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  1. IOnceWasLegend

    Great selection of QT’d fish at High Tide

    Because I sent some pictures to Cos earlier - here's the Achilles hybrid in question. Going on two years in the tank now, and still fat, happy, and healthy. (Note: those white specks are dust/dried saltwater on the glass that accumulated before my weekly cleaning)
  2. IOnceWasLegend

    Reef Kinetics Reefbot Lab - Automated Testing

    Haven't used it personally, but there's a Facebook group, as well as a few reviews from users on Humblefish. The one that comes to mind is from Jessican: https://humble.fish/community/threads/reef-kinetics-reefbot-lab.18224/ I was looking into it last year when debating moving on from my...
  3. IOnceWasLegend

    Great selection of QT’d fish at High Tide

    All the fish I've purchased from Kenny have been happy, healthy, and long lived. I'd especially like to highlight two main things: 1. I got a mandarin dragonet pair and a copperband butterfly from him when I was stocking my 200g. Not only did he ensure they ate frozen and made it through QT...
  4. IOnceWasLegend

    Best way to lower phosphates

    Three ways you can go about it: 1. Water change 2. Running GFO (use a calculator and monitor, since this can bottom out phosphates) 3. Dosing lanthanum chloride (e.g. Brightwell Phosphate-E). Quick, effective, but be VERY careful with it given it can create particulate matter that can...
  5. IOnceWasLegend

    the Sea Hare an Aquatic Vacuum

    Echinoderms are safe, but Humblefish recommends sea slugs have a full 45 day QT at 80.6 F in a fishless system to be safe because there's no definitive evidence for ich/velvet tomont adherence: https://humble.fish/community/threads/coral-invert-quarantine-time-frames.487 In theory, you're...
  6. IOnceWasLegend

    "The Lab" - Josh and Tiffany's IM Nuvo EXT 200

    Nautella is gram-negative, and oxolinic acid targets gram-negative bacteria. I'll likely try reseeding my tank in the near future, but I want to wait and see what the microbiome balance looks like after oxolonic acid treatment prior to doing so.
  7. IOnceWasLegend

    "The Lab" - Josh and Tiffany's IM Nuvo EXT 200

    Update 2-25-25 It’s been a while since my last update, and unfortunately not a happy one (though hopefully useful for others). ~9-10 months ago, I started having another round of torches dying off. It was identical to the last occurrence, and was a repeat of the same issue that’s plagued me...
  8. IOnceWasLegend

    100 gallon stock tank advice?

    I'd suggest an ATO given stock tank will have quite a bit of surface area and that'll promote evaporation. Powerheads/flow if you'll have any coral in there. I will say that I'd be careful of that green brittle starfish. There's reports of them eating fish.
  9. IOnceWasLegend

    Complete Bonus/Ultra Coral List - 2024 (REVISED AS OF 2/16/25)

    From a quick glance online, I would say 'no' for this swap. We can revisit that discussion for the next swap. This is also a notice for everyone that, while I should have said this much earlier, the bonus/ultra list is locked effective as of now for tomorrow's swap. In the future (and I'll make...
  10. IOnceWasLegend

    PLEASE RSVP BY 2/21 for the 2/23 Members-Only Frag Swap at Mission Blue

    We can discuss them for the next swap, but unfortunately there's no time the night before to discuss/agree on additions to the list. My fault for not including this cutoff in the main post, but in prior swaps I've given a 72 hour cutoff for situations like this.
  11. IOnceWasLegend

    2/23 Frag Swap Volunteer Thread

    We'll have a list of members (including volunteers, who get checked in first, highlighted in green) for you. :)
  12. IOnceWasLegend

    Sick White Tail Kole Tang - Free

    Hope everything is going better for your fish; and happy to help answer any questions I can
  13. IOnceWasLegend

    PLEASE RSVP BY 2/21 for the 2/23 Members-Only Frag Swap at Mission Blue

    Given I'll be transporting the phyto and pods to the raffle for him, I'm going to guess he will not be attending (though I'll follow up with him today).
  14. IOnceWasLegend

    PLEASE RSVP BY 2/21 for the 2/23 Members-Only Frag Swap at Mission Blue

    Just a reminder, if you haven't RSVP'd yet, PLEASE DO SO NO LATER THAN 5 PM TOMORROW, 2/21. I'll be making the check-in list then, and not being on it may cause delays. Cheers, all!
  15. IOnceWasLegend

    PLEASE RSVP BY 2/21 for the 2/23 Members-Only Frag Swap at Mission Blue

    I'm going to guess this was corrected in my original post; but TL;DR is "Too long, didn't read." Sorry, I'm terminally online sometimes so I forgot to clarify.
  16. IOnceWasLegend

    Request for bonus coral checker volunteers for 2/23 frag swap

    Hello, all! The 2/23 frag swap at Mission Blue is rapidly approaching. Given some of the changes we're making going forward with frag swaps (see here for details), we're looking for volunteers to help head up the bonus coral check-in. We're trying to over-engineer this to start, so please reach...
  17. IOnceWasLegend

    Changes to frag swaps going forward

    This is a less-than-fun post to write, so I'm going to jump right into it. Over the last several swaps, we've had a number of issues with people providing misidentified and/or unhealthy corals in the swaps. These issues have been particularly prevalent in bonus/ultra corals; compounding the...
  18. IOnceWasLegend

    PLEASE RSVP BY 2/21 for the 2/23 Members-Only Frag Swap at Mission Blue

    We will be having a members-only frag swap on February 23, 2025, on the peninsula! Due to issues in the last couple frag swaps, we're making some changes going forward, starting with this one. TL;DR usernames on cups will be heavily enforced and there will be quite a bit more scrutiny...
  19. IOnceWasLegend

    2/23 Frag Swap Volunteer Thread

    If you are thinking of attending - even if you're not sure you'll make it - PLEASE RSVP. This helps us predict how much food to order + makes logistics a lot easier. Location: Mission Blue Center, 475 Mission Blue Dr, Brisbane, CA 94005 Date: February 23, 2025 Time : TBD (But probably 12:00 PM...
  20. IOnceWasLegend

    12/3 ONLY: SaltwaterAquarium.com discount - 10% off all gift cards

    Technically a black friday deal, but I thought this deserved its own thread. You get points with purchase, and you can also stack these with future sales since they're basically cash. https://www.saltwateraquarium.com/giftcards/
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