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I just received the Stenner today. Install took less than 30 minutes as I already had the lines run from the garage to the tank. I ran the drain line down the drain for our washer (same place as the RODI waste). Used two Mur-Lok bulkhead fittings to hold the lines in the sump. Outflow from the...

So we ordered and received a mated pair of clowns that have been undergoing TTM since 8/30. They were at the fish store (CoralreefTN) for at least a month before I got them. I know this as they were WYSIWYG and we had them on our list of possibilities back while the tank was still cycling. They...

Really looks like the German blue is coming apart, it is not from the water column. I backed off the lighting, we'll see what happens.

It's interesting, because the polyps on the tricolor which is at the top of the tank, are really out (much more than previous days). I dialed the lighting back to the intensity is was pre-scuzy's profile at a lower output, but left his spectrum. We'll see. Sure looks like polyps coming apart...

Nothing close. No idea what RTN/STN is. Clearly long strings (1 cm) coming off of german blue). Pink is about 2-3mm long on red monti. Not there yesterday. Dialing back the lights a bit now as that is only change.

Running into a problem. One tip of my german blue is unraveling in long thin strings of brown (the polyp color) and showing more skeleton. Also, the red monti is more pink around the edges today than previous. All water parameters are good except Ca is still high at 560. Only change has been a...

Been running scuzy's mitras lighting project (thanks scuzy) for 2 days now at 60% of his power level - planning to ramp up at some point. And now I am a reefer (it had been too easy thus far) - I am sitting here almost literally watching diatoms spread across the tank like someone spilled hot...

Interesting, as soon as the light intensity started going down, the hammer and rhodactus seriously shrank and then shortly after sunset, the toadstool completely closed up. The forest fire and bird of paradise polyps are still out in full strength. Fun to watch.

Thanks again! Be interesting to look at the PAR levels and dial the lights up and down and see what effect that has in real time. The toadstool continues to open up, though still bent over at a 90 degree angle. Hammer is slowly opening and the rhodactus has at least opened up to double the...

Vincent showed me how to dip (Bayer), acclimate, and glue them on. So yes, we dipped and acclimated. My wife can't wait for them to start growing out. I'm taking that as a good sign. Everything seems reasonably happy except the German blue (don't see any polyps out yet) and the tricolor only...

Christmas came early yesterday thanks to Vincent. He brought over all kinds of frags to get me started. How cool is that! Thanks Vincent! Hammer Tyree green toadstool Green hairy rhodactus Red, green, Idaho grape, and Tyree leng sy montipora Bird of paradise Forest fire and German blue digitata...

Thanks. I greatly appreciate all the excellent advice and assistance from BAR members in helping make this a reality. I am very happy with it. I too can't wait to see it populated! My wife was asking today "how long will it take to have the tank filled with coral?" My reply was "years". That...

Yup, really exciting. Got the lights up and running. It isn't as bright as it looks in the picture. Software manual is thin on information, so I don't know how to access some features (like adding moonlight in sync with the actual phase of the moon), but basic lighting/spectrum/output is...

Weekend update. re water exchange, it is a total of 69 gallons per month, (5.3125 gallons, 3 days per week), with dilution it is only replacing 54 actual gallons of the original water per month. When I filled the tank and sump, it took 180 gallons. (54/180)/100 = 30% water change per month...

I plan to turn off ATO during water changes, but thanks for the reminder in case I missed it. Not feeding the tank yet, but plan to start tomorrow after checking all water parameters and making sure they are in range. A quick ammonia check was 0.00, not even close to a trace amount on the color...

Threw in a bottle of Dr. Tim's yesterday to try and get over the trace ammonia hump so I can call Vincent and get a coral in my tank. pH was up to 8.1 last night, but I turned off the skimmer when I added the Dr. Tim's and it is back down to 7.95 now. Green hair algae still contained in the...

Excellent, thanks everyone on the pH input.

Mines been running 7.85-7.95. Never gets above 7.95, so I was hoping to bump it up to closer to 8.1 with the CO2. I just turned it on to full CO2 to see where it goes. I have a reverse cycle in the refugium, but it is only an H80 light. I'll worry about something else for now - like keeping the...

That was a big typo - oops. 0.05 movement. Unless I see something dramatic, it isn't worth $50/mth.

Will do, thanks Vincent! You are probably a better judge of that than I am. Water parameters are oh so close. I think I should pick up a salifert ammonia test kit as the API just doesn't read well at really low levels. Added a CO2 scrubber with a Tee valve so I can regulate how much air goes...