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+1 on mixing MgCl+MgS but also doing regular water changes will help prevent the Na/Cl imbalance from dosing 2-part. However, your iodine is 226ug/l? I don't trust ICP tests to be always accurate, but do you think that's possible - how much iodine have you been dosing? Or how much...

In the past when your toadstool shed did it cause any problems for the tank? Or you think it was shedding due to some other stressor…?

Yea I think you're right, once you get a 'funk' in a tank it can start showing as white areas/bacteria infections on acros etc.

Would love to go again - we had a wonderful docent-led tour behind the scenes with lots of good info learned last time. I already committed to an event at my kids' school during the day though. Have fun!

A caveat- I haven’t seen evidence that the Aquabiomics tankwide Cipro works long term - I don’t know of any long term follow up (I think Aquabiomics reps said in their Humblefish talk that they tore down the system they treated before knowing if the result was long lasting) and they haven’t...

Looks like you confirmed that worms didn’t fall off in a dip, so that’s likely not the problem - when I brought a euphyllia home with euphyllia eating flatworms they were clear and difficult to see on the coral but about 6-10 fell off visibly in a dip. Also, even if you find 2 worms on a coral...

@Coral reefer I would post this on https://www.uship.com/ and see if any movers quote this job.

@robert4025 What’s the update on your Malaysian acro shipment?

I’m glad you’re doing this and hope you can share your approach. I think everyone’s tired of replacing their EB832 every 2 years.

Adding some carbon source (vinegar etc) might help the bacteria grow faster too... I like the modified Trident. I too usually just leave the tray out because it's such a pain to get all the tubes back in without crimping - I really wish they'd change the form factor (and 100 other things).

I’m referring to QT fish in hyposalinity (not a quick dip), are you talking about dips…? My information on treating marine ich w/hyposalinity and Uronema with Metroplex (metronizole) is from Fowler's Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine Current Therapy, Volume 9 2019, article ”Techniques for Addressing...

For fish I start with hyposalinity - this gives them a break (from processing and expelling salts) so they can have energy to heal and their immune system can start working well again after the transport and handling they’ve been through. Hyposalinity (12ppt) is also effective against marine...

Sorry to hear it. Yet, you should be proud of what you accomplished, your tank looked great. I get what you’re saying about the false security of the controllers - has tripped me up at times also.

I still have the three frags that made it through my QT process from the previous Speciosa shipment. Really surreal color but not growing too much yet. Although I should take new photos and compare, who knows. So maybe they are turbid water corals (guessing based on the barnacles they came in...

…how about (Michelle) RainbYeoh Speciosa? Ha.

What I learned from putting mangroves and in a frag tank: - the roots need to be covered so algae and vermatids etc don’t grow on them, which chokes the roots. Rocks, sand, mud will do as long as other stuff is deprived the opportunity to grow on the roots. - you DO need to wash the salt build...

Welcome! Red Sea tanks are great. If I did it over again I’d get some water from healthy established tanks to get all the microbial diversity, rather than only add bacteria in a bottle. Live rock is overrated.

I agree with @Coral reefer if a coral seems unworthy of its own DBTC, or you don’t want to create one just for that coral, just put it in the pay it forward (PIF) thread. Problems with adding an unrelated coral into an existing chain: loss of traceability and muddling the lineage. What if it’s...

It’s great for reefers to see how fat these tangs get in the wild when they can eat as much as they want. I’m surprised they were in such shallow water. Maybe just my yellow tang is afraid to go within a foot of the water surface.

it’s possible ostracods just get a bad rap like ciliates because they jump in to clean up the damaged tissues, but they have those sussy hook shaped pest legs that look like they’re for clinging to a host.