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The file fish i got for aptasia control prefers acans and my peppermint shrimp are apparently too well fed to go for the aptasia. My yellow tang will kill a CBB for sure. Too many bristle works to try nudibranch. too many to manually cover in f-aptasia. i hate these things.

testing really is the most frustrating part of this hobby. At this point, I will test once or twice a week but even if i get an abnormal result, i dont really trust it. I stopped reacting to testing. I have caused more harm than good too many times reacting to faulty test results.

these are pretty!

there are resources, like pre seeded filter media and micro-fauna sharing, that you will find readily available to supporting members.

i keep a dedicated network for IoT devices (aka spyware) and maintain compatiblity in sacrifice for performance for this specific reason. Even jebao maintains a better network connection than apex.

I have a $5, 3 year old esp32 chip nearby that maintains a better connection over the course of a month than the apex can maintain in 12 hours.

Anyone else have an apex with the crappiest wifi reciever of any electronic in their house? Or just me? This is one of the most frustrating tech things in my life, and I have had several Chinese 3d printers try to set themselves on fire (at least I knew they were trash before I bought them)...

Wish I could have been there. I did not have a fun morning.

Neptune's has a handful of clams but I don't think any of them were squamousa Most weren't labeled and the ones that were are twice the price they should be but that's to be expected.

My phyto culture containers suck. Too much settling. I ordered some plastic tubing and a heat sealer. Going to use this technique to culture hanging bags of phyto this time. Bonuc Pic of the stock tank. Need to get a few more herbivores in there.

I'll take it for parts.

Central Valley Corals ordered them for me.

I have a pair. They are ok but the flow is not the same and the memory for programming is very limited compared to ecotech but the jebao app was stupid easy to hack (with claude) and my Home Assistant OS can change the flow as many times a day as I want. Still not 100% reliable though.

They are very small. Glad I have lots of phyto on hand

I just put 10 small maxima in my sump.