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They holding out on you Jojo ?... ;)
You holding out on "us"?...:grinning-face-with-big-eyes:
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When you see the high end stuff coming in, you'll know!
 
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Goals for the week:
1. Continue war campaign against Aiptasia
2. Take final measurements (again) and order light mount/bracing!
3. Start using that silicone, glass and plexiglass I spent so much time getting right
4. Buy new Salifert kits
5. Knock down the 'ates back to normal levels
6. Finish pumpkin and costume
 
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Big group buy at Salty Bottom Reefing Co. arrived today! We hit $300 among five of us, so we got free shipping and only split the $9.99 boxing fee. Not bad.

However, one of the buyers is out of town till Friday, so I have to keep his CUC alive till then. Bucket. Mesh screen. Duct tape. Heater. Weak sauce powerhead. Boom.
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Keeping those hermits well away from the snails and conches. They're already trying to climb up the mesh.

For me, I ordered two pepps. One of them looked like it had a tumor.
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Fearing a parasitic isopod, I decided to attempt surgery. It did not go well. I couldn't clearly make out any parasite, but I probably messed up its innards pretty badly. It died post-op :-(

Leaving me with one pepp.
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Better stay clear of my acans, pepp, or you'll wish I had put you on the operating table!

Also got a pitho crab, trochus, bumble bees and, drum roll, a yellow sea cucumber! But those will be for another post. Gotta keep you folks on the edge of your seats!
 
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Frag zone
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Neptune is starting to come in. Plate is showing nicer colors. Scraped off all the bubble algae sticking to its skeleton yesterday.
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More shrooms
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Put the GHA covered macro on the sand bed next to the conch. Next day no GHA.
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For reference, here it was before.
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Pencil wrasse is improving. Out more and eating. No longer diving into the sand or trying to jump the second someone walks into the office.
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And someone is almost ready to come to his new home...
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Careful you’ll end up with a Frank problem
Nah, my black widow likes to grow to dinner plate size before splitting. Takes forever. The RBTA does about three splits for every one BW.
 
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Weekly goals (this should be sounding familiar):
1. Order T slots for light mount and tank bracing
2. Pick up acrylic sheet
3. Cut and glue refugium black-out
4. Silicone the extra refugium weir wall
5. Kill aiptasia
6. Start making more saltwater
7. Actually do these things
 

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Weekly goals (this should be sounding familiar):
1. Order T slots for light mount and tank bracing
2. Pick up acrylic sheet
3. Cut and glue refugium black-out
4. Silicone the extra refugium weir wall
5. Kill aiptasia
6. Start making more saltwater
7. Actually do these things
7 is my favorite
 
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As shown in my daily thread. I did a thing:
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Nano is at zero nitrates (and dinos), 40 is at max nitrates (100+ ppm) with a couple of algae issues, but nothing horrible. Weird thing is that the 40 has historically been borderline 0ppm for most of the tank's life.
 

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