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Probably just out of town and busy I'm guessing.

Yeah, nothing is touching that new tank glass that isn't thoroughly cleaned/inspected (as I do with all my tanks). I think this flipper will get a little cleaning, but only one side is in the water and it's just the blade + small four points, so shouldn't be hard to clean. I also have a...

Someone on reddit advised for the monstera: 1/3 orchid bark 1/3 potting soil or coco coir 1/3 extra coarse (#4) perlite 1/10 leco balls (math isn't right, just round) I'll probably do similar with the ficus triangularis and stick them in the terrarium. I will have a small hygrometer and...

I'm temporarily using my flipper =)

I just picked up a tiny variegated ficus triangularis and I have a monstera albo (1 leaf cutting w/ root) coming next week. I think these both need high humidity, and was wondering if they would do well in a terrarium while they're small. I'm going to put them in a corner that has a western and...

I ended up ordering from PNW-custom. But I’ve had radio silence for 2 weeks now. Do you know if they’re still in business?

I haven’t done it yet, but lots of people do this in their return chambers. Yes it gets sucked up by the return pump!

I use two dips: https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/8-oz-coral-rx.html https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/reef-dip-complexed-iodine-coral-dip-seachem.html

The auger is the key to it all. It also keeps all the food pushed to the front constantly, so it's very consistent. I like how simple yet elegant it is. Also, it's completely silent. If you have automatic feeders, you know how loud they can get.

This one: https://www.avastmarine.com/collections/avast-built/products/autofeeder I've tried eheim, neptune feeder, and a few others, but the avast plank is by far the absolute best. Eheim: the one I had was battery powered, and tended to fall over sometimes. Also kind of loud. Can't control...

Tank looks beautiful. Nicely done! How did you come to realize your STN was related to too much light?

Ah! I think I had mentioned possibly using something like a carbon reactor (I have a couple of those BRS canister reactors). But I think for now I'm just going with a UV and doing a bit more passive carbon (bag of carbon under my ReefMat), if anything.

My ELOS tank I just got came in a wooden box that took hours to open. So there's a chance your delivery person won't be able to wait. I have no idea how big Reefers get delivered. My Reefer 170 came in a very sturdy engineered wood box, and I didn't notice a crack in the overflow glass until I...

Yeah I will probably see symptoms in other ways, but this would tell me much sooner before other things started to fail. I don't know what you mean about a reactor. I'm going to be dosing.

For sale thread: https://bareefers.org/forum/threads/fs-red-sea-reefer-170-w-extras-ready-for-water.32794/

This is probably one of the longest running tanks I've had so far, 5 years! But it's time to let it go. As you may know, my home is getting a nice remodel, the living room build will be specifically catered to a new peninsula tank, which will be my new long term tank (as long as we have the...

Right, I have a bunch of smaller pumps, but I'm going to try to push it through the return pump (which is plenty big). There's some potential benefits of pulling water straight into the DT through the return for a UV.

I've had a similar experience. After I removed my fish and corals to a temp tank, pods exploded everywhere. I would often see a few, but without any fish, these things were crawling all over the glass in a few days without fish.

Yes, I've often measured flow this way. But I'm not sure how to: 1. Know if flow degrades over time (pump maintenance, blockage, etc) - easy fix, just keep cleaning things 2. The UV will run in parallel with my return. It will merge back with the main return line before going into the tank. Yes...

I also took some advice and I won't be using a chiller afterall. Having that fit in the stand just to help with possibly a couple hot days in the summer when my air conditioner isn't on, just isn't worth it. I'll get some fans to blow across the sump, and if that's not enough I'll add some on...