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I asked myself this everyday when I had my tank.

If you sell coral frags, it might lower the long-term losses. Some memes for this moment:

Mother, Public Official, Cancer Survivor, Purple Heart Aquarium Veteran, Cookie Baker - Gil&Fin.

@Raj , welcome! We like to call ourselves enthusiast. Here's a map of other enthusiasts in your area: http://www.pnwmas.org/membermap/ where you can put yourself on the map. It also has locations of a variety of things, including fish stores, public aquariums, and aquarium manufacturers. As @Gumby stated, we have the NW Frag Fest coming up, Bob Moore in February/March and many monthly meetings that are posted in Meetings and Events. Also, Picture of the Month is another thing we are heavily involved with. You can see past winners and upcoming contestants in the Show Off/Picture of the Month thread. We do our best to promote sustainability in the hobby with members breeding clown fish, propagating coral and helping out with Tanks for Teachers for K-12 students to learn about how to maintain a healthy ocean ecosystem. You can also get involved with borrowing our member only PAR meter: At last, welcome to the Pacific Northwest Marine Aquarium Society! Thank you for being a paid member.

Happy Birthday!

Bump.

In my experience, these days - it is more common to see ozone run on extremely large tanks i.e. public displays or large in-home works of art. Small tanks can survive without it. I almost feel like ozone is the beat-all-end-all way to deter bacteria or other water-born lifeforms. ^explained it well.

Congratulations on being a father.

I'll take care of it. I'm in Seattle daily. We could talk about your routine and the best way to manage stability in person...or you could just break it down. Both are possible, including having your trusted local fish store maintain it. I've done it a couple times and had a couple aquariums in my life too. I understand your pain.

I'm pretty sure pH and alkalinity are actually quite a bit different in the ocean, especially with people having upwards of 11 dKH. Check-out the health of most public aquariums. It's pretty amazing.

No orangutan's allowed.

I've had consistent results with Salifert alkalinity test and believe most alkalinity tests are consistently precise, even though they may not be consistently accurate. As long as there isn't aquarium swings, the corals fine. Maybe the aquarium is a 7 dKh and the test shows 9 dKh, but they don't care. Note: Did not watch the video.

As a colorblind person, I know your pain. So, I too had to search for the best alkalinity kit. It's Salifert's Alkalinity test.

I periodically check-out Thingiverse. They have plenty of free designs to offer. Scrapers, decorations, protein skimmer parts and other unique items. https://www.thingiverse.com/search?q=aquarium&dwh=435d6e6baf9af7d

It wouldn't matter at that point if you buy a waterproof LED strip: https://www.ledsupply.com/led-strips/waterproof-12v-led-strip?gclid=CjwKCAjw-7LrBRB6EiwAhh1yX_i10jXdhVbTUsfC2CNJiExKYItH2PR1UA1CmlCcomJhsxy6uGE76hoCMGgQAvD_BwE The heater casing just makes it easily portable.

I asked Dr. Thusen for a quick update.: Tank #1: Tank #2:

Wow! That is a beautiful aquarium. A lot of your questions can be asked on this thread: http://www.pnwmas.org/forums/forum/62-tanks-for-teachers/ Although, I am sure @Flashy Fins will provide assistance no matter the post location. She is the Tanks for Teachers coordinator and does a really good job at it. Also, I am unsure on the depth that Tanks for Teachers provides, but the thread demonstrates good examples for what we have done. I believe we are flexible to most schedules, live-stock, equipment and/or maintenance.

One of us. One of us. One of us. Glad to see some healthy corals. To further spread your coral love, please take a moment and fill out the member map: http://www.pnwmas.org/membermap/ Also, if you can handle those corals, you should join us in future grow-outs. They are some of the most fulfilling coral efforts on the forum. Not only do we make 10-20 frags of a unique species of coral for propagation and vitality, but it's also is a good team effort to get cheap coral.

Here are the rules: • One photo entry per person • Pic has to be taken by you • Must be in by the posted deadline • Must follow subject guidelines for the month Winners will be determined based upon a voting poll with results after the submission deadline. This months subject: Any type of Tang fish Deadline: October 1st, 11:59 pm

Please vote once! Voting Closes: September 5th @ 11:59 pm

It makes you think how cheap salt actually is.

I agree. Most tanks are relatively small for these fish, especially Nasos. The highest prevalence of "pacing", "re-tracing" and/or Zoochosis I see in fish is with the Naso tang. That's why I am happy to see breeding of tangs in general. I can guarantee it helps the mental state to breed and domesticate them. ..would I buy a Naso tang? Eh, if I had a big enough tank, but for now. There are enough smaller fish that appeal to me. Glad to hear Hawaii was fun. I'm sure I could wrestle you to the ground, but I am not sure who would win. Appreciate the wicked photos. Cheers!

Yeah, don't eat them either.

Welcome! Glad you can be a part of the Pacific Northwest Marine Aquarium Society! To demonstrate that we can Pacific Northwest the reef - add a contribution to the member map: http://www.pnwmas.org/membermap/ Also, among the events coming up - we have ~October Fragfest located in the Portland area. Following, another Pacific Northwest event usually near February. By the way, I love the tank. Red Sea tanks are some of the best all-in-one tanks on the market. I am glad you can share your growth. I'm definitely jealous.

You do mean the Spongebob Squarepants episode with the hash slinging slasher?