jda's 240g Acropora Rebuild

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Got a purple and yellow clam that I need to get a better photo of. It is purple like a purple mushroom and has nice yellow. Ordered an Ultra, they subbed a gold and this one is not even gold. Tahitian, most lilely.

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Pruned the chaeto today. P up to 4 or 5 ppb, so time to remove some of it so it can grow faster. The stuff grows better when it is not all compacted and filling up the fuge. Had to replace a bulb in the cheap hydroponics fixture that grows the stuff - the GE bulbs really grow the chaeto nicely and they grow some coral nicely too.

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iPhone photos with underwater case and not editing. 14k Phoenix lighting, no supplements.

BC Space Laser
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BC Honeycomb?
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Random Smoothie
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Random Tenuis
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Gonzos Cookie Monster
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Tyree Blue Matrix
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Pengs Princess Disastah
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RMF Last Dragon
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BC - Set for Stun... coming along and starting to get more colors.
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Vivid Rainbow Delight - Starting to get color. A litmus type of coral for me. Perhaps no better coral when going well, but so hard to get good color out of. I cannot wait to see what happens in a few more months.
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Tyree Superman Tenuis - Going to be a beauty.
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RR Pink Cadillac - Love the growth form now that it is getting larger. Cannot wait to see this one 12 inches across.
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ORA Pearlberry
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Joe Knows Reefs Rainbow - I just love this one... do not know why.
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Jason Fox Homewrecker - these are the real colors that I get under 14k Phoenx. Wish that I could get a better focused photos. The frag is in a hard place to get the phone camera.
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Fish2Morrow Quazar - amazing in person.
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Pengs Metallica Red Millepora
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BC Skinny Love - Looks like something took a bit out of the tip of this one. :(
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Sharp corals and real deal pictures, looking great thanks for sharing.

Tyree blue matrix & superman tenuis are very nice. Big growth potential for the blue matrix & the blue on the Superman is as blue as it gets.
 

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Yes, thank you for sharing! Let me know if you want to let one of those gold nuggets go to a new home :)
 
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I have just gotten stainless ones at a local show or at MACNA. I buy the more expensive ones since good stainless is worth the extra money. They all work Ok for as little as I use them. I most use them to hold, twist and break and not so much to cut.
 
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My snails do a good job in the frag tank, but sometimes they get covered in algae. They get rounded up, put into a basket and a frag rack put over the top to keep them in the container where they clean each other. This took about two weeks.

Any type of snails will eat hair algae, but they really have to have no other choice... which is not much help outside of a 6 inch square basket.

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Food refresh time. I feed a lot of NLS pellets... along with some Formula II and others that I find that can be dispensed in a Ehiem Feeder.

10 kilos of mysis, 10 pounds of Krill Pacifica (pacific plankton) and 10 pounds of a reef mix that just came in. I know that a lot of people think that everything changed in 2020, but I can assure you that dry ice is still cold and mysis right on the dry ice can still burn your skin. :(

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Food refresh time. I feed a lot of NLS pellets... along with some Formula II and others that I find that can be dispensed in a Ehiem Feeder.

10 kilos of mysis, 10 pounds of Krill Pacifica (pacific plankton) and 10 pounds of a reef mix that just came in. I know that a lot of people think that everything changed in 2020, but I can assure you that dry ice is still cold and mysis right on the dry ice can still burn your skin. :(

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Wow! How long does that last you?
 

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My snails do a good job in the frag tank, but sometimes they get covered in algae. They get rounded up, put into a basket and a frag rack put over the top to keep them in the container where they clean each other. This took about two weeks.

Any type of snails will eat hair algae, but they really have to have no other choice... which is not much help outside of a 6 inch square basket.

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Thats a great idea.
Now I need a basket, lol.
Sometimes its the simplest things in this hobby.
 

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