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Why is it that EBMUD is a non profit water agency while PG&E is a for profit private company? How does a for profit company benefit customers when their first priority is their share holders and pockets? Does anyone else think our electric and gas provider should be a non profit like EBMUD?

I have had the Copperband for about 2 months. I saw him eat at the LFS. I feed all my fish a mix of: -Brine Shrimp -Mysis Shrinp -Rods Food Original -Herbivore Frenzy I feed 3-5 times a day depending on the day. I also put 1/2 sheet of nori on clips in the tank each day.

I have 0 nitrate and phosphate. I didn’t change all these things at the same time. It has been a slow change. I am now seeing a trace of nitrate so it is going in the right direction. I think my SPS were pretty pale so trying to get more color out of them. I have also been adding more fish...

Just a quick video update. Everything is going well. The only issue I have is low nutrients. I am feeding more, shortened my refugium photoperiod, trimmed my chaeto, and turned down the refugium light intensity in hopes of raising nutrients.

Hi Randy. Any more frags available? I’m German so it would be a perfect fit!

Drsfosterandsmith.com has 40% off of filter media - code FILTER40. I like their blue bonded 1.25” thick filter media pads. I get the 10’ rolls. I use this instead of filter socks. All other filter media applies to this code as well. Dave

One thing I agree with Paul on is that biodiversity is very important. I love that he takes muck from the ocean and dumps it in his tank. Our hobby has changed from live rock loaded with critters/bacteria to dry rock and sand. I believe that having a well established tank with a lot of...

So far, everything has been very stable. I have been dosing 18ml of ESV 2 part every day with a DOS. Alk 7.6 Calcium 400 Mag 1320 I added an Orangeshoulder Tang and a Tomini tang about 2 1/2 weeks ago. They are eating and doing well.

I like higher flow in my sump. With low flow, not much waste is getting removed from the display and processed by the biological and mechanical filters in the sump. I use the Fluval SP line of pumps. They are AC (less to break), not too loud (I have them under my display in the cabinet), Cost...

I will bring a tray of homemade Jalapeño Poppers.

Does anyone have Red Gracilaria they would be willing to share? I want to grow some in my sump for my tangs. I will be at the potluck this weekend...might be a good place to pick it up. Thanks. Dave

I plan to attend. Need to figure out what I will bring. I will update once I decide. I went to the Events section on the website to RSVP but didn’t see the event. Do I need to RSVP somewhere other than posting here? Dave

I figured Amps would be the easiest since that is what the Apex displays.

I’m curious how much electricity everyone’s tanks use. If you use an Apex or other means of tracking electric use, please post how much you use. Please post display size and average amps per hour. My tank: 230 Gallons 6.5 amps/hour Dave

Just a quick update. I transferred my fish and a couple of corals from my old tank to the new one everything is doing great. My Chaeto is growing nicely under the Kessil. So far, the uglies have not been too bad...knock on wood.

I bet she will get in the tank only once [emoji12] Maybe pick her up and put a paw in the water. Show her she really doesn’t want to go in...

Your tank looks great! It is very inspirational. Thanks for posting updated pictures.

How can you tell chloramine is getting through? Thanks.

I am using a Fluval SP-4. I use two more of these as my returns. This way I can keep one spare on hand that can replace any of my pumps. They are very quiet for an AC pump. I have not been sold on DC pumps yet. They cost twice as much, have more components that can fail and don’t seem to last...

My protein skimmer and pump arrived earlier this week. I found some time this evening to assemble the skimmer and got it running. The skimmer came very well packaged and the build quality is very nice. I can’t wait to see how it performs over time.