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I recently ordered an Innovative Marine 200 EXT and while I wait for it arrive I’m slowly gathering equipment. I currently have 2xMP40’s on my 6’ 120 gallon and a jebao slw-30 and I’m leaning towards ditching the jebao and adding 2x maxpect gyre XF350’s to go with the MP40’s. Does anyone have...

I know people talk a lot about the effect of rising PH and how it correlates to Alkalinity consumption. As can be seen in the graphs i usually keep PH between 8 and 8.2 and Alk between 9.2 and 9.5. This being a nice weekend we got to turn the air off and open up the house, well my PH jumped up...

Happy 4th of July everyone! I know I haven’t been on in a while, the green hair algae has been kicking my butt for almost a year and I think I’m finally beginning to turn a corner. I’ll be posting some thoughts and numbers in the coming days but just wanted to wish everyone a safe and happy 4th!

I joined the melev’s reef Facebook page a few weeks ago and last weekend a gentlemen posted he was breaking down his tank and giving away this 2 1/2 year old biota yellow tang. He admitted the tank had been neglected and the fish does appear to have HLLE but hopefully I can nurse him back to...

Although only 8 species would be allowed to be caught, it appears we may see wild caught yellow tangs again. Hawaii harvesting of tropical fish for aquariums approved | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog

Where could 2 billion crabs go? Alaska snow crab season canceled as officials investigate disappearance of an estimated 1 billion crabsAlaska snow crab season canceled as officials investigate disappearance of an estimated 1 billion crabs

I decided to take my dad fishing for his 75th birthday today and since my daughter loved it when I took her last month and Tuesdays kids are free and she was off from school today she came along as well. Today is the last day of fluke season and not much was biting. I did catch a fluke small...

I came across this build thread last week and it got me thinking. For people who like to dose Phyto daily, how simple it seems to automate it? The author used this technique to dose the Phyto for 2 consecutive years without crashing his culture. Similar premise to a kalk reactor, he added the...

I'm going to need more reagents for my tridents soon and came across ABC Reagents which sells reagents for almost half the price of Neptune's. Has anybody used these I don't see many reviews for this product?

I’ve never seen these before they were in the Freehold Petco, any idea what they are?

It appears Biota has bred a cross between the yellow and purple tang. Only 12 in captivity for sale now. Only 10 grand and it can be yours! https://shop.thebiotagroup.com/products/yurple-tang-hybrid

Of course Hawaii shut down right after I set up the 125 and couldn’t get these. I was finally able to convince the wife to get a few. Of course when she saw the picture she almost had a heart attack thinking I got 4 lol

I just ordered 2 yellow tangs from biota to be delivered on Tuesday. I’d like to keep them in an observation tank for a month or until they’re big enough to go into the main display. I have a 10 gallon that they can start in and if I need I can put them in the 40 breeder down the road. I’ve...

I know a few people here are using the Reef Moonshiners method, I'm curious to thoughts on this method, cost of implementation, and pros and cons as well as other means of keeping track of trace elements while doing away with water changes. Thanks!

What are the chances there are eggs in his mouth?

My 125 is now 13 months since it got wet. I have had a bear of a time with keeping corals as most of the ones I’ve bought from fellow reefers have died. I know the first year of a bare bottom is most difficult but I’ve really tried to stay on top of things like dosing and nutrients. I ran a kalk...

Happy Thanksgiving! My tank has an outbreak of trochus snails so bad they keep going down the overflow and into my skimmer. I’m looking to give some away to anyone who wants them. They’re mostly medium to small but I can give away a few lots of 15-20 to whoever wants them. I’m available tomorrow...

I recently decided to switch salts, was using BW Neomarine but it had a low alkalinity of 7.5dkh. I wanted to raise it to closer to 9dkh and decided to go with the fritz blue box also because it was cheaper. But when I did a water change last week my alk dropped from 7.5dkh to 6.8dkh! I did my...

I’ve been battling this GHA in the 32 biocube for a few months now. I do weekly 5 or 10 gallon water changes. I have a Santa Monica drop algae scrubber but just realized a few weeks ago the light is flashing and I have no idea why. I have a skimmer and filter floss I change a few time per weeks...

We picked up the newest member of the family on Tuesday evening. A chocolate lab that Savannah insisted we name Hershey. As you can see she is over the moon excited and spent a half hour the other night showing him the fish haha. New