It was this big... Now its this big...
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Jason is off grid right now getting in tune with nature.
Wait, why is fishy so quiet? What did lost do to him?
That things is nearing a Steve-a-pora growth rate lol.
1 week growth! and a half...
Goaway
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Still waiting on that piece to get comfortable. Or, it's growing a base and I just can't see it yet. Very different looking than any acro i have seen. Adds a lot of texture.
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I had no plans to touch the guy. That's permanent home for Steve-a-Pora. Plenty of space for it to grow as it likes.Give it time to adjust and in no time you will end up with the below lol.
Nate Chalk
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Same here....
It's not easy when you've built an entire system designed for high turnover but moderate flow for LPS/Softies.
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precisely my vibe to brother
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Making flow patterns is the hardest part.
Ehh, gyres at 100%, 3x mp40s at 75% reef crest and return pump at 100%. They will get used to it. Grow up or blow up lol.
Nate Chalk
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my gyres on 100% makes them very ticked
It will for most corals. My tank layout is the only reason I can do it. Took a while to get there also.
I will say, my poor gyres are old as dirt. Well, this set is the newer models with the orange blades, but got them right when they came out. They have been at 100% for that whole time. Even my old original gyre 1ks and 3ks were run at 100% all the time and still work great.
The bushings at the end of the shaft on the motor block have to be replaced yearly, but I expect that with a pump that goes 100% forward for some time, stops and then gos 100% in reverse, then back to forward. All of that over and over is what I call "normal wear".
All of my lps get surge. They have to live with it. I will not change it lol. I do reduce it by where I place them on the rocks, but they still get a random blast occasionally and seem to do fine with it.
I think the issue is that they get this in the wild, but all of the collection, sitting in almost no flow tanks so people can take "puffy" pics, then slammed into a new tank has something to do with it. Once a coral is healthy, it should be able to take more flow that we usually give them.
With that said, I have always wondered if the fact I can grow them so fast has something to do with tons of flow. I also think it is why all of my LPS has massive amounts of flesh down the "stalk". Like 1-2" down for hammers and frogs. I think that flesh acts as a "guard" for where polyps would normally rub the skeleton if it was not there.
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A good surge pattern should still apply random flow. Easier to achieve on larger aquariums. Heavy surge flow top, dies off low bottom center, rocks break up the waves.
I don't run wave maker or surge. But, I've had a lot of issues from the start. Fishes eating coral. Urchin snagging frags and hiding them. Sand spitting wrasse.
My big tank has a pretty gnarly flow pattern through it. All 4 return lines running at the high end of the RFG limits (1800+ GPH), reefwave 25 on the back and 45 on the end running opposite of each other. There is only one place in the tank where water constantly moves in one direction, and that is the rear channel, behind the rocks.
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