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Just wanted everyone with neros to know that AI now has guards available that go on the back of the powerhead. If you purchased one of the original neros, the new guards cost 10 cents plus $12 for shipping. Limit 5 Per order. https://shop.aquaillumination.com/collections/nero If you buy a new...

I've been noticing a slight tingle on cuts/hangnails on the rare occasions that I stick my hands in the display tank. I've tested sticking my hand in the quarantine tank and don't feel the same thing, so I was assuming it's some stray voltage. At this point, everything in my tank is on DC except...

I have a yellow clown goby that my clownfish evicted from the tank. He is free to a good home. I’ve moved him to a small quarantine tank and it might be best for him to stay there for a few days. He did get a little beat up before I was able to get him out. I’m in lower haight in SF.

I just installed my KH Director (KHD from here on), and I figured I'd give some thoughts on it while it was still fresh in my mind. The KHD is a standalone device but requires a GHL "Doser 2.1" 4 head dosing pump to work. I purchased the bundle with both the KHD and a slave dosing pump from...

I have a few captive bred trochus snails that are starting to get too big for my nano tank. Would love to pass mama and papa on to someone with a little more room. They appear to have bred in my quarantine tank, so I’m guessing that these could continue to be passed down in DBTC fashion. ORA...

I ordered some pods from AlgaeBarn in advance of my vacation to insure my mandarin has something to eat while I'm away. While I was there, I ordered some PNS YelloSno (one of those impulse buys like the candy that they stash at the checkout lines in the grocery store). Description here...

While searching for a somewhat unrelated topic, I ran across this article that seems to suggest that bird poop increases coral growth significantly: https://phys.org/news/2019-03-importance-bird-poo-coral-growth.html Since I have a parrot, it got me thinking about whether I should try dropping...

Despite best efforts to keep ich out of the tank, I noticed my clowns rubbing against rocks the last two or three days and last night noticed a few spots on them (of course in the areas that are white and it’s hard to see). I gave the clowns a freshwater dip and moved them into quarantine last...

My last tank had a sump and refugium, but I used it for frags, so there was plenty of flow from a powerhead I put in there . This time I’m using the sump as a real refugium and have no additional flow. There’s been a consistent brown algae on the walls and floor. I cleaned it off a few weeks...

I'm going to do my best to keep this build limited to captive bred coral/fish/inverts and the tank was started using Marco Rocks instead of using real reef rock. Equipment: Tank: Aquamaxx 32 gallon rimless Overflow: Modular Marine Nano Overflow Sump: Modular Marine Custom Sump and ATO...

So, after some time off, I've decided to rebuild by nano. I'm somewhat space constrained with my sump and need to have something custom built. Does anyone have some good recommendations? I've already reached out to Modular Marine, but are there any other options that someone in the group knows...

I was at Aqua Forest over the weekend and they had some freshwater Endlers Livebearers. Decided to try acclimating them to saltwater (which apparently can be done). Seems like they would be great for a nano tank, so... I started acclimation of 6 Male Endlers Sunday night 8/23. I'll be slowly...

My clownfish is getting too big for my nano and for whatever reason, she has it out for my Randall's Assessor, so she's been temporarily banished to the sump and is looking for a more suitable home with some more space. She's mostly black in the middle with some bright orange around the edge...

Apologies if you visited the site in the past few hours and got a display issue. @Enderturtle has been getting us so many new sponsors that I screwed up some code while adding one of the new sponsor banners. I *think* I've corrected it. Please let me know if anything displays incorrectly...

I had some time over the weekend (when I wasn't scrubbing algae off my live rocks) to add a new "style" to the website for testing. I've been using it a few days on various devices and it seems good. There are numerous visual improvements and, IMO, improved navigation. Items to note that are...

Now that we have spam under control, I'd like some input from members on things that they think can be improved, fixed, or obliterated on the website. Let's hear your thoughts on anything that still annoys you, or your suggestions for improvements or enhancements.

Saw this article on the Advanced Aquarist website this morning about the "voodoo juices" like microbacter7 and BacterGen. In true AA style, they never really come to a conclusion, but it generally appears that these products would be useful for reducing cycle time and seeding new aquariums with...

It seemed pretty unanimous that people were interested in doing tank tours in September, October or November and it looks like it's been about 9 months since the last tank tour, so we are probably overdue for a new one. We need to see who wants to show off their tanks, so if you want to...

Since there isn't a regular meeting in September, @FeliciaLynn suggested that we might want to organize a member's tank tour or a tour of the local fish stores (or perhaps another low-key member driven event). I've set up this post to see how many people might be interested and what the...

There has been a good discussion on the "what are you bringing to the frag swap" thread about ways we can improve future frag swaps. If you've already posted in the other thread, if you could summarize your comments again here, it will help keep everything in one place.