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Nikki and I went down to the Baltimore Aquarium last summer, this was lost in the site crash so I figured I would post it again. The other thread on public aquariums spurred my memory as to why this thread was no long available. Don't have to many descriptions as I forget a lot
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The tank and setup looks amazing. It really shows you took your time and planned it out well which really will let you enjoy your tank. Can't wait to continue to follow this build.
Been a long time since we updated this thread. The tank is doing very well, we did some new aquascaping with some really really nice branch we got from Trop:
Got this scoly which I love:
Some random fish shots:
A favia just because:
Yeah you do want to continue water changes especially when carbon dosing. The keys to carbon dosing is good nutrient export through a skimmer and water changes.
Alk can affect all corals including softies. With mushrooms it seems the ones you don't want to grow multiply at an incedible rate while those you actually want to reproduce never do. I am not a ric expert so i really have no help there.
The accepted levels is between 7-12, I think the sweet spot is 8-9 (and I know others who agree). The benefit of having alk a bit higher is is keep your PH steadier.
Welcome to the site and yes we can help you here. One of the best ways to get help here is post a picture, as they say it is worth 1000 words. A cell phone snap could help tremendously.
Don't sell it, as much as I would love to have that tank, don't sell it. You will be kicking yourself down the road when you go smaller then want to go bigger and have to buy everything all over again. You will never be able to get that dimension tank again without dropping a fortune. We need...