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Diving The World's 80g Acro Wonderland!
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Gorgeous. All the money I took to Reefapalooza NY I gave to Shane. He has some amazing stuff.Here's one of my newer acros that I'm super excited about. In daylight it has this neon yellow color. In blue light (which I am terrible at capturing) it has a green neon glow that is on par or better than my BKChem Fruitloops. You can see it across the room.
SBB Yellow Jacket
I love that he writes the name of the piece on the plug. I can see the lettering on the stem in ur pic. I have the memory of a goldfish so I find this touch very helpful.
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Snipers Bubblegum Milli
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After it attacked my Walt Disney, killing off half the colony (it's still in a very slllooowww STN...), I started trimming back my ASD Rainbow. I've been cutting big hunks off it to get it to a better size for my tank and the surrounding corals.
ASD Rainbow Milli
ASD Rainbow Milli
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RRU "The Vinh"
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Progress update on my RRC Rainbow Splice.
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TSA Bill Murray
Dang it! I thought THIS was Bill Murray. Maybe it is Dan Akroyd. I am so bad at keeping track of my named stuff.
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bubbaque
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That is TSA The Fuzz or TSA Grape Ape.
The Fuzz! Mine has a lighter yellow green versus the hard purple in the pic.
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Definitely a nice looking colony!
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RRU Pink Floyd
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Grower of the Small Polyps
Hey Mike! Tank looks great!
Are you still running a CO2 scrubber? I seen where you have it recirculating through your skimmer. How is that going for you? I just ordered a scrubber from BRS. My pH was reading on the high side for some time and I decided it was time to calibrate tbe probe since it's been awhile. After calibrating the probe it is actually low. 7.8-8.1. I was originally thinking of dosing kalk again to raise it bit decided to try a scrubber.
How do you like the scrubber and did you see any noticeable changes with the tank?
Are you still running a CO2 scrubber? I seen where you have it recirculating through your skimmer. How is that going for you? I just ordered a scrubber from BRS. My pH was reading on the high side for some time and I decided it was time to calibrate tbe probe since it's been awhile. After calibrating the probe it is actually low. 7.8-8.1. I was originally thinking of dosing kalk again to raise it bit decided to try a scrubber.
How do you like the scrubber and did you see any noticeable changes with the tank?
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Hey Josh,
Yes, I did start using the scrubber on my tank again. I recirculate from my skimmer lid which allows the media to last a month. Right now I have it set up to turn my skimmer off when I hit 8.2. But with the lights on, my pH will continue up to 8.4 before lights start shutting off at 8pm. So my pH is fluctuating from 8.0-8.4 with the scrubber.
Honestly I’d rather run my pH a little lower, say around 8.3. The first time I tried a scrubber a couple years ago, I just let it run all the time and pH would get to 8.5 or a little higher. I had tremendous precipitation issues and my pumps clogging up and locking. Where I’m running now I don’t have any issues with that.
The corals are variable running the higher pH. Some have better colors, some not so much. Growth is definitely better as is considerably higher Alk and Cal usage. I’m going through almost 2 gallons of each every 30 days! I’m not really sold either way honestly.
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Grower of the Small Polyps
Yes, that is what I am going for. When I was using kalk a year ago my growth was great and pH was around the same, 8.3-8.5. My apex has read 8.4-8.6 for awhile which I assumed had to be wrong. I calibrated a couple days ago and now my pH is reading the lowest its ever been. 7.8-8.15. I am using 2part now. My growth is really slow and although it is related to other things as well, I think pH is contributing to it.
You can see here where my pH was at until I calibrated this week.
Do you have pictures of your recirculating setup?
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!
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Sorry, it's been busy with out of town Thanksgiving guests and family get togethers. Here's a couple pics that show my very simple setup. Air is pulled from the lid of my skimmer cup into my srubber which is mounted higher than the skimmer. I've heard if it's lower it can fill up with water. The air is pulled through the scubber into the intake on my skimmer silencer.
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Here's RRU Firecracker post move. I think it's happier but time will tell.
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