Red Sea Reefer 200xl build

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Top down shot of the maxima clam. Clams may be my favorite thing about reefing. They’re so interesting and the colors are amazing.

 

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My plating monti is growing so goofy!

 

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Just glued a plating monti to the overflow. We’ll see how long it takes before I regret this decision!

 

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Some tank pictures today starting with full tank shot

blue and red acan - looks like the back right polyp is eating a snail?

Interesting blue tabling acro I found with green tips. Pc rainbow in the background

Solar flare milli starting to encrust. Sookie wants to be in the picture

well see whatever this one grows out to look like!!

yellow branching porites

I almost threw out this green tabling acro. It was the only acro that looked worse after the dips. I’m glad I kept it though - it’s starting to turn green again. You can see some color on the top tip of the frag. Oregon tort in the background

Pink Floyd starting to encrust and shoot out a new tip

Hermit with a milli. Lots of fuzzy algae on this rock!

Dendro

Oregon tort and PC rainbow

 

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Ordered these tongs from reef-diculous.com. This will be great for rescuing snails that fall over!

 

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I ordered a CUC pack from IPSF a while back. The littornid grasses have been my favorite little snails. They’re already reproducing in my tank. Here’s a little baby I saw on the glass today (white spot on the glass)

 

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I got an email that my tweezers shipped and they upgraded it to priority mail for free. Nice!

 

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I’m working from home and my tanks had a consistently low pH. The past two days were pretty nice and I could open up the windows. Look at how the pH rises above 8.0 over the last two days! It’s at 8.15 now. I don’t think it’s ever been that high. I’m kind of toying around with the idea of dosing kalk to raise the pH but I’ve also read not to chase a number.

 

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Hope everyone’s having a good day! Don’t be crabby

 

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I wonder what this could be...

tweezers!

 

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I’m finally able to rescue this tiny frag I broke off on accident

 

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It’s really fascinating watching the dry rock “come alive”. I’ve never had a tank with dry rock before so this is a new experience compared to starting with live rock. It definitely takes a lot longer and more patience for everything to get established with the dry rock. I filled the tank up at the end of feb and now it’s august and I’m seeing coraline really starting to pop up on the rocks finally. I’m also thrilled that I have no aiptasia, bubble algae, or bristle worms!

 

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He looks happy!

 

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It’s been a while since I gave an update! The corals are all doing well. Here’s a few pictures side by side compared to the last update:

blue tort

Unknown acro, maybe a nasuta:

WD:

green anacropora:

 

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And here’s a few other miscellaneous pictures. Sorry for the crappy phone picture quality!

Pink Floyd

Dippin dots

chaeto reactor second harvest!

 

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I’m starting to question mobius controlling the light and pumps. In theory it sounds convenient but it sucks when the app doesn’t respond. I tried to adjust the light schedule for winter and day light savings coming up and the changes wouldn’t save. So I submitted a problem ticket to Ecotech Friday night. Then today one of the vortechs stopped spinning. So I checked the app and I’m getting more errors. This is happening on WiFi, LTE, my phone and an iPad.

 

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I have to give Ecotech credit for their support. They got back to me first thing this morning. I needed to unplug the pumps and then update the software.

 

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Full tank shot with/without orange filter