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Bolick's 55gal mixed reef

Sounds like you need to dump some cheap dried flakes and pellets in! Haha

Edit: nope, its more frozen food you need, I knew I got it backwards
 
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Bolicks said:
I think Randy recommends frozen for higher NO3/PO4 unfortunately! I wonder why pellets tend to be higher in PO4 - bone meal as filler?
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Phosphates, in particulate Polyphosphates, are often used as a preservative for foods, especially for flake, pelleted and ground (coral foods) products.

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Small picture update:

Looking good overall! Full sized skimmer and fuge making nutrient control much easier than the biocube. Tank starting to fill out, especially after the swap! Now, I just need to patiently let things grow in :)

Also, any way to change the name of this thread? Would like to have it reflect the upgraded tank.

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Budding euphyllia garden (thanks @svreef for the hammer and frogspawn from the swap!)


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How compatible are torches/hammers/frogspawns when it comes to touching each other?

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Favia encrusting:

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Budding monti rock (Mostly from @Coral reefer IIRC)
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After using the PAR meter, it seems that I need to turn my lights up!

PAR map at 40% blue/40% white/40% royal on 2x AI sol (This is what the tank's been on for the past couple of months)
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PAR map after turning up to 80% blue/80% white/80% royal on 2x AI sol
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Spread seems OK, but I definitely need to get closer to the second setup. Recommendations on how fast I should bring the intensity up?
 
Bolicks said:
After using the PAR meter, it seems that I need to turn my lights up!

PAR map at 40% blue/40% white/40% royal on 2x AI sol (This is what the tank's been on for the past couple of months)
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PAR map after turning up to 80% blue/80% white/80% royal on 2x AI solView attachment 29509

Spread seems OK, but I definitely need to get closer to the second setup. Recommendations on how fast I should bring the intensity up?
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I would suggest getting to 70 w, 85 b, 100 rb. I’d go up maybe 5 on each channel per week or two
 
Seeing more clown-on-clown aggression than before, even though the smaller male appears to be submitting. The female seems to have taken a decent chunk out of the male's tail... Should I intervene or let the pairing behavior continue?
 
From what I see in my clowns, normal. Tail webbing grows back : ) Just tonight, watching a 5x-size female harassing the male, the male deked and dodged and came back and nipped her tail when she wasn't looking. They remind me of my cats.
 
Squist said:
From what I see in my clowns, normal. Tail webbing grows back : ) Just tonight, watching a 5x-size female harassing the male, the male deked and dodged and came back and nipped her tail when she wasn't looking. They remind me of my cats.
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Reassuring to hear :) mean little fish!
 
Seems like the clowns have mellowed - they're semi-peacefully sharing the anemone now. Remarkably, the male clown's fin has healed and re-grown completely in only 10 days!
 
Reef running nicely - starting to dose AFR as my SPS are starting to grab quite a bit of Ca.

Alveopora's been looking kinda weird lately - when the lights come on, the polyps look like they're "breaking", and these weird lines disappear towards the end of the day. Anyone seen this before?

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