There's something fishy about this build...

[Fish Styx]

Added GFO, increased AFR, restarted AB+, pulled a ton of algae out, cleaned the socks, rearranged some rocks, moved a birds nest and an acro down as they weren't looking happy, didn't make a nice bullet point list like @JoJosReef to make this easy to read.

Your hardwok has paid off. It looks amazing!

 

[Slocke]

Your hardwok has paid off. It looks amazing!

Thank you!!!


Though in all honesty this was my first reaction:

But it doesn't actually look half bad. Corals are actually doing well overall. Though me ripping off my a lot of algae had the side affect of covering my sticks in bits of algae

Ah well
All acros have now based off their plug which is very cool. Though my montis and pavonas are spreading like wildfire.

 

[Slocke]

Question
Do you think swapping my blades would tick off my corals?
I don't like how it looks with the blue Glow in front and white Grow in back

 

[fishguy242]

Question
Do you think swapping my blades would tick off my corals?
I don't like how it looks with the blue Glow in front and white Grow in back

Add a 3rd white in front ?
wouldn't just swap em' ,ain't broke don't fix... :)

 

[Slocke]

Add a 3rd white in front ?
wouldn't just swap em' ,ain't broke don't fix... :)

But my par is already insane and blades are expensive. I think if I spend money on lights I'll get brand new lights. The Orphek Naturas look cool.

 

[Slocke]

There’s just something about them I don’t like
Maybe it’s just too purple

 

[Mschmidt]

 

[tbrown]

Welcome to Petco...

 

[Mschmidt]

Welcome to Petco...

Closest things I have though. Wanted him, didn't get him though.

 

[tbrown]

Closest things I have though. Wanted him, didn't get him though.

If they received a cheaper fish they sell it as what they received it as. If they received a more expensive fish, they sell it for what it is.

It's all a racket.

 

[Slocke]

Should I enter MOTM? Once again the prompt is a little boring/wants me to open up. However I am considering a joke entry where I just talk about how my biggest obstacle in reefing is being bad at reefing.

In other news BattleBox + v tomorrow

 

[Mschmidt]

If they received a cheaper fish they sell it as what they received it as. If they received a more expensive fish, they sell it for what it is.

Marbled is cheaper than Blue Head?

It's all a racket.

I know no other way to the top.

 

[mjszos]

Should I enter MOTM? Once again the prompt is a little boring/wants me to open up. However I am considering a joke entry where I just talk about how my biggest obstacle in reefing is being bad at reefing.

In other news BattleBox + v tomorrow

I say yes because I think you're a stand up feller. I say no because I selfishly want to trim the odds for the prizes to go to me.

Question
Do you think swapping my blades would tick off my corals?
I don't like how it looks with the blue Glow in front and white Grow in back

I think you should be okay? Maybe put them on acclimation mode for a couple weeks to not hammer anything just to be safe? I'm not sure you'll see much of a difference in appearance though.. If you look through the side/back of the tank, does it give you the coloration you'd like at the front?

 

[tbrown]

Marbled is cheaper than Blue Head?

I know no other way to the top.

No clue. I just know at my local Petco if I ask what a fish is because I don't see a tag for what I know the fish is, they tell me they got it in as a <some expensive fish name here> so that's what they have to sell it as but when I ask about others they have to look it up and somehow it's more than the any of the tags on the tank.

"Oh yeah, we just forgot to put that particular label up, sorry."

 

[JoJosReef]

Should I enter MOTM? Once again the prompt is a little boring/wants me to open up. However I am considering a joke entry where I just talk about how my biggest obstacle in reefing is being bad at reefing.

In other news BattleBox + v tomorrow

I'm in this month, I think. Agreed that prompt is a bit on the boring side.

 

[tharbin]

No clue. I just know at my local Petco if I ask what a fish is because I don't see a tag for what I know the fish is, they tell me they got it in as a <some expensive fish name here> so that's what they have to sell it as but when I ask about others they have to look it up and somehow it's more than the any of the tags on the tank.

"Oh yeah, we just forgot to put that particular label up, sorry."

I don't buy fish at Petco because they are no closer to me than the LFSs but even at the LFSs, I have given up looking at labels. I just point at a fish and say 'how much', I don't even ask what it is. I find that the labels, or the names they are now calling a fish I knew by some other name, don't match the fish I'm interested in often enough that it is just easier to be a rank beginner and just point. They rarely offer up what the fish is and never inquire to be sure it is a good fit for my tank. They just give me a price and I say 'thanks' or 'bag it'.

 

[Slocke]

Are you telling me you don’t know the scientific name of every fish at your LFS?!!

 

[tharbin]

Are you telling me you don’t know the scientific name of every fish at your LFS?!!

Even if I did, and I don't, they don't.

 

[Slocke]

Double post

 

[Slocke]

Got some cool swag today! This tumbler will fit a massive coffee! Or in my case a giant hot chocolate with a bit of coffee added. Luckily I don’t live in California so I won’t get cancer from the trophy.