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What coral do you have? In a tank that small, unless it is jammed with SPS, you should be able to satisfy the needs with water changes given a 5g change would be nearly half the volume of the tank. You may be getting precipitation -- over my head on technical aspects but I know I had my tank...

They definitely did. I decided I wanted one after I got home . Neon gobies, fire fish, another clown, any shrimp goby -- all options. Cardinals also.

That's really cool to understand - thanks for sharing. I'd have never in a million years assumed you go through that much volume! Also explains a lot in regards to stores with good selections and those without. Is there a lack of economics aroundn actively promoting trade ins? Eg just a...

One thing iv been curious about, and this may fall into the category of "trade secret" so by so means if that is the case, no worries. But where does neptunes get so many frags from? It's it a prolific community trade in/credit system? Primarily ordering from wholesale & fragging? In house...

Ya, I got spoiled since their Milpitas store was on my way home when I commuted from Sunnyvale to Dublin. It definitely spoiled me - I still scoff when I go to other stores and see them selling really really generic stuff for $30+ Would likely be worth the trip since I have the space and the...

Tank is stable and has "a bit" of space for some frags . I think my first tank was basically 100% frags from neptune's.

Oof, haven't been to neptune's since I quit commuting to Sunnyvale, so haven't been since they were still in Milpitas. Seeing all those frags. 60 minute drive to San Jose.. o_Oo_O May have to figure out a field trip.

Minor update. Got a clean up crew delivery from reefcleaners on Friday. Added: 20 ceriths 6 trochus (3 med/3 tiny) 2 peppermint shrimp 5 nerite 15 nassarius 3 mexican turbos 30 dwarf ceriths Already had a few turbos, a handful of nerites, ceriths, nassarius. I also got an emerald crab but...

Goby found the pistol shrimp during the night - that was fast. Its always amazing to me how instinctual that relationship is. Even for a tiny little baby goby.

Yea looks like they haven't opened yet. Its unfortunate, Aquarium Concepts in Dublin was by far the best. But they have been closed for a while now. And even they didn't really have a great frag selection -- they were insanely over priced for what they offered. At the same time, I'm sure people...

There are two stores, All About Fish and Diablo Corals. All About Fish is the one I typically go to because it is only about 5 minutes from my house. Never bought coral there though; the selection in the range I buy at is always fairly limited ($15-$45 usually) . Although I will say, they...

Be careful with the phosphate rx. You want to either dose it directly into a filter sock or some sort of dense filter media. Melevsreef has a really good video on the stuff. You can also look up lanthanum chloride dosing. Its also likely overkill. If your tank is only 3 months old it just...

Yasha goby worked its way down to the sand bed last night. Now its just sitting there for whatever reason -- not trying to get in any rock holes etc. But it is actively trying to grab food that floats by. So good signs. Fire fish had disappeared for a bit - realized it found a bolt hole in a...

Dropped off the PAR meter then got down to Aquatic Collection -- great to see they are still busy! Picked two more fish: - A generic firefish - A yasha goby Will be looking for a candy cane pistol to pair with the yasha; they only had tiger pistols in stock unfortunately! Fire fish is doing...

So -- after some mild consideration. I decided that as I ramp this tank back up, barebottom really isn't for me. My goal isn't to go crazy with super needy expensive SPS frags. And one of my favorite tank inhabitants has always been a shrimp/goby combo. So I dumped 40 pounds of caribsea...

Will see. This larger tank has been a bit of an adventure - my nano felt like cruise control. I neglected it horribly and everything seemed to work out. I've put considerably more effort into this tank and historically had significantly less success. Right down to the complete takeover of the...

Yup - those would be in the realm of what I'd be targeting =) I've picked up misc acros in the past and never had much success with them. A green slimer is about the only one I've ever had encrust and grow in a meaningful way. I've had a variety of montipora do fine as well as a decently sized...

Yup - I just want to get easier things going before I dive into buying acros and promptly killing them --- not like I have **any** experience doing that. :rolleyes:

Picked up the PAR meter today - pleasantly surprised by my lights. Had not ever tested them before and I was a bit worried that I may have killed my corals before due to inadequate lighting. Turns out, it was likely the opposite! I'll take some time tomorrow to go through and capture...

Hey, if you are in Walnut Creek every other week I'd definitely be happy to figure out time to meet. Driving to the city is just a haul - hard to ask my wife if I can abandon her with the 3 year old for half the day on a weekend :p