Taylorhardy1

Thanks guys! It appears to be doing well in similar conditions to my acros. I think I'll leave it on this branch piece for now. Love how helpful this forum is!

I'm thinking psammacora, but want a second opinion. Thank you!

Hey guys! I've still got 2 large frags/ mini colonies of scrambled eggs zoas, a chunk with green palys and some random zoas(free), a chalice, a cyphastrea I've never been able to make happy, and a few idaho grape monti frags. Lately I've really been getting more and more into acros, and would really love to clear some of these frags out for some decent acro frags! I can get better pictures if wanted. I'm in ne Salem, but can drive within reason!

These shrooms are awesome! Tank is looking great!

I've got some idaho grape monti, or some zoas, or a cyphastrea if you're interested! I'm in ne salem

I used to only test once with everything, then I watched a video on the 20000g reef in New York I believe. Anyways, he brought up how most people will only retest if it's a number they're not happy with. I've tested atleast twice ever since then. Personally I like to test twice to verify my first test was done correctly, then be able to take the average between the two for what I'd imagine is the most realistic values. I'm mostly happy with how things are doing, just wanting to optimize water conditions for the healthiest growth, and have one of those kickass reef tanks I've aspired for since I was a kid haha.

Just got finished testing my water, and I'm unsure on what to do about my dosing schedule. Currently dosing alk, cal, and mag, so that's all I felt would be relevant to test right now. Tested each two times to verify with my Red Sea kit. Overall, I feel like I could be much much worse off, although I think alk and cal may be a little high for an sps dominant tank, and mag seems a bit low. Obviously I just need to dose a bit more mag, but ultimately I'm wondering if I should lower my alk and cal dosage, or keep it the same and hope things level out and drop back to ideal levels. overtime? Everything seems happy, growing quickly. Just getting more and more OCD about this stuff everyday... When I first started dosing I tested my water daily until I had alk stable at 9, and cal at 440 for a few weeks then got lazy and haven't checked for the last few weeks.... What would you do in my shoes?

It's so interesting to me. I've got another blue digi frag right next to it, and it's the same length polyps it's always had. My OCD just kicks in and I always want everything to be perfect and happy. Considering the growth I get, 9 times out of 10 I'm chasing something entirely irrelevant though it seems. My hydnophora has just gotten me addicted to fuzzy looking corals😂 Just got what I believe is my first Millie yesterday, starting to get nice pe, but it's definitely adjusting to my lights and flow still.

Hey guys. Figure one of you may be able to help me out here. I've been trying so hard to make my acros have the awesome pe I see in so many other tanks, and I simply can't figure it out. I recently got another blue digi frag, and man, the pe is insane on it. I've never seen digis get like this, and the thing is it's in a lower flow spot. I've been trying to increase flow because I was thinking that was the issue with my acros. Right now with just the powerheads I have the ability to move 5400gph, as well as my return pump that's rated to 1600gph. My pumps run in cycles, with a few seconds of all running at the same time. Water parameters are solid- gha is from me getting lazy with my rodi maintenance. Is it time to accept that maybe the species of acros I have just have shorter polyps? Crappy iPhone pictures for reference.

Ill definitely bring up a few frags, or a mini colony next time I'm in the area!

Sent you a pm!

I've had this Halloween urchin since January, and he's awesome. Ive just decided I'd rather allow some coralline to grow before I get another urchin. I've also got some scrambled eggs zoa frags, as well as another zoa I'm unsure on their name. I'll get pictures of the frags once the open back up.

Hey guys! As some of you may know, I moved here from Utah fairly recently. I work on cars for a living, and I wanted to offer that to you guys here. I can send you my resume with references as well if you'd like. I have my own shop and can work out of that, or come to you if need be. I offer super competitive rates, and no job is too big for me. I offer quick turnaround rates, no additional charge if the job takes longer than the book quotes, and typically I'm able to charge less than the initial quote. Shoot me a pm with any questions, or if you'd like me to get some work done for you. Thanks😊

Dimensions?

Thanks everyone! Also, I'm In the market for a nice sump, and quiet return pump for this if anyone knows anything!

I can't imagine trying to share my test kits, equipment, etc.... I can barely keep track of it when I'm the only one touching it😂😂

I have a tiny pavona frag. Commenting to show the frag pictures of big colonies to inspire it to grow more😜

I got a hydnophora frag for pretty cheap a couple weeks ago, and this just makes me stoked for it to grow into a massive colony!

I ended up ordering a gyre, and I bought a 3rd gen hydor koralia. Something like 2400gph, I've got another old school powerhead in there till my gyre gets here, and I also picked up a controller for the hydor. My corals seem stoked since the second it went in. Initially blew sand, but it settled quickly after I got things dialed in.

Would I be better off buying 3 koralia nano pumps, or 2 medium sized pumps on a 93g cube? I was thinking with 3 small pumps I could really vary flow while still keeping low flow areas. but I'm not exactly sure which would be better. I also like the idea of how much easier smaller pumps are to hide. Let me know what you guys think!

I started looking at my scape more, and realized I could get much more creative with my scape when it came to acro placement today. Cleared up a lot of real estate for other pieces, and I think it will look much more interesting after going about it this route, adjusted my return heads to put a lot more flow through this section of the tank, the corals seem happier so far. Picture was taken just after I moved pieces around, and excuse the gha. Lack of ro maintenance, issue has been addressed and taken care of, just letting it die off at this point.😆

I was kinda planning on an sps garden for the top half of the main island of the scape, with a little island for zoas and palys in the front corner, with lps and softies on the bottom half of the rock scape, and an lps garden in the sandbed. My biggest stressor is my acros, my montis seem to be extremely happy wherever I put them on the top half, but I'm clueless as to how to figure out which acros to place next to eachother that will grow into eachother and stay happy, and sting free. I've got an ecotech radion xr30w g2 currently, I've got it hung at 12inches above the waterline, I've been running it at 65% intensity as that seems to be where I get the best color and growth all around. All my corals started as tiny frags, being a budget reefer and all, so i struggle with imagining how pieces are going to grow together.😜

Hey guys! I've been lurking on here since before I moved to Oregon from Utah and even a while since. I initially moved here with a 65g I had been running for 3 months, then a heater failed on my qt and killed most all of my lps. I had been rebuilding that until I was able to score an awesome 93g cube from a member here for a few frags. After I got that all polished up, I moved everything from my 65g into the cube when I moved to Salem. I was able to put together a scape I'm extremely happy with but I stress a lot when it comes to coral placement. Was hoping some of you might be able to help guide me on figuring some of this stuff out as I go, and figured this wouldn't be a bad post for it! Anyways, here are my tanks, pictures are in order from oldest to most recent.😁

Unfortunately I'm in Salem, or. So that's a bit of a drive for me- if all else fails, I'll see about making a trip up. I have a buddy just outside of Seattle I've been meaning to go visit as well🤔

My koralia just died and long story short I have made too many financial mistakes elsewhere to go buy another pump. I've got numerous sps pieces I can frag, along with some scrambled egg zoas, and mind blowing palys. Nothing too high end, but nice pieces for sure. I just need a new pump asap so I can have happy corals again.