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if the foot is on the bottom glass, I'd just move the sand out of the way and use a credit card to gently scrape it off before it gets on the rock which would make it a more difficult task.

I have chaeto in Castro Valley.

Before you start mucking with dosing things, I'm guessing since you don't have that much coral for that size tank, coral growth is not what is creating a calcium deficiency. My guess is your salt mix you used first was already deficient. What salt did you use to start? First thing I would do is...

GFO is not a really a great medium to remove tin either, though it will absorb a small amount of tin. GFO is better at removing highly charged ions like phosphates or silicates. If you have a high amount of tin and want to remove it, PolyFilter or CurpriSorb is a much better choice. Not sure...

Those places look nice for a coral swap. If my vote counts for anything and we decide to go with one of these venues, I think Newark would be better since it's "kinda" in the middle of the bay.

Why should we not be supporting them? Because they don't QT? Or because they have high volume? There is no risk difference from Neptune or Aquatic Collection or Violet. They all don't QT, they all have high volume and they all import. What's your issue with Violet? I'm not defending them by any...

At times, antibiotics are a necessary answer to the problem. I'm not against using antibiotics in these cases. But the problem lies when used without reason, incorrectly or as a "dip".

Technical answer about antibiotics. Amoxicillin is a broad spectrum antibiotic that inhibits cell wall production in bacteria. Ciprofloxicin is a broad spectrum antibiotic in the quinolone family of antibiotics that stops certain enzymes from replicating DNA. How it helps with torches...

They are not the same. Two totally different classes of antibiotics and how they function.

Call me crazy, but planning an outdoor frag swap in San Jose/East Bay seems like a dicey decision in late spring or early summer unless you want to risk having coral stew. Even in the shade with the possibility of 90-100F temp for 2-4 hours will probably make a decent number of containers filled...

Those spirals look more like sporbid worms than eggs. If they're hard, definitely sporbid worms. Eggs tend to be more clustered and are typically more brownish in color than white. I've never actually seen white bug eggs (not sure anyone has ever documented it that I've seen). Here's a picture...

I just saw it knock some off. I have no idea if it would be an effective treatment plan nor do I know if it even kills them.

White bugs most likely. They're pretty much everywhere nowadays from what I've seen. Interceptor is what you need as that's the only thing I have found to get rid of them. Post in thread 'Hands Down Best Coral Dip' https://www.bareefers.org/forum/threads/hands-down-best-coral-dip.36190/post-540845

Hanna Master tester and the Hanna Alkalinity Checker (HI772) both have an error range of ±0.3 dKH ±5% of reading. So you could technically be off by 0.6 dKH between the two testers and still be have correct readings from the devices. Not to mention, you have to throw in some potential for human...

Once it's in your tank, it becomes a maintenance item. You can never really be sure it's gone and even though it looks like it is, one day it'll pop back up to haunt you. After breeding Berghia nudibranchs and growing aiptasia to feed them, I saw how amazingly teeny, tiny aiptasia can be and...

I haven't seen it in this colony, but I have in different colonies. I think a number of reefers believe that it's because of splitting, but I'm not entirely convinced that's the case. I have seen this in instances where the torch/hammer/frogspawn is no where near splitting as well. I've seen it...

I gave a frag to @PizzaOven today. This post was automatically created by BARcode

I gave a frag to @spuri87 today. This post was automatically created by BARcode

I gave a frag to @spuri87 today. This post was automatically created by BARcode

Hi @spuri87. Maybe on the next round. It appears that your tank is still pretty new in respect to coral and seeing as how it seems I'm the the last one that has that has this still alive after this DBTC started 9 years ago, I'd like to pass it on to a tank that has already shown success in...