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Yup, I might try a skimmer cleaner on my frag tank. My two display tanks are in areas with limited footprints (my office and dining room), so I have had to stick with 66 gallon Red Sea Max AIO tanks that have a skimmer built into the back sump compartment, and room underneath for a chiller. The AIO skimmer limits what you can do, so these are the tanks that are trickier for me with nutrients. The oversized skimmer on my frag tank makes the nutrient control a breeze, relatively speaking. Thanks for the info on the supplement!

Slightly pink is around 1-2 ppm NO3 with the Red Sea Pro kit. Your nutrients are a little lower than mine, then. I've settled into a sweet spot of Phosphates around .07, and Nitrates around 6 ppm. I might give the ME stuff a try if it doesn't raise my nutrients too much.

Interesting! Brad, what do you usually run for NO3 and PO4? Are your nutrients pretty low, or do you believe that Acropower and/or ME Polyp Extension is providing something different? Now that I have figured out how to keep my nutrients under control in my RSM tanks, I might try one of these amino acid additives again.

Yeah, what is that???

Fernando told me that it is called Danik's Goblin and Peter Pan Tenuis.

With a submersible chainsaw. LOL.

I recently posted a thread in TPA forum about an Acro that I am calling the "Giant Green Slimer." http://www.pnwmas.org/topic/37450-giant-green-acro/#entry375577 Then I saw this article on Reefbuilders today. WOW. https://reefbuilders.com/2016/04/19/unseen-corals-acropora-pinguis-might-be-the-thickest-branching-staghorn-coral/ I want one of those!

When you turn them back on after turning them off, they dump all the water in the line. So, I avoid turning them off as much as possible.

I've had all three of these. JBJ lasted about 5 months and pooped out on me. I have two Tunzes, and they work well and are going strong after 2+ years. My only complaint about the Tunzes is that they dump all of the water out of the hose every time that you turn them on and off. This results in extra RO water in the tank after you make an adjustment, etc... This is more of an issue with a smaller reef tank, however, since it is easy for me to have my water level go a little too high after a water change if I don't replace slightly less water than I take out. Probably not an issue if you are running 150 gallons. My Hydor is working really well, and it doesn't have the issue I mentioned with the Tunze.

That looks pretty cool. If only I was closer.....

Woo-hoo! I think it was pretty close between Robert and me, growth-wise. I have seen frags that I give him grow tremendous amounts in a few months in the same tank that Robert had his grow-out frag in, so I am really surprised that I came out on top. I think I had an advantage at the outset over some of the others, including Robert, because my frag had a few branches, and this coral seems to like to be sufficiently spread out before it starts growing skyward. Thanks a bunch to Robert and Jeff for making this grow-out happen. I had a blast, and I can't wait to sign up for the next one! My 8-yr-old suggested that I post the following in honor of our C&C Melted Snowman Tenuis https://youtu.be/DESSyqNvDY4?t=31s

Mine looks like a "CnC Melted Snowman Tenuis"

Tube worm tube?

Looks like a long thin growth of a sponge. I've seen those wispy sponge growths in my tank a few times.

I have been looking for one of these. I think they would be helpful for when I lose a coral behind my rock work.

Yup, humilis is what it looks like. http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/aimscoral/images/largest/0035_C1_03.jpg

That's what intrigues me about these lights. You'd think ATI would have really high standards when it comes to matching the color and blending of T5s with LEDs. Thanks.

I lost quite a bit, but that is confounded by the fact that I started carbon dosing as a response to the dinoflagellates, and then carbon dosing ended up doing more harm than good to my system. In my frag tank, I just dealt with dinos 3 months ago, and I didn't lose anything. This time I recognized them and took action immediately, and, using the combination of things that I mentioned above, was able to get rid of them completely in 5 weeks or so with no losses. I disagree with taking the tank down. This will work, but then what are you going to do the next time you get dinos? The spores are in the air and almost any tank can end up with them at some point---even tanks that have their nutrients under control. Learning how to beat dinos is an important skill to have, and worth a few months of angst in my opinion.

How do you like the color from that ATI LED? I've been intrigued by them since I saw them at Ocean In a Box. How does it compare to that LED you had before? Didn't you have an AI Prime, or something like that?

I tried peroxide too, and it helped, but it seemed like it was stressing my sps, so I stopped. I know it has worked well for some people on Reef2reef.

Today the guys at TPA informed me that there already is an acro called "The Hulk." They had one in the shop, and I thought it looked puny in comparison, but I guess it came first. And, being a biologist, I must recognize the principle of priority in taxonomy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_Priority So, maybe "Giant Slimer" is a better handle for this bad boy.

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, since you were also having a cyano problem. Good luck!

That is a really nice setup. Just curious, with your rockwork protruding like that, are you going to have a screen top on the tank? Or are you just not going to have any jumpers in it? Awesome tank!

Awesome! Thank you. Just please don't make me hunt for it in your frag tanks! I'll make the trip up in a few weeks. Have a good visit!

Jason Fox Maryland. My wife is in DC for a conference this week and she just called to complain that it is snowing.