Blue Z Reef

It's gotta be that ceramic bearing, the tolerances are too tight. I would try and sand the inside of it down a bit but that's just my best guess. Glad you got it handled though!

It's depends on your livestock. I have 4 larger tangs and a few wrasses and others. I feed at least 1x a day, usually 2x. Once with pellets/dry and once with frozen. If I don't my blue hippo gets hungry and bites on some LPS :( And for corals, I feed about 2x a week broadcast, not individual

I only see them when feeding usually. I wouldn't necessarily relate that to death, usually everything is contracted if it's pissed or dying.

It's probably just one diode that's out, if you have a soldering iron and multimeter it's a quick fix. I'd help ta out but your a bit far from Vantuckey

It depends on what corals you are putting in. Since it's so low though, your probably gonna overpower most corals if you exceed about 40% Not sure if the optics can be removed but that would be the only way to safely crank them higher

That SWC sounds beefy! I'd keep an eye on air draw when considering a new skimmer. The curve 9 only pulls 35 SCFH vs the 70 that the SWC does. I look at what the pump is capable of over what the company rates their capacity for. If you want something around 400 new, check out the RO Prime 200. The pump air draw is the same as the BM but the skimmer is the same as the elite model I have. Having had both, I will say the quality on the new RO skimmers blows the BMs out of the water. Plus if you eventually add a DC pump you have an elite model then.

Looks cool, $110 shipped from fishstreet isn't bad either! Oh jebao! What will you make next?!? LOL

What pump are you looking at? TheClark uses the jebao one successfully and they are cheap at only $100 Jebao Programmable Auto Dosing Pump DP-4 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00N0LKR18/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_4Kzfvb1B3DSWP https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00N0LKR18/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_4Kzfvb1B3DSWP

I'm always down for a grow out

Dosing is for keeping your levels stable. If they aren't moving or you are keeping them up with water changes you don't need to dose. You may try dosing aminos or feeding (corals) more to help your LPS grow faster as long as your filtration can keep up with the extra nutrient input.

Do it! Reviews say it's fine

Awesome, need to buy a waterproof case now

Shop around, the company we went with was literally half of another company. Products used were almost identical. The markup on some of these companies is astounding!

No, just a recover, only had one layer anyways. Seriously though, if you want extra business id canvass my neighborhood. Pretty much if someone doesn't have a new roof, they are due for one or it's blowing off.

Lol, didn't know you did roofing Brian, we just had ours replaced today. This whole neighborhoods roofs are failing left and right from the wind. Gotta love shotty jobs using staples! I'm just glad the nightmare is over for us...my coral fund isn't so happy though :(

That's one of the new RO DC pumps like my skimmer has. Probably the 5500 on a skimmer that size.

I don't know but you need it Steve!!!

I thought we should start a sticky thread for those ready to do some trimming and wouldn't mind giving it away to someone looking to start or add on to their current fuge. Given that most are wanting to do some trimming asap, please be curtious of this and try to contact and pickup quickly. I'll start, it's that time again! Variety: Chaeto and Fern Caulerpa available Amount: 1-2 baseball size amounts Location: Vancouver

Looks great! Lots of nems, what's your head cout at?

Also, if it were me, I'd go with the yellow clown goby. Since we don't have many yellow corals, a yellow clown goby adds a nice bright yellow contrast to the tank. Similar to how many of us like to have yellow tangs in larger tanks (I have 3 myself).

That's pretty small, I'd suggest a citron, green clown, or yellow goby. They all stay tiny enough to be ok with a tank that size.

Nice Jack! I want that torch! Was that one of the ones from OIAB a few weeks ago?

I've noticed the same thing with the mag media. When I read about it, some people said it needs lower ph to melt. I also dose in addition but I think it is partially helping because I don't dose very much mag. What's your ph set point? Mine is 6.6 with a .2 hysteresis, seems to be ideal for my setup.

I mean setup a holding tank temporary while you take stuff out and vacuum all the sand out and do whatever clean up you want. Corals can go several days without lights as long as they have heat and flow in the temp holding tank. Then put them all back in the tank when your done messing with it.

You want to just borrow a tank? Might be easier? I'm a bit far but I have a 20 gal tall you could borrow or a brute trash can also. You can get white egg crate at Lowes in the lighting isle by the fluorescent ballasts.