Randy’s Innovative Marine 75 Ext
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Mmmmmm. Laser Mellon. Always wanted to get that one.
RandyC
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I got a shaded frag to start with that was all brown. It’s looking much better now. By the time you get a tank again, it’ll be ready to frag.
Mine does when it dies from air exposure >30 min, that astrea might have taken a waterline dinner excursion!
RandyC
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I thought that too, but I see specks showing up on rocks as well. Maybe it’s just the new growth portions though.
RandyC
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All things I knew and should have remembered, but having a brain fart getting ready for a trip.
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RandyC
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Went on a 9 day trip to Europe and broke the cardinal rule about not making changes to your tank before leaving. I somehow managed to add 30 acro frags two days before I left to the IM75 after they went through a short QT. There were just a couple great deals I couldn’t pass up on.
Definitely don’t do this if you’re afraid of managing it remotely and/or you have zero faith in Trident. I was able to manage a big increase in my alk uptake by adjusting the amount of co2 injected in my calcium reactor. Decreasing the pH of the reactor as needed. I had an alk swing the first couple of days of my trip, but by day 4-5, I had managed to keep it pretty stable. I did lose one frag, but I’ll just chalk that up to transferring the frag to a new tank.
I also added these o-rings to all my frag plugs so the urchin and the turbo snails didn’t knock off any frags while I was gone. They worked quite well and all the plugs were still where they were supposed to be.
Got lazy so no growth pics for this post, but here’s some some eye candy.
MattV Rainbow Envy
BKChem Fruit Loop
BigR Walt Disney
Candy Corals Blazing Rainbow
TSA Bill Murray
Definitely don’t do this if you’re afraid of managing it remotely and/or you have zero faith in Trident. I was able to manage a big increase in my alk uptake by adjusting the amount of co2 injected in my calcium reactor. Decreasing the pH of the reactor as needed. I had an alk swing the first couple of days of my trip, but by day 4-5, I had managed to keep it pretty stable. I did lose one frag, but I’ll just chalk that up to transferring the frag to a new tank.
I also added these o-rings to all my frag plugs so the urchin and the turbo snails didn’t knock off any frags while I was gone. They worked quite well and all the plugs were still where they were supposed to be.
Got lazy so no growth pics for this post, but here’s some some eye candy.
MattV Rainbow Envy
BKChem Fruit Loop
BigR Walt Disney
Candy Corals Blazing Rainbow
TSA Bill Murray
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RandyC
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My Elegance trio.
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These aren’t actually in my IM75, they’re in one of my many other tanks (though I am trying to consolidate!).
Elegance Trio Flow
(though I am trying to consolidate!).
Nothing like my low boy to help you consolidate!!!!
Coral2Coral
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Pretty good growth for a month and half!