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He stated this in the instructions for the lid - and I believe @CaseyP made a comment previously that only glass is sure to not warp, and from what I read, there is no certainty. But still better than acrylic.

Got my new custom lid from Octoaquatics yesterday. Pictures do not properly show its impeccable precision. Price was USD 325 all in (tax, shipping). The material is a specific type of polycarbonate (but it might still warp). Matt is a bit rough to communicate with but he knows what he is doing...

A great question actually. I am in a German club (based in Germany), but more for (very) different perspectives than for participation - attended a couple of Zoom calls though, and their whatsapp group provides instant suggestions/help for problems, if needed. Given they are nationwide, they do...

Works extremly well for me. https://octoaquatics.com/product/octo-strong-nori-cage/

What is a meat coral?

Thanks. One is a strawberry and the other one a blueberry. Not sure if they can have different names.

If these corals have issues with 100 PAR then they were not healthy to begin with. From what I read, rowaphos is GFO which seems to strip out trace elements from your system heavily and I would not use GFO based products for phosphate reduction. The reduction or elimination of major and...

You moved to the Mountain View area? This is a bit outside my typical weekend radius, although not totally unlikely. Will keep that in mind. I have been hearing about these infamous stairs (more than the Point Reyes Lighthouse?), and the various yard finds. Very interested to see this with my...

The red patch is the base of a digitata which was there a few months ago. Unfortunately, it kept growing under my watch, and I need to stop this now. What is the recommended course of action? Glueing putty/epoxy over this?

Clearchoice aquatics? Have been looking at them too.

Where are the rocks located? I can see if I can pick them for you if you want.

Did not know you were making structures. Good to know.

Looking at your ICP, it does not look like traces are the issue for my golden rod (but I believe it is for the gonies). Still, seeing Triton reports after some time again worries me as they indicate 0 values to be green, which is clearly not correct in all cases. Balling light combines major...

I have moved it temporarily to a (signficantly) lower light area and will see what happens. I feel the base has started to improve already but this might be wishful thinking. I am not seeing any parasites on it but I am also only using my eyes, which should not give a lot of comfort to the...

I would not use any high PH solution as this will just drive up precipitation risks and longer term issues from binding traces and phosphate which later come back into your tank in one go - unless your tank can take up everything instantly when dosed (wall to wall SPS might do that), which is in...

Cleaning the glass Every.Single.Day would be might my nightmare. I am up to twice a week which bothers me already. In a recent German youtube interview a LFS owner commented on this issue and said they are using either Zebra or Mexican Turbos only for this purpose, and almost never have to...

Bayer kills bees - and (therefore) banned in Europe. Some believe it is even worse and if we ever get to invite Claude/Fauna Marin to a Zoom meeting, he has a whole story around why this is a really bad dip, same as the KFC dip. But of course, he is selling dips - but he did not say anything bad...

I typically take a picture right after I levelled it again… No, seriously, I have moved the vertical gyres slightly higher, but there is still a little bit of sand pushing, but interestingly more on one side (the side on the picture) not really the other - I guess this is due to the slighlty...

Following up on our chat yesterday, when I learned that the banana torches will not like the higher PAR in my tank. How much PAR can the rapunzel torch take? I have between 300 and 350 where this needs to be placed.

Great example of how effective gyres are.