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I have a replacement arriving at 11am. Do I put him in an acclimation box or will that further stress him out?

I’d use a inkbird controlled primary heater and an apex controlled backup heater set just below the main heater. That way you can set an alarm if your backup heater ever turns on.

I checked for stray voltage with Eric’s help and it’s reading just fine. I’m going to chalk up the second lost pink streaked wrasse to poor arrival health.

I like the Hanna alk, HR nitrate and ulr phosphorus checkers. Salifert for ammonia, nitrite, magnesium, ph and calcium is my preference.

My geometric perchlet chased him out from under the perchlet’s favorite frag rack and my gramma did take a swipe but the aggression wasn’t continuous or sustained. I didn’t hear any pistol shrimp clicking.

I have 2 clowns, royal gramma, exquisite fire fish, geometric perchlet, and bicolor blenny. They’re all fat and healthy. They have been that way the entire time in my tank. My perchlet only pecks at brine shrimp and mainly eats pods. I feel like I’ve got somewhat of a handle on keeping fish fat...

It’s been laying on the sand for 10 mins not breathing so I’m calling it. 0 for 2 with this fish.

Welp. Yea…

I hate the pink streaked wrasse. I just found him sucked to a wavemaker. Now he’s aimlessly floating on the verge of death.

That would be so cool! And I’d love to PIF the extra one (if ever found).

New pink streaked wrasse was acclimated via the reef beef method and placed in my tank. He’s freaked out and hiding under a frag rack. I hope all the extra caves and hides I built allows him to live.

I wasn’t very verbose so I said “free”. I traded IT services for ample store credit and also cashed in goodwill to get him near cost. I fully support BARs mission of ethical husbandry and I try to live by it.

The best investment I made in reefing was becoming a supporting member. BOD members have spent hours helping me with my newbie issues!

I didn’t dose any more esv mag as my previous overdose returned my levels to 1400. I prefer 1500 but I’m happy where it’s at.

All my fish are out a lot more! I should have started with more rock lol.

Well there's (most likely) your problem!

I would have much rather gone through your excellent store and QT system! This one is free, hence getting it from somewhere else. Thanks for the tips Kenny!

do you have split 2.4 and 5ghz ssids? I find all Reef gear is 2.4 only and doesn’t do well on combined 2.4/5 networks.

After adding at least 5lbs of small to medium rocks and expanding my rockwork, my Royal gramma is out a lot more. I’m not sure if it’s because he feels safer or his territory changed. Probably both?

Great tips, thanks! I’ll start breaking the surface up when feeding and dosing phyto at night.