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Knuckledragger

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  1. Harlequin shrimp decimated all of mine. Entire tank clear of these things in short order. They also find all that are hiding in every nook and cranny that would otherwise go unnoticed. Just need to be prepared to feed them when the asterina population runs low/out.  

  2. 3 hours ago, obrien.david.j said:

    One 50 gallon barrel, two bottles of bleach, one power head, and a bunch of rock!

    The goal is to dissolve latent organics on the rock, especially a bit of dirt from being stored outside for multiple years.   What's group think - one week, two weeks, three weeks?

     

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    I would do two or three weeks. I did one week in a ten-to-one bleach soak and wished after that  I had done at least another week.

  3. I have heard that they have a lifespan and if this is the case then that must be a factor. For example, if they last ten years but it would take twenty years to gain back the cost in savings then it makes no sense. I have also heard that they decrease in efficiency as they age. Maybe technology has progressed and these things are no longer an issue.

  4. I did the bleach bath on some old rock that had been outside for months in someone’s yard. Came out great and stripped everything off. I have it cooking in the garage after dechlorination for the last couple of months and change the water weekly using the water I drain from my display tank during water changes. Probably overkill on the additional soak/cure time but I am in no big rush. May add it to the DT this weekend. 

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  5. Wow. I appreciated our discussions and all your reef advice. I hope everything is okay. Hopefully the current social unrest/climate did not impact too much. Stay safe and know you are on the side of right.

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