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OGFrenchHorn, No pennies or bleach..... But many moons ago I used to pee in the sump. It started as a conversation at IMAC with some other people that were growing acros. I forget what our theory was for what we were adding to the system with urine. But it was funny. As I have gotten older I...

BouncingSoul393, I think the algae is a pain in the butt because the front glass is covered in film in 48 hours and at 4 days is quite heavily covered. But I am a super lazy reefer, so wiping algae is a lot of work to me. However the tank has no algae issues to speak of. By the return outlet at...

Tangwich, Self-flagellation is just not my thing. How about I inhale deeply from the ozonizer while dripping Kalk in my eye? LOL Dave B

BeanMachine, I think you may be right, it might be time to just pull the plug. I don't think I have the heart to do it. If I were to leave the front door unlocked, put a stack of buckets in front of the tank, and left a briefcase with $250k in small unmarked bills, do you think you could come...

TheMerchant, I dose Triton Elements and AcroPower. For coral food I have about 120 fish in the tank. I feed Chefzilla's chowdown. Brent's food is amazing for the fish and corals. I can't recommend it enough. If you haven't tried it, track Brent down and get some. It's awesome. Dave B

Paranoiattack91, These corals are lit with just Radion G3 Pro. I run a slightly tweaked Apex 20k profile at various levels 70-86% in different parts of the tank. A couple of hours of blue ramp up. Then 8.5hs of 20k and the a couple of hours of blue ramp down. When I shot these photos I run a...

Smite, There is a kind of funny story about the weed. I got the weed originally about 24 months ago. It was supposed to be a frag of a Cali Tort. It was a small branch without enough color or shape to say what it was. But the person I got it from was trust worthy. So I mounted it on the right...

How crazy has this millie turned out... This isn't shot under blue leds either, this is with Radions set to almost 14k at 100% (just for shooting the photos) Another nice milli This is another milli, Oregon tort at the top of the photo. Take a peak at the acro to the right of the milli in...

Hi Guys, Been awhile since an update. I have tried at least 6x to get some photos of the tank since Dec and just can't get decent photos. I even had the Tedinator stop by last Friday night and together we couldn't get any real good photos. So I tried something different, put the hood on the...

Hi Guys, Want to fill up your tank or refugium before Xmas? I have Chaeto, Grape Caluerpa, Pulsing Xenia, Red Monti Cap and Green Birdsnest to share. - It's all Free. Available on Saturday. If you have my number text me. If you need my # send a PM. Located in Encino. Dave B

The Bellus have always been safe for me. I have also had very good luck with Goldflake angels, with the exception of random acts of violence against only the most expensive zoas. Currently I have a Bellus pair, Flame back pair, Venustus pair, Flame, Mutli-color, Regal, Trio of Golden and...

Your Achilles definitely has an issue with the Mag float. My Achilles doesn't mind the cleaning magnet at all. I leave my magnet in the tank 24/7 so perhaps it's not that big a deal to him. Dave B

The Breakout box is not a 'Smart' device. It's only a place to contact the wires to. The smarts of the Break Out Box are built into the IO port on the PM1 / Pm2 and brain. So just by plugging the PM2 module that came with the gold package into your system, the 6 switches are now part of the...

Do you have a PM1 or Pm2 module? Each module allows you to connect an additional break out box which will give you 6 more switches. Dave B

Reefer6 --- Thank you! They aren't that colorful, I just have great photoshop skills :) Are we aloud to make jokes like that if we aren't trying to sell some overhyped nub of 3 polyps... LOL Watchguy, Thank you. LuisPerez - I was lucky enough to get the crazy Monti, on the terms that when...

Had the itch for some closeup shots of the corals tonight. Shot with Canon 70D with 100mm lens, handheld no tripod. Simple bright green acro Australian Colony Coloring Up Crazy Monti Grafted Monti Purple Pink Jake Adams Milli Milli With Potential This has grown into a...

Hi Guys, Outside frag tank has been doing great and I have lots of excess stuff to give away. I'm sure there is someone out there looking to impress their Turkey Impregnated Holiday guests with a tank full of pulsing xenia!!! That's right you won't get 1, you won't get 2, but I will give you...

Here are some updated photos to show just how fast the Bellus can change. This is what the fish looked like as of last Sunday night. So total switchover was about 10 days. Dave B

Solitude/Mike, Flow from pump is pretty linear even if you are ramping them up and down. And I don't like the look of seeing pumps hanging on the sides of the tank. So years ago I played with putting the pumps in the middle of the tank pointed straight up. This let me hide the pumps in the...

Mark, I am using some BRS doser pumps connected to my Apex. Because of my penchance for being as lazy as possible (and the size of my tank) I am not diluting the Triton Elements but running them as concentrates. I dose right from the bottle, and get about 3 weeks per set. As for frags, some...