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You are going to have to figure out to get an ro/di unit. Whatever is in your well is going to constantly give you more algae problems, and if you use red slime remover and then do a big water change you are just putting the nutrients right back in the tank.
This event is for the speaker, there are no booths setup for vendors to sell. Some vendors have contacted us around doing a sale around the even and having pickup there. We will be having a nice raffle and of course the second annual frag lotto.
What bulbs do you have and how old are they?
Your photo period is fine, you could probably get away with reducing it as you don't have light demanding corals, but not a neccessity.
Our 12 gallon probably has about 1.5 inches of sand and it is fine. You don't really need to go too deep and especially in a nano where it will take away water volume.
Your other inverts will be fine with the pistol, but in a nano I would probably go with the candy pistol instead of the larger...
You have the right idea when switching salts, small water changes. 15-20g might be too much, for your 72 bow (IIRC) that would be over 20%. You probably want to aim at 5-10g water changes. Also, make sure you are getting 0 TDS RODI water to mix it with. A heater and a pump to mix it up is...
Did you skimmer go nuts? It looks like your ato topped off more than usually which might have lowered your s.g. and raised your calc. However, even if you dumped 8g into a 120 all at once it might not swing it that much.
You can do a few small water changes to bring it back up or lightly...
That was the point I was going for, I love them in my 12g but I could never imagine them in a very large tank. I have also heard they like to go after clams (ancedotal have not heard it anywhere else). Mine are fun to watch in the 12g and are very active come feeding time.
Zoos are very finicky, much tougher than most people think. There could be numerous issues, I will list a few that I have run into.
1. As mentioned above asterinas. If you have them in your tank they are probably going after your zoas. They can attack one or two polyps which can get infected...
Pom Poms can be very cryptic, especially in the day light. We saw ours the most when we had our moonlights running.
What tank are you putting the bumblebee shrimp in?
OK time for some more updates. Some good news in here and some bad news in here:
Let's start with the good:
Corals look very very good. The bi weekly water changes have really helped stabilize the tank and the corals are loving it. Everything is happy and the corals that were burned in the...
Also want to give a big thumbs up to both Nate and Sunny here. To nate for knowing he can't keep the corals right now and passing on them at the moment. To Sunny for honoring the deal with Nate at a later date and offering up a new winner.
Also since nate selected the powder blue we can...