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Looking preety darn good man....you may want to re-think your use of "phosguard".....it contains aluminum, which irritates a lot of corals....a better choice would be one of the GFO based products like "rowaphos" etc.

Thanks for the compliment. It is certainly coming along now.

I was in a pinch for the phosphate remover and from the stores available closest to me.. Phosguard was pretty much it.. but I will take a look for the GFO stuff. I am just thankfull my corals are all looking better now.

I am going to need to replace some clean up crew soon though, and most definately get an emerald crab or two... Bubble Algae is popping up everywhere.

Time for more pix.

Blenny cleaning up nicely.. in the FTS you can see where on the back of the tank.

New skimmer breaking in nicely. Microbubbles getting smaller and fewer. Fish don't seem to care.
Dosing some Tech-M to help with bryopsis.. some corals started coloring up when I started doing this.. just following directions on bottle and dosing 12ml twice a week.

Moved my Crocea clam from the sand bed.. where he was attached to the bottom of the tank to the rockwork instead.. He was a little PO'd at first, but shimmied a little bit and took to his new spot.

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This pic looking down on the same clam... just shows how more intense the green is.
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Quarter Inch more growth on Purple tip since last month.
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Zoas looking happier and coloring up. I even tore off a frag to trade with someone in ONT.
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Skimmer with the drain going back in the tank, as per the instructions, for the first 2 weeks until it breaks in and starts to accumulate skimmate. Thank god for the drain, otherwise I would have been standing constantly at my tank emptying the cup for these 2 weeks.
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FTS, where in the back you can see where the blenny cleaned.
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More pix... because I love taking them.

Zoa frag under actinics
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Zoa colony with flash... these guys are getting nice and bright.
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Unknown Acro#1, is branching out more in the back, but you can definately see here the improvement in the polyp extension.
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Runt is still growing slowly, but strongly. He sticks to around the Koralia pump for safety. His tailbar is still coming in.
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Omen is growing slowly too, and as you can see here his mid-bar is now touching and on the verge of merging soon I hope.
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GSP under actinics
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Dendro head
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Green bottlebrush under actinics
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Unknown Acro#2. This one has really started to grow in the last week or so. The last two pics of it with the white tips show the actual growth. The polyps are extended really nicely as well.
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Lastly my digis under actinic.. my red digi is awsome red.... love it.. I am so glad it is growing more now.
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The Remora is just about done breaking in... Since I dose in my tank I am giving it an extra week to break in since I didn't want to stop dosing during the breakin period.

Mrs Blenny... which I am gonna name Sam the Eagle anyways.. continues to decimate the hair algae.
The combination of the blenny and Tech-M supplimentation has really helped to control this, rather than just using Tech-M and raising mag to 1500. This seems a more natural solution and my corals are loving it.