options that could match the flow you'd get from a hammerhead I'd say go for it...but...