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41 minutes ago, badxgillen said:

I would take a piece of each, next meeting you say?

Maybe I could find something to throw back your way.

Well... I'd be happy to but I got both from you.    if they're not ringing a bell then I can bring them.

Haha ok two of them are yours!  I'll bring them to the party!

I have two different stag colonies, blue with blue polyps and blue with half green/half blue polyps.  The two colonies are pretty similar and since I took the half green polyp'd frags off the underside the green isn't showing.  I guess it's going to be a surprise!  They're both lovely and fast growing though.  They were both growing in to colonies near them so I got the bone cutters out and accidentally made more than I meant to.  Pest free.  Anyone want some at the next meeting?  You can swing by in Salem if you'd like as well.  Free!  

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(They're free frags.)

C'est la vie.  Practice makes perfect though and I'm sure the next tank is going to be even more impressive.  

I've also used two other products for lengths of time in the past.  I started with Aquavitro Fuel which works great but has to be refridgerated after opening and is kind of hard to source.  It's also expensive.  I then used Acropower for the last year and a half on my 75g and that was much easier.  It still worked great and didn't need to be cold so it could be dosed.  Though the RS A+B also has to be in the fridge, I've had the best results with it.  That's also a carbohydrate product involved that IIRC Fuel also included.  

I've tried just not running aminos in the past and been displeased with the results.  

I use the Red Sea Coral Nutrition A+B.  One of them is aminos.  

We'll be there with 2 adults and 3 little kids.  Thanks again for putting this on!  Is there anything you'd like us to bring in particular?

Good to see you today Jeff!  There's so much craziness going on in there I couldn't even process it all.  We're really excited about the new acquisitions! 

Ridiculous!  We need to come up and see you shortly apparently!

Our very loved Rosie as a kitten and current.  

3 hours ago, pdxmonkeyboy said:

Couple weeks ago... uggh, my closed loop inlet is filthy.. let me pull that off and clean it.

Forgot to turn off CL pump.

What's that grinding noise? Niger in pump impeller.

Sighhhhh

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You always have the best stories.  🤡

Oh I've seen Bill's tank in person and it is amazing.  I meant @badxgillen!

2 hours ago, badxgillen said:

Bill has definately got me beat, he does have the longest. Although I too have some 20 year plus corals, my main tank has only been up for 16 or 17 years.

That's really incredible Bert!  What are the details on this tank?  

I mean, we could roll the olds down the hill for fun at least!

Great advice Bill!

Cool, it's on our calender!  They're pretty well behaved and know not to touch the tank at least.  

Thank you for hosting @SuncrestReef!  Our family would all like to attend.  Do you mind children?  

Always a fun little treat to see.  Their pre-inspection is hilarious.  Good job on capturing it!  

There's a lot to tackle here and I'm interested to see how it goes.  One small thing I can help with perhaps is your venting/dosing idea.  I tried venting to increase pH on my last tank and it didn't do much.  I took up dosing soda ash as my alkalinity component in the 2-part I use which has a high pH.  It did a much better job of keeping it high and is just part of my chemistry dosing.  

It's a grand plan!  Any wrinkles that could be smoothed out ahead of time will save you a lot of work later.  It's always nice to see such enthusiasm for a new system! 

Hey, there's some primo tank food right there!  

Trochus really are the best snails, huh? 

NSFW that!  😂

Hi Taylor, welcome back!  That spathulata is slowly coloring up and growing.

I've been using the Fritz blue box for a while now and its been stable.  

@SuncrestReef I love the rolling algae!  Out of curiosity, why is your skimmer so full and wet?