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I'm totally jealous of that Dragon's Breath algae you've got going there. I have a teal hammer too.

Awesome video! When I took down my last tank I expected there to be a lot more things in the downpipe as well. Likewise I was surprised to discover it almost devoid of life.

I've been using this for a couple years now. It's always done the trick and no, it hasn't ever caused a skimmer reaction.

Is that last one a lobo?

Happy World Ocean Day everyone!

Compared to what? The mining and storage also involved in nuclear? The wastewater from fracking? Coal?

We are very, very different people.

What's the time frame for the whole trip? I'm pretty interested.

@Exodus already said it about the parameters but I'd like to specify from my own experience that lighting can make or break your coralline production. Having an incorrect spectrum on my last light completely hampered all algae growth except the wrong kinds. Once I switched over to the Hydra's, coralline has quickly infested everything just like my old tank.

I had one of those in my 75g for a few hours one time. 😋

They're limpets and they're a good thing. My sump is overrun with them.

I need to replenish mine one of these days too. I just wanted to say that macro shot is stunning. Good luck with the hunt!

While pretty, it's worth pointing out that Majano's can be very destructive. @albertareef lost a tank to them iirc.

Float valves are a lifesaver!

Beautiful video. Guess I'm going to have to go back to the Philippines one of these days. This is you I take it? What are the circumstances that led you on that dive?

Are you up to 3 tanks?

😂I'm surprised that wasn't taken already. Very nice pun!

This is seriously one of the toughest pieces of SPS. I picked up a frag of this years ago and it's still growing away. Wild how blue it got under the halides Bill!

I used to pinch off heads of these for trade before I realized they're one of the main culprits of palytoxin. I still have a decent size colony lurking in my tank but I don't frag them any more. They're pretty... juicy. Also if you feed the heads the colony will grow to pest proportions pretty quickly. I suggest getting it to the size you want and then quit feeding it. I don't know if you've seen Sanjay's skimmerless system he's ran for 20-something years but he has a Grandis colony in there with heads a full 3-4 inches across EACH. Gnarly coral!

40/40/20 sps/lps/softies for me. The challenge of the mixed reef has always been appealing to me but I can't do without all the easy color and flow. It makes it a little more difficult to dial lights in and my nitrates are always 5-10 ppm but I seem to be finding the happy mixed medium again! It's been a while. My 75g was beautiful but I've had some issues getting this 140g established due to poor lights. That's in the past now and things are growing away! For a stickhead, I also keep a lot of Gorgonians and (non-splitting) nems.

I once put a pair of Jester Gobies in my 75g which were eaten in seconds by the Jawfish. I guess I can't blame him as much now! Super interesting read.

"Don't forget the dryer sheet again Dad!"

It's annoying having to scrape it off the glass but I see it as more a sign of success. In my experience if corraline is growing than so is the coral.

Get your lights and water conditions correct and it turns in to a plague.

Either purging zoo's or pooping!