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I never really gravel vac my sand. I let my CUC do the job. I've never had a problem with a lot of garbage being left around. I just stir the sand bed on occasion.
I'm selling the skimmer that came with my CADLights tank. It's made by them and it works insanely well. I just like my Aqua C a bit more. I'm not asking much. Like $75 or something for the skimmer. It would definitely work in sump.
I crush up some New Life Spectrum pellets quite often and let them soak for a while in water to break them down even further. My LPS love getting squirted with that little concoction.
The "dead" monti will probably turn it around as long as you keep your tank in check. I had a green birdsnest frag fall into the sand top first and stayed there about 2 days before I noticed it. Completely bleached. It is now fully recovered in a few weeks.
JMO, but no one should have emerald crabs, either. 90% of the time the crab turns into a predator after a year or two when it gets big enough to grab small fish. Those crabs are bad news. Same with the Sally Lightfoot crabs that people seem to use.
Frankly, even touching your skin is a bad idea. My whole arm went numb for well over a few hours once when fragging a paly rock a few years ago. Scared as hell because of it, too! Won't be keeping them any time soon ;)
Aqua C Remora skimmer w/ Rio pump (but will likely upgrade to the Mag3 pump after the summer).
1 Koralia 4
1 Koralia 2
2 Koralia 1s
Stock 500GPH return pump
Stock 150W MH light w/ actinic supplements
Mini jet pump in refugium
I want to add another small powerhead in the return area since...