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How many montis, what size, and how much money have you spent on them? If you have a small collection, easiest is pull them. There's a lot of cool corals you can do instead. Alternatively you could try some experiments. Coral don't necessarily care about being on a nice rock. Light and water...

I imagine the answer depends on how flat and smooth your stand is. I'd contact the aquarium maker and see that they say. To me it doesn't make any sense that a foam layer would be detrimental. Once it compresses, it'd be functionally equivalent to a piece of wood. Said differently, at some...

The "grass" (GSP) in my tank is the main thing people comment on, after the snails and shrimp. Some day I'm going to create a really pompous website with "sold out" named acros and then a "limited edition" named GSP with frags at $99. I guarantee it'd sell out. That'd be crazy to hear if anyone...

Not to micromanage / armchair quarterback your tank, but just calling out that a 7.1-7.8 alk change from a one time dose over 15 minutes is in big alk swing territory. Every tank is different, but swings like that caused me major euphylia polyp bailout and dead torches. Other things were...

Mine is growing now. In my experience it seems to do better under a more standard, or blue, spectrum than when it was under a pink/red refugium light. Anyone else having that, or maybe it was a coincidence things got better after I moved it?

GSP is great. Pocillopora are great. GSP will spread, so you need to isolate and maintain. Pocillopora can also spread in the ways you noted, so you should be aware. Pocillopora to someone beyond us non deep reefer nerds looks the same as a Stylophora and like a cooler, fuzzier stick (acro). I...

I have a bunch of large pocillopora colonies that I'm going to likely remove from my main display to clear some space. Very healthy corals. Zero pests in my display. I'm going to put them for sale on FB, but if anyone here would like one, or a big chunk, let me know. I'll take offers of free...

I think regardless of what that norm is, it should be that people get nicely asked/told about it. Ideally it'd be publicly shared, so everyone could know they got tank STDs. However public would be either overtly aggressive or at least passive aggressive, so I usually just ask nicely if they...

All that being said, if you have an that measurements I can print you at least some test pieces for sizing. I might even have some ABS somewhere.

My understanding is potassium chloride doesn't works on nudis. I might be wrong, but I looked into it when the club was taking about it so much and then saw that and abandoned the idea. If you experience otherwise, or read otherwise, please do share. I use Coral Rx, I think. No specific...

3d printable probably, but would require using filament that can support the weight and maybe more importantly the heat of the lights without warping. Maybe ABS or ASA filament. I personally don't have that on hand, and ASA seems to require a good filtration system (I've never tried that one)...

Saying things a bit differently, if you're going to put a valve on to restrict flow, then there's no reason to use a bigger pipe as your primary return. If you turn the valve closed, you're turning a 1/2in drain to maybe 1/4in (or smaller), at the valve. The flow volumes are most affected by the...

Definitely easier to buy a kit. I stayed this route because I wanted it setup a particular way, otherwise I'd of probably bought one of those eat overpriced kits. I have a CNC now which I think is more appropriate, but I can only cut small things...

Here's a fusion 360 and a step file version. I didn't test those exports, but those are the pieces I used. There's a baffle in there by the drain, but I didn't actually use that. I glued them together with epoxy, then siliconed them in place. Make sure to do a water safety test to ensure your...

If you're going to go the dipping route, which is a good one, you should be dipping every monti every couple days. There's guides online, but I think it's approximately every 3-5 days (some guides say daily, some 5 days, more is better). Scrub with a brush or at least a toothpick any white...

let me track em down. They're all sized for a 40gallon breeder though. Certainly could be resized/scaled. Has worked for me so far with no issues. The plastic does bow, but so far has held up well. Do you use fusion 360 or anything like that? I could try and export the original.

Definitely looks like it. Seems very common in frags, including from the club (maybe particularly from since that's where I've gotten them from). Check all your montis for lines and white spots and be very aggressive about scraping or tossing pieces. If you see one climbing on the glass, you...

Partial frag tank shot. I think this is the first time I've ever grown out numerous colonies at once; especially acro colonies. Monti eating nudis seem to be under control. Not really sure what changed, besides the wrasses getting hungry because my avast feeder got a bit plugged up. Some...

I've used those two. Nothing wrong with trying! I got mine in a two pack with a TDS meter (maybe that exact same one). From what I've read the cheap ones aren't very good with saltwater.

I'd try with a different meter or a test kit. I wouldn't go out of your way to spend a bunch of money on testing it, but as @Arvin R said those numbers seem erroneous. Particularly with your alk numbers, it seems impossible. It does seem promising your 65 had a higher number than your other...