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i use a kalk stirrer connected to my tunze ato. Long long ago when phyl was on this board she had suggested to all that having both was ideal (calc and kalk), but if you had to pick one - to go with the kalk first. Hence why one of our earliest group buys were these kalk stirrers. Of course...
i use an old MRC with an extender and waste collector. Stuff reeks. Lately though the newer skimmers are smaller/compact and just as effective. The MRC doesn't come with a pump -i have to hook it up with my reeflo. Good luck -the choices are dizzying!
the only "Pests" that are stars i can think of are asterina stars - which have a love/hate relationship. I've got a ton of those if you want although I'm in central.
i think the reason why you have different opinions is that emerald crabs are from the genus mithrax. But wholesalers/retailers aren't about to spend quality time figuring out a mithrax from a xanthid crab or other. Basically it's quite possible that some folks have perfectly fine crabs, and...
i know that when i don't change out my t5s on time -there is a slight and then gradual color change on my sps (what's left of mine lol). So wait - did you start with 500 or ramped it up to 500? you're supposed to start at 1/4 the optimal mix. Anyways - someone with more exp on the bp...
is that a typ-o? 500ml is like a huge bag of the stuff and i dunno if it can all fit in a TLF phosban reactor.
EDIT: nevermind i just double checked, I guess it's possible to fit 500ml in a TLF. Is it gently tumbling or at a boil? I'm trying to imagine all of those in a TLF.
Is the EV180...
besides what spotter asked - i am also curious how long the fish was in the bag before it was introduced to your tank. Did you stay for raffles? What i'm getting at is - normally a person buys a fish and brings it home to start acclimation. Some people will also set up a Quarantine Tank...
sorry for the confusion everyone. I saw the 4 from AO (along with the black tang, helfrichis and regal angel). I must not have taken a pic of the chevrons at POP. Wow I must have been really out of it saturday...sorry for the confusion fisharefriends.
how long did you cure the LR before adding to the display? Most of that algae looks like it's consuming something off the LR. The LR itself may be leeching CO2 due to curing/decomp. Otherwise i'm all out of ideas!