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There's also the possibility of bryopsis; it's hard to tell until it grows out further whether it's plain old hair algae or bryopsis, though.
Looks like it's in a better spot now. Just to cover all bases, salinity, nitrates, phosphates, carbon?
I would get it up to the top 1/3rd of your tank, directly in the light (not off to the side like it is now) and make sure it has enough flow; you...
I would just go with a standard, prebuilt overflow. The headaches involved with converting a HOB to an overflow aren't worth the $50 you'll "save"....
The littlest bit of gunk, whether on the impeller or on the prefilter screen, will change the flow rate, and you'll be flooding your DT.
Montipora shouldn't be on the sand, it should be closer to the top of the tank. Like, within the top 1/3rd usually. What kind of lights do you have?
Karma shower! EDIT: Boo, I didn't get all the way to the first page. I "gave out too much karma in the past 24 hours (aka 2 minutes)" lol.
It's whatever you want to call it.
A MaxiJet is a very concentrated flow onto one coral. Corals, even montis and acros, don't like being directly blasted by the kind of flow a pump...
I have a peppermint, a standard cleaner (not sure whether atlantic or pacific), and a blood in my 55(ish) and they're all cool together, even with...
I used Tech M, and it worked. However, raise the levels slowly (25 ppm per day to be safe), and only up to 1650 max, or corals may bleach from it. I...
The only wavemakers that do anything beyond just turning pumps on and off are the ones built into the Vortechs (and the Apex module), and the Tunze...
ATI for daylight/purple, UVL 454s for actinics.
I use a Nikon S8000 point and shoot, but it doesn't get very good macro shots. Fortunately, it has a high resolution (14 MP, I think), so I can just...
I love that they ship it fast, but the fact that they're in the middle of nowhere makes ground shipping to here a bit on the slower side. I usually...
I have some Midas zoas as well, but really, those are the nicest ones in my tank. I only have 3 colonies; those, the Midas and some "Sexy Alligators"...
Well, here's mine: [IMG]
I imagine that at least for some species, it may be that with no lights on they can't see the water surface, so if they dart as they normally would...
It depends on the size of colonies, how much coral is in the tank relative to the tank's volume, what kinds of corals, and all sorts of other stuff....
You'd then be surprised. A 2g water change @ 440 calcium with tank water at 400 calcium will only ever bring the tank up to 410. I have an excel...
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