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Looks great. I want to replace the flooring in my fish room, but I’m dreading moving all of my tanks. Hope the installation goes smoothly!

Congratulations! First one?

That's weird. I would think dry air coming from the CO2 scrubber intake would keep the humidity relatively low throughout the tubing. Some moisture is good, I've always poured a tiny amount of water in the CO2 scrubber when I refill it, but I can't remember mine ever looking like a sauna. edit...

Sorry for your loss. Losing fish sucks. Your living room is really starting to come together, I can see your vision coming to life. What kind of flooring did you go with? Looks like LVP? I had waterproof LVP in my old condo and loved it.

Make sure Duncan chips in for gas money.

Nice tank! Any aggression between the chromis? I tried a trio a long time ago and ended up with a single after a few months.

They’re very stubborn and annoying. I did the following to get them under control: Filter floss changed weekly Added Bumblebee snails Coral snow 1x per week Feed fish small amounts with turkey baster, no broadcast feeding I did the shotgun approach, which worked well over time.

Yeah, I had an explosion a while back in my main tank (all of this rock came from that tank). I was feeding reef roids a couple times per week which I think contributed to the problem.

I love discosoma. Some multiply way too quickly (purple, brown, green ones), but I've found the more $$ they are, the more manageable they are. They will end up in places you didn't put them, but I'm OK with it.

Update: Things are going fairly well. Corals seem happy for the most part. I was struggling to keep surface film from building up on the surface: To fix the problem, I decided to swap out the HOB for one with an integrated surface skimmer (I bought this on Amazon for $12.99, I've updated my...

PM me for pickup. I have a few available.

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Nice progress, it's coming together!! I just switched to titanium heaters, I guess since they're more efficient than glass heaters, they can be a lot smaller. I put two 200W on my 65g system, which is way overkill. The downside to this is more on/off cycles with the extra power and efficiency...

The wet dry vac is a cool idea. I cleaned my sump a few weeks ago and used a turkey baster to suck up detritus that had settled at the bottom of each chamber. It was a slow process.

I went a couple of years ago. I waited until the second day to buy stuff, put everything in a small cooler, and drove the 7-ish hours home at the end of the day. You can find pretty good sales at the end of the 2nd day when vendors are trying to clear stuff out. I got a lot of cool swag...

I've had my eye on the UNS Reef systems. I have 3 UNS tanks (all FW). I love the build quality and mitered edges. I'm thinking this will be my next build, so following along.

I agree, it’s impossible to create a perfectly balanced solution for every tank. I’m trying this out because it’s simple. If I end up with major imbalances, I’ll try a different approach. Great to hear your experience, and that others have success with it! What dosage do you use?

I sort of figured an all in one solution like this may have issues - imbalances, missing elements, etc. If I can avoid buying and dosing individual elements, this would be ideal.

Thanks for the advice. OK, I'll start with 1 drop every two days and check back with ICP in a couple of weeks.

I did some preventative maintenance today. My 2x100W Eheim heaters were getting pretty old (3-4 years), so I decided to replace them. I went with these Hygger titanium heaters. They are smaller than my Eheim heaters, which saves a little bit of space in my sump. I also picked up Isol8 MT...