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Reef jerky, IDK why but it makes me hungry.

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tested the other day: no changes.

kicked up the lights yesterday. was 3 hours about 40% and 4 hours at 50% with ramp up and down. now 4 hours (maybe five I should have counted, more however many it happens to be) at 40 and 5 at 70%. heavier blues and over all a longer photo period.

Moral of the story, prepare for algae and uglier tank pics.

also pondering a change to the scape, a la the present reef of the month.
 

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+1 Reef Jerky, fish go nuts.

I think this fits here:

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I had to show my husband this. Ive said it hundreds of times "I've been awake with the baby all night". He'd say "maybe you 2 shouldn't be awake all night than."

between the clowns and the hawkfish? they'd do it out of spite.
I think my molly is more evil....

I'll be catching up.
 
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I had to show my husband this. Ive said it hundreds of times "I've been awake with the baby all night". He'd say "maybe you 2 shouldn't be awake all night than."


I think my molly is more evil....

I'll be catching up.
Welcome back! Old pic but not to different from where we are now...
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Club meeting and swap yesterday. New format was cool. Vendors and a talk. Didn't win the quiz, I was off my game. Nor did I win any of the raffle prizes. Oh well. Now I don't need to feel bad about winning next time.

My table, 3d printed stuff, coral (not a lot) and plants (too many).
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My take (traded not bought):
Bicolor Trumpet
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Miyagi tort, maybe a cali tort, maybe Tortuga, tortellini, torta, tortilla, torte he wasn't sure any more:
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Green leather
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Club meeting and swap yesterday. New format was cool. Vendors and a talk. Didn't win the quiz, I was off my game. Nor did I win any of the raffle prizes. Oh well. Now I don't need to feel bad about winning next time.

My table, 3d printed stuff, coral (not a lot) and plants (too many).
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My take (traded not bought):
Bicolor Trumpet
IMG_20240128_090941584.jpg


Miyagi tort, maybe a cali tort, maybe Tortuga, tortellini, torta, tortilla, torte he wasn't sure any more:
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Green leather
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Yuh, the torts get lost in color. It looks really nice though! Lovely pieces

Welcome back! Old pic but not to different from where we are now...
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So adorable!!! they grow up so quick.
I cannot wait for my little one to start moving. My 5 yr old keeps trying to get the newborn to play hot wheels with him. The first year sucks. I never liked it. After that it does get easier.

Edit: thanks for the welcome back. My brain is still lacking full function. Another work in progress. Maybe it's time to get a brain for the reef, that might help me....
 
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Yuh, the torts get lost in color. It looks really nice though! Lovely pieces
If it'll grow well and fill space I'll be happy. Don't care much about the name.
So adorable!!! they grow up so quick.
I cannot wait for my little one to start moving. My 5 yr old keeps trying to get the newborn to play hot wheels with him. The first year sucks. I never liked it. After that it does get easier.
Thanks. He's a blast now that he's getting a personality and interacting with the world. Family leaves helped a lot with connecting too.
Edit: thanks for the welcome back. My brain is still lacking full function. Another work in progress. Maybe it's time to get a brain for the reef, that might help me....
Yeah, hard to function on the sleep you get with a newborn.
 

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If it makes you feel any better, I think I spiked my nitrates to 50.
I have no clue what my nitrates were for the last year since they were above 75 and Hanna couldn't read that high (she stopped at a 3rd grade level).
 

Making themselves at home: Have you intentionally done anything in your aquarium to enhance the natural behavior of your fish?

  • I planned my tank to encourage natural fish behavior.

    Votes: 27 26.0%
  • I did some things to encourage natural fish behavior.

    Votes: 37 35.6%
  • Anything that encourages natural fish behavior was a byproduct of the aquascaping.

    Votes: 18 17.3%
  • I did not do anything to encourage natural fish behavior.

    Votes: 19 18.3%
  • Other.

    Votes: 3 2.9%
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