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Isn't it a sunset millie? Nice frag!

I have one too, in case anyone else wants one.

FAVIAS BABY!

It's just the same concept as macro in a refugium, but hair algae has more surface area than macro so it works in one of these small scrubbers that fits in the back compartment of my All In One system. Another *expensive* option that uses Chaeto rather than hair algae is available here: http://uniquecorals.com/dry-goods/pax-bellum/pax-bellum-arid-n12-macroalgae-based-bio-absorption-filtration-system.html If the cheaper type that I have didn't work so well, I might try something like that. The cheapest solution is a refugium with chaeto and an inexpensive LED light, but I don't have a below tank sump in this system.

Thank you! I started the dosing about a year ago, but things haven't taken off until recently. I had problems with dinos because of phosphate and nitrate leaching from my rock, and was using Red Sea NOPOX (evil stuff) which caused a system crash that derailed everything for about 3 months. I struggled with controlling nutrients without pulling too much out of the water. GFO, Phosguard, Vodka, etc... all lowered my nutrients too much. Finally, I settled on an algae scrubber from Santa Monica Filtration about three months ago: http://www.santa-monica.cc/DROP14-drop-in-upflow-algae-scrubber-with-Green-Grabber-surfaces--14-cubes-feeding-per-day_p_71.html Expensive, but effective at keeping my nutrients at phosphate .05-.08 ppm and nitrate around 4 ppm. Now that I finally have nutrients under control, the corals have been flourishing with the Triton dosing. So, it is actually a combination of the Triton dosing and the scrubber that has led to the excellent growth that I have had over the last two months.

Well, you could stop water changes and then potentially let your nutrients creep up, which ultimately will not help solve the problem. When I am fighting dinos, I keep up my regular maintenance regimen. Kill em' with UV, don't let them build up in any one place in the tank, and keep nutrients constant. Alternatively, if I were having dino issues in an ULNS, then I know that nutrients are not the issue and stopping water changes might make sense if it starves the dinos of some trace element. Some people do observe that dinos seems to come back stronger after a water change.

APRIL 3 TODAY (7.5 weeks later) APRIL 3 TODAY (7.5 weeks later)

I am getting some mad growth and PE from Triton Elementz dosing!

Bert linked to it already, but this is my standard recommendation for beating the suckers. Given that I have beaten it in all three of my tanks, I consider myself and expert. LOL. I've dealt with it several times. For me, no single thing got rid of it. It was a combination of tactics that finally got rid of it. 1) I got a nice TMC UV sterilizer that was rated for a larger tank 2) I made sure my phosphates were no higher than .08 3) Two times per day, I disturbed all surfaces that dino had settled on. Turkey basters or swirling the water with my hands kept it from building up. 4) I increased my flow 5) I added a lot of activated carbon and changed it out every week in order to absorb any dino toxins 6) I reduced my feeding to just frozen mysis and nori to reduce the nutrient input into my system 7) I added a cleaning crew of Tiger Conchs. These guys are the only thing that will eat the stuff. They eat cyano too! After using all of these things in concert, I got rid of it, and have kept it at away. It will kill much of your corals, especially your sps, if you let it build up, so acting quickly is key too. I'm thinking that phosphate could be the culprit for you, if you were slacking on maintenance a bit. Good luck!

Famous last words....

Don't tempt me, Jorge!

LOL. Do you guys send text messages to each other from one side of the room to the other too?

What is that one, Tom? Nice!

The price seems really good too.

I've got a fish trap for you Robert! I can drop it off today.

Got it. Thanks, Jorge.

Jorge, I could use that dual outlet air pump. I will be at the next meeting.

Yes, I hope this is ok, for him and for me. The glue spot gave way in Robert's tank and the little sakura heads floated away and got mixed with some of the 8,000 other zoa frags in that system. Now we each have half of the original zoa frag and mine is on a different plug.

This is the thing that probably ultimately got my frag system in balance. It's an algae scrubber that I have in the sump. It keeps my NO3 and PO4 low, but not too low. I think that this is what has kept my tank in balance and prevented the Dinos from coming back. I think the UV unit also helps with this. http://www.santa-monica.cc/HOG1x-Hang-On-Glass-UAS-Upflow-Algae-Scrubber-with-Green-Grabber-surface-and-Xtra-LEDs--1-Cube-feeding-per-day--MAGNET-VERSION_p_38.html

Lack of polyp extension, after application, and then after a week I had some STN. It is possible that these two symptoms were the result of something else, however, such as the dino toxins that were present in the water, or the stress from the blackout time. If you are using UV and peroxide, turn off the UV for a few hours after you dose the peroxide. The UV could cause the peroxide to break down really quickly and reduce its effectiveness.

Removal of detritus, increased flow, manual removal of Dino strands daily so they do not build up anywhere (turkey baster or your hands), and a UV sterilizer. This worked for me. The blackout and peroxide seemed to stress my corals, and the dinos came back after the blackout. There are a number of different types of dinos, however, so what worked for the ones that I had, might not work for the ones that you have. The key is patience and persistence. They will eventually go away if you keep at it. Good luck!

68 is pretty cold for coral, but I have no idea if that would do it. Do you know how long the tank was that cold?

If the claims adjuster does a little zoology homework and discovers that corals are in fact living animals, I wonder if they would be covered. Lol. ????

I agree that Neptune could lose some market share if this thing really does all that it appears to be advertising and doesn't require entering code.

Right. Livestock is never eligible for coverage. After all, what insurance company would be willing to cover all of Tom's Walt Disney colonies?