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Hi All, My wife really wants a purple firefish and I understand they are jumpers. Where does one get a custom tank cover made and what are the best materials to have it made out of? I have a 24" x 60" top with 4" eurobracing all around, making the opening 16" x 52". Thanks! Best regards, Mike

OK, phosphates back to zero, but that is probably because the green hair algae is consuming it. Having some GHA show up on the sand bed, various rocks, and one power head. Also in the refugium, where I can access it and clean it out weekly. Chaeto has all died off. Been running carbon and GFO...

Thanks! Good to know. Purple Monster $45 at coral collectors (only one, I call dibs for the next few days until I make up my mind. Apparently a slow grower, which doesn't help). https://www.coralcollectors.com/product/purple-monster-acropora/ Lots of pretty corals on their website, but...

Thanks. I was also looking at a red dragon, red planet, and purple monster.

I do, and thank you for it. It is growing, but it is a dark reddish brown (more brown than red). Would love to see it turn more red. Would also love to see the leng sy monti and red monti look like they are happy as right now they are very very dull. The purple and green monti’s are colorful and...

Thanks, I'll contact them and check Neptune's. Let's see what they have before making a decision on your piece of setosa. Thanks for the kind offer.

Thanks, the setosa looks pretty cool. Maybe AC will have them? If not, is the there a recommended place to order from? Spoke too soon yesterday, I see some tiny strands of an unknown entity (hair algae) starting to appear all over the rocks. Might be time to add more snails!

HI All, Thanks for the input. Looking into the various backup options (I have a DC pump). My dosing lines do not go into the water. I mixed up a new batch and it seems to have stayed dissolved. Happy to report most of my corals are doing well. The tricolor tortusa is really growing as is...

Sodium carbonate. Don't think that there is any contamination. I emptied it and put in a fresh mix. Will monitor it closely. All the corals have polyps out now. Whew, I was worried after the power outage. What are people running for battery backups?

Question, so I came home from a several day business trip and my sodium carbonate (for dosing) seems to have completely come out of solution. The temperature in our house is pretty stable from when I mixed it about 10 days ago. I used the recommended 2 cups/gallon. Thoughts? Here is a look...

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Thanks very much. I still have 0.00 phosphates, but that said, maybe I can get some the 23rd or 24th if you are around as I expect my bioload to increase. Traveling this weekend, really bummed I am going to miss the swap as I need to start adding some red, yellow, and orange to the tank as I...

That is crazy they can keep those in a tank and feed them. How long were they? Or you could just go to to the Sea of Cortex off La Paz....................spent 3 days with 2 of them (roughly 35 and 38 footers) on an awesome dive drip.

So I figured out the Stenner issue. I timed how long it took to deliver 1.00 gallon of water from each pump head with very short lengths of 1/4" tubing, using the same 1/4" tubing for each head. The inside head took an average of 17:22 (min:sec). The outside head averaged 16:26. Hence, the...

Update Corals - seem to be doing better. Still lots of strings off the german blue in a number of places, but it is definitely growing. Red monti is still pink. In fact, all montis don't seem to be doing much of anything. Mushroom is getting bigger. Bird of paradise is very fluffy. Forest fire...

I think Home Depot has some as well. You might give them a try.

Same issue I had with plumbing, took weeks to complete. Nice setup! FYI - Lowes has some Mur-Lok fittings and tubing.

You can also use a bulkhead fitting inside the house and run a short piece of PVC connected to it through the wall (or bulkheads on each side). Seal the outside with silicone. I ran PVC all the way to the garage, but used the bulkhead as described here and in the garage on the other end. I used...

That seems reasonable. I have had the sponge for an air filter sitting in my sump for a while now, so I should have some bacteria to add to one of the tanks after TTM is over. I just feel bad for the fish in the little tank with just some PVC tubing to hang out with. Thanks!