Miles's 150gal open top mixed reef, pic heavy, mangroves, triton, SPS
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Now that IS cool! I like that it allows a tab for info.
Testing the new media stuff...
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Oh man, and I had the camera info stripped out. Bummer.
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My skittles is not that blue it's more rainbowey
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Such an awesome coral tho
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My skittles is not that blue it's more rainbowey
Such an awesome coral tho
So odd. Mine looks close to the guy I got it from. Which is amazing since he uses halides I believe.
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Same guy I got mine from @aquavista99 is the man
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Our corals are brothers
I have high nitrates tho 32 last time I checked or it could just be settling in as I have the same lights Tim uses
I have high nitrates tho 32 last time I checked or it could just be settling in as I have the same lights Tim uses
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This may be a silly question, but, Have you noticed swings in magnesium due to the mangroves? Or is your magbesium pretty steady?
And do you find you have to supplement more magnesium than without the mangroves?
And do you find you have to supplement more magnesium than without the mangroves?
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My last triton test had it at 1460pm, and my most recent test was 1450pm at home, so it appears a wee bit high but stable. My calc and mag had been high since I was trying to keep my Alk at 8 with Core7, and it wasn't stable. Once I let it drop down to 7.2-7.5 things seemed to be better for calc, but mag seems a bit high still. I have dosed extra in the past, but not since I made the switch from Triton Base Elementz to Core7 6 months ago or so. I really don't have that many mangroves, maybe in another 2 years I'll have enough to see differences.
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I'm excited to see how this one does. I need more flow on mine, but in a couple weeks I'm replacing my Neptune System Apex WAVs with Panta Rhei ecm 42s, and I'm hoping the change to a good full tank alternating gyre (30min left -> right, 30min right -> left or something) and maybe a standing wav will really perk up my SPS. It's more turbulent now but I still have dead spots and spots that get blasted too much. In general I think I have good color, but my growth is just meh on the Skittles.
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Yea i would have to agree with u on the wavs whatever is in its way does get blasted and two inches over is calm. I added an mp10 and both my returns are seaswirls so that helps vary the flow. Mine is encrusting but not the color corals are weird
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I came home to this... That plate went off road and jumped on the torch. Those two are being split up. I did notice him inflated this morning but was busy and missed that he was in the process of sitting on the torch. Showed him who was boss.
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Did you explain to the all the other corals in the tank that "this is why we can't have nice things" ?
Darn kids
Darn kids
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Yeah dang that is just pretty good!!!!!It's a stunning reef and great FTS.
Thanks man. Honestly I just want some large acro colonies on the center-left and top-right and I'll be happy.
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