Hurricane blues cured by coral pics under evening blues

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Hopefully our friends down there will do ok with this storm. It's a stressful situation. I live on the Gulf Coast and have already dodged a couple this year. I'll add a blue pic or two, although @VintageReefer is a very tough act to follow.
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Hopefully our friends down there will do ok with this storm. It's a stressful situation. I live on the Gulf Coast and have already dodged a couple this year. I'll add a blue pic or two, although @VintageReefer is a very tough act to follow.
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Great looking tank, clean and with lots of color!
 
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Hopefully our friends down there will do ok with this storm. It's a stressful situation. I live on the Gulf Coast and have already dodged a couple this year. I'll add a blue pic or two, although @VintageReefer is a very tough act to follow.
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Love the starfish. I got a ruby red serpent star a week or two ago and that sucker never comes out
 

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Love the starfish. I got a ruby red serpent star a week or two ago and that sucker never comes out
I've heard that about them too, but I bet as he becomes more adapted to your tank and clears out all the nooks and crannies, you'll probably see more of it. Those are really cool creatures.
 
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I've heard that about them too, but I bet as he becomes more adapted to your tank and clears out all the nooks and crannies, you'll probably see more of it. Those are really cool creatures.
yeah I really enjoyed watching it for the 15 minutes I got to watch it… shout out seahorsesavvy.com. That’s where I got my cbb too cleared my whole tank of featherdusters but won’t touch aptasia..eats pellets mysis and whatever else…awesome fish
 

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Frag grow out shelf I designed and had made

It takes standard 2x2 ceramic tiles or can use 3d printed ones with holes for plug stems so you can just drop a new frag in and let it encrust onto a grow out tile

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Awesome!!!
 

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Love the starfish. I got a ruby red serpent star a week or two ago and that sucker never comes out
Although he's not good for much and stays passed out drunk in the zoas.
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What’s the trick for keeping those alive!!!
Honestly I think the fact that I started with live sand and really old live rock helped. That's where he seems to feed the most. I feed a fish/coral food that is all high quality freeze dried, restaurant grade clams, mussels, scallops, shrimp, etc. I think this helps as a supplemental food source. He will cruise the rocks and then come lay in the current above the magnet cleaner for a few hours. Then he'll go back out and get drunk again. Seeing him come relax in the current like that tells me that he was able to get enough nutrition in the tank before basically bringing it into for the evening.
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Honestly I think the fact that I started with live sand and really old live rock helped. That's where he seems to feed the most. I feed a fish/coral food that is all high quality freeze dried, restaurant grade clams, mussels, scallops, shrimp, etc. I think this helps as a supplemental food source. He will cruise the rocks and then come lay in the current above the magnet cleaner for a few hours. Then he'll go back out and get drunk again. Seeing him come relax in the current like that tells me that he was able to get enough nutrition in the tank before basically bringing it into for the evening.
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Awesome! What do you consider old live rock and what food is it? Do you make it?
 

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Hurricane Milton might be getting you down but please post up some nice pics to bring the positive vibes and take minds off of things as we wait on the inevitable

Also sort of a memorial if things go south lol

that last pic is kiki meow meow trying to catch the sump Molly

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Stay safe! Hoping and praying the hurricane weakens and everyone in the path will stay safe! Also great looking coral!
 
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Well, morning update, the propane company said they are on their way to fill up the tanks and get the stand by Jenny running…they asked for a WiFi password…umm if the power goes out will the WiFi router not as well?? lol anybody know why they need that? Just initial setup? Anyways lights are gonna kick on in the tank in a little over an hour and the underwater party begins again…scrambled eggs zoas for breakfast
 

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Well, morning update, the propane company said they are on their way to fill up the tanks and get the stand by Jenny running…they asked for a WiFi password…umm if the power goes out will the WiFi router not as well?? lol anybody know why they need that? Just initial setup? Anyways lights are gonna kick on in the tank in a little over an hour and the underwater party begins again…scrambled eggs zoas for breakfast
delicious!

Maybe the generator has an app so you can monitor it?

Or it reports back to them on its usage so they can bill you for fuel consumption?
 

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