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Any red flags I'm trying to understand more on wrasse. Tangs have been easier with body style.
don't get any doing pirouettes; there is a neurological disease that affects some wrasses.,..
 
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Saturday . Approx 1 week from nutrients up.

Tank is back in the ugly stage with a leg up. We will take it.

Got some tester monti cap chips in to see how we are doing stability wise.

Old established rock
Oxydator
Uv
Nutrients up and stable

This beat dinos

Fts and some 1/3 tank shots
 

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Saturday . Approx 1 week from nutrients up.

Tank is back in the ugly stage with a leg up. We will take it.

Got some tester monti cap chips in to see how we are doing stability wise.

Old established rock
Oxydator
Uv
Nutrients up and stable

This beat dinos

Fts and some 1/3 tank shots
What lighting setting are you using here? I like the daylight look.
 
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What lighting setting are you using here? I like the daylight look.
Thanks :)

2x OR3 Blue Sky
2x ORE Blue Plus
3x Kessil 360-
Constant: 10 uv, 5 red, 5 green
---9:30 20% intensity 0% color
---11:00-13:00 95% intensity 100% color
---19:00 20% intensity 0% color
---21:00 OFF

Picture taken mid day
 
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Testing nutrients tonight later than I wanted.



Pectinia still doing it's think. Coral inflates and deflates more than I thought sweepers starting to come out lights out soon. The other night :eek:
 

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Newly added Monti caps still look ok, and space invader looks fine I believe. Torches and zoas have all been fine.

Old sps has been slowly exiting.
Weakened by dinos, and used to low nutrients.

Algae is growing pretty strong on rock. Do we assume this goes away eventually?
 
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Clean bean fresh off the scene. Or 3d printer....



Ty @Projects with Sam , this 80/20 aluminum frame kit is magnificent .



Cable management will be next . #cronies4life
 

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You still live here ??... ;) :grinning-face-with-big-eyes:
No lol. I got lazy and started doing the cafe. No big progress...

Cable management is half done. Waiting on orphek controller.

Tank is moving in a good direction. Got nutrients up. Going to keep testing. And doing my thing.

Chicken is good. :p
 

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No pics.

Hadn't cleaned gyre impellers or the cages in a couple months.

Noticed flow was not what it used to be. Too them off and scrubbed . Sure enough we are back to full go.

One of the best reefing tools, is one of the last expensive, a hard bristle tooth brush.
 

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No pics.

Hadn't cleaned gyre impellers or the cages in a couple months.

Noticed flow was not what it used to be. Too them off and scrubbed . Sure enough we are back to full go.

One of the best reefing tools, is one of the last expensive, a hard bristle tooth brush.
Order from Adam at Battlecorals, get a battlebrush. then you get corals and a hard bristle toothbrush with a narrow end.
 

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Agree. One came with the contest frag. Second this. It's the best tool I have.
Awesome... I be using infant tooth brushes... still work not sure of its more cost effective or not ;)
 

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