Recent content by Slingfox

I have won several coral auctions from CKC—mostly without issue. One time I won a nice torch for a great price but when I went to pick it up in Concord it could not be found. I ended up swapping it for a different torch on hand. Not ideal but the situation could have been worse. That was...

The RedSea 350 is a relatively small tank so less idk of failure than the larger tanks. I started my first tank two years ago and went with RedSea 525 G2. No issues and it looks great but if I could start over I would go with another manufacturer since some other models out there have great...

I will also swing by this week for some Berghia. If they manage to eat through the aptasia I see I will try to recapture them and donate them back. That is better than having them starve.

I have had great experience with Dr. Reef’s—-particularly their customer service. Health wise the specimens were great. Dr. Reef’s and High Tide Aquatics have been bulletproof for me thus far. I do buy fish from other places but those go through 4+ week quarantine which I find somewhat...

Agreed. Putting fish through quarantine is super easy. I have a 10 gallon from Petco which I use to quarantine. The QT provides a chance for new fish to fatten up before they go into the main tank. We are also lucky to have High Tide Aquatics in the area. Half my fish come from there.

If you haven’t got hand on a copper test yet you can borrow my Hanna checker. I am in Saratoga. Note that CopperPower dosage on the bottle is approximately 10% too conservative so I always dose a little higher to ensure I get at close to 2.5 ppm as possible (must ensure level does not drop...

I donated this one at one of last year’s frag swaps. This one is called Viviid Kaleidoscope, and is no longer sold online anywhere In my opinion this looks nicer than UC Amazeballz and UC Glitter Gobi which are more widely known and which I also have.

You can message seller and they will likely sell for less than the 10 minimum listed. They will also provide a quote for shipping. I have bought a bunch of stuff from Alibaba and never had to pay any customs charges.

If I didn’t already have two tangs this would be super tempting!

If you don’t want something permanent why not get something like the Green Killing Machine: https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/green-killing-machine-internal-uv-sterilizer-with-power-head-1237039 The above is 24W and has a pump included. I have had two permanent UV sterilizers...

Awesome video! I didn’t know they were that small. I bit the bullet and just bought one of those Flipper Magnifiers that hang on the glass. I figure the magnifier will be useful generally(or so I hope!). Yes, the flatworms I saw I assumed may be from my euphillia since the size I saw was...

Fed a small amount of the fenbendazole flakes today at around noon. I was looking at the tanks with lights out just now and saw what looks like two flatworms floating around the water column. I was not sure I had flatworms since I dip everything but this seems to confirm their presence.

I have three wrasse (leopard, adorned, and a flasher). I have never seen them make any moves against my snails including the small army of small bumblebee snails I have in the tank.

Yeah, I have been thinking about doing so. I really should pull out some rockwork and look at the SPS under my magnifying glass. Have had the unfortunate experience of pulling out rocks a bunch of times :( I am going to catch and house my Flame Angel for a month and see if polyp extension...

These Angel’s Plus deworming flakes were also just recommended in another reefing video at the 41 minute mark. Incredible tank: