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Just decommissioned my Nyos 120 skimmer from the old tank. Skimmer worked nicely for a RSR 170 and a RSR 350 but was too small for the new tank. Very quiet for an AC pump, very easy to dial in. It is very well maintained, and I cleaned it like I wanted to use it myself. Let me know if your tank is this skimmer's next home. Located in Tigard https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/quantum-120-protein-skimmer-nyos.html?queryID=1f9d801bfc77c5c014cb0dff884abd91&objectID=9130&indexName=brs_prod_m2_default_products

after buying a slide for my XR15 yesterday, I found a good deal on a G4 XR30 today and now need to buy a slide for that. the good news is I will have an XR15 available soon with a slide for it 😛

Also, snagged a nice little colony with some serious prospects… here it is in all its glory basking the the light of my bathroom vanity getting dipped.

Well, we can’t appreciate each others’ work without seeing how much worse things can look right? finally moved everything into one tank today and it is a disaster zone! All the fish are figuring out who is in charge and where they are going to sleep, and all the frags have been moved over. i am curious what mortality I will experience over the next week, some of the corals in my collection do not want to be disturbed. Tomorrow will be wire management, moving the dosing equipment and Trident, and there will be some more rock tweaking, I have a dozen pieces in the sump that I need to play with before 50+ frags and colonies get planted. Also need to map my PAR around the tank. Thanks for looking, and give me a week before you start laughing too hard! Here is a full tank shot so y’all can be overwhelmed by the chaos and not look too close at any one thing!

Yep, planning to ditch those and use plastic versions. I usually use ear clamps around the house but I don’t like those in submerged applications, though I believe they make stainless versions.

I am also thinking I might go stainless steel as an option, and use plastic hose clamps to hold the tubing on. For short immersion periods, just a few minutes at a time, this might be viable? Again, works in the brewing world... The nice part is I can use 3/4" ID hose with this for faster liquid transfer, I just don't think I trust the worm thread hose clamps and more than metal screws.

This will do the trick, just need to wait for it to come back in stock... thanks for the sourcing assistance y'all.

Yep, something like those, but 5/8" ID. I appreciate the keywords to search. Ideally I want to incorporate quick disconnects like I have on my Pax Bellum, but the sizes are wrong (1/2") and they don't have a GHT connector. Grainger has polysulphone QD's but that is a hard place to walk into and actually hold something to visualize if it will work.

I can buy these fittings for cheap at Ace or HD but I don't like the metal screws.

Looking for a solution like this, but not metal:

Hello all. I am looking at ways to temporarily transport water from my RO reservoir to my new tank for the foreseeable future and could use some input. At some point the room behind my tank wall will become a fish room and all RO will relocate there, but I need to do some electrical before I can do that. I am going to use a Sicce ultrazero in my RO reservoir to push water to my topoff reservoir about 15 feet away as needed. The pump has a 3/4" garden hose male output. I prefer to avoid brass around the water, even though it is only a minute or two it will be submerged and am looking for anyones' experience using polysulphonate or polypropolene fittings or quick disconnect fittings. I used these for brewing to keep metal away from the wort, and figure they would function the same for this application unless there is a reliable more accessible option. I figure on attaching these to the end of a potable water line from the RV store as I think my usual go-to of silicone tubing will be too flimsy for a run of this length. TIA.

perfect place to house a giant clown tang, I always wanted one but they are twerps and get too big. Vlamingi are also cool, but they get up to like 2' so likely not a good fit, even for an 8' tank. let us know what you find!

This is why we can’t have nice shrimps: ”Did somebody say shrimp!?!?!”

i will try to go if im not flooding my basement, pouring water into my eb832, or dropping my phone in the skimmate cup - I knocked all those tasks out this afternoon though in like 15 seconds so should be good to go.

I had forgotten some of the cool hydnos came from Fiji, there were a few that looked interesting in the video. Thanks for sharing all!

Ace has it as well Here is a link to a reefstable article with a live link to amazon https://reefstable.com/blog/how-to-dip-coral

I'm still not seeing anything online, any sightings?

Any chance you could advise on a kit for seeding a new tank with the appropriate cultures? Currently my tank (about 160 gallons total volume) is relatively unpopulated, but I would be happy to pick up a few things that would be a good addition to a new tank, and thought you might have a suggestion.

Older articles (2018ish) about them that I was reading a few months ago said that there are several similar looking species that were making it into the trade and that may be the cause of dramatically different levels of aggression and diet. If Biota has the right ones I would be much more inclined to try one. It also seems they can get 4 or 5 inches long which is quite large for a blenny. I also read they may not play nicely with the standard lawnmower, and I can’t get rid of ole Wilford, we have had him for several years and my wife would miss those eyebrows… Would love some recent feedback if anyone scores one.

That sucks big time, you had a really nice system going 😞

I inquired about one of these recently, sounded like that are difficult to source.

Nice!

Here is a good overall intro to medications from HumbleFish: and here is a thread with equipment info: https://humble.fish/community/index.php?threads/quarantine.2/

Sort of like being a blazers fan, but with less success.

I cheered while wearing my Cal Bears autographed Goff jersey... there was no bad result for me.