High Tide Aquatics

Michael's 300 In Vegas

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Got my aqua UV setup with a Sicce 5.0 pump. Thanks @Srt4eric for the silicone plumbing recommendation. Seems like full bore is pretty close to the minimum flow rate, so not a bad thing, but something to think about for tuneability.

Pump in 1st chamber, drains into last chamber. Zip ties hold silicone hose onto barb fitting on pump and UV. Velcro holds UV in place.

There was also a coral show here in Vegas yesterday I got permission to go to (baby problems). Here are some pics from what I got. I'll take better pics when I get things glued down.

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Also picked up a pair of Storm clowns from a local breeder. Trying to get him to make a journal here, he's breeding some cool stuff.


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Kensington Reefer said:
Are you sure there’s enough light on that tank?
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I might need another row, 15 should do the trick

BAYMAC said:
I find they LOVE lotsa flow and don't do as well in lower flow areas.
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The worms come out every day, it's tucked in a little alcove becasue otherwise it would get blasted.

I added 2x Reef Octo 4 pulse and have them facing each other on the far side of the tank doing 4 second alternating flow.

Then I still have 4x wav's on one side and 3x wav's on the other.

tribbitt said:
Snake polyp cameo
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They keep growing in both the tanks I have them in. My urchin grabbed 3 of them the other day in my 30 and walked them around the tank.
 
Got my order of live rock from https://www.tankstop.com/

Communication was great from the get go. Eric sent me multiple pictures of what he had, we texted a fair amount, mostly about other reef stuff because we both like to chat, but also about the rock. There are lots of options for rock and I told him I was looking for as much biological diversity as possible and boy did he come through.

First impression is I see tons of life, macro algae, coralline algae, possible sponges and other cool stuff. It is all pocillopora rock so very spacious for its weight. I got 10 lbs, and it smelled relatively fresh. No rotting smell and still smelled like ocean. It was a mix of larger pieces and some rubble, which may have broken off during shipping.

It is all in my sump now and the tank got a little cloudy, but I did just dump all the water and everything from the box in there, and I'll let my tank deal with it. I wouldn't recommend that for every system, but mine is old enough and has lots of biological filtration already so I am fine with whatever mini cycle happens. All in all, very happy with it.

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I'll definitely move this stuff to the display and take more pictures, I just was in a rush to get everything in the sump before the baby woke up from her nap, and I barely got that in time.
 
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