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Forum: Reef 12-19-2013, 04:37 PM
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Posted By asylumdown
I couldn't say for sure, but I bet it's probably...

I couldn't say for sure, but I bet it's probably because the coral is non-toxic to the sponge and it will inflate during the day, blocking most of the light (which those sponges seem to hate), but...
Forum: Reef 12-19-2013, 04:33 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 12,667
Posted By asylumdown
Well I only did the second treatment for 24...

Well I only did the second treatment for 24 hours. A couple of my LPS were looking particularly unhappy, and my two gorgonians shrivelled up beyond recognition. A few of my larger colonies also...
Forum: Reef 12-19-2013, 04:24 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 3,986
Posted By asylumdown
sweet, thanks! I'll try and make a field trip out...

sweet, thanks! I'll try and make a field trip out there this weekend
Forum: Reef 12-19-2013, 05:36 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 3,986
Posted By asylumdown
I had the new era pellets in an auto feeder mixed...

I had the new era pellets in an auto feeder mixed in with a blend of other pellets of varying sizes. It was timed to drop a very conservative amount of food in at 9am, which most mornings I wouldn't...
Forum: Reef 12-19-2013, 03:11 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 3,986
Posted By asylumdown
yah, I've had to. In fact the only way for me to...

yah, I've had to. In fact the only way for me to keep nori on the clip long enough for the PBT to get any is to either drop two clams in on the other side of the tank to distract/fill up the cowfish...
Forum: Reef 12-19-2013, 02:57 AM
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Posted By asylumdown
and just as an aside, having a tang that eats...

and just as an aside, having a tang that eats nori off a clip, after an entire year, has finally trained my doliatus rabbit to eat nori. He's practically been a carnivore until now!
Forum: Reef 12-19-2013, 02:52 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 3,986
Posted By asylumdown
Fattening up a powder blue tang

I picked this guy up like a month and a half ago. He was emaciated, but not to "the point of no return" emaciated, plus he was (tepidly) eating pellets in the store, and was more aggressively eating...
Forum: Reef 12-19-2013, 02:42 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,355
Posted By asylumdown
+1 to vermatid snail and snail eggs.

+1 to vermatid snail and snail eggs.
Forum: Reef 12-18-2013, 08:38 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,372
Posted By asylumdown
Alright then definitely not for this tank! I...

Alright then definitely not for this tank! I don't think I could easily capture my anthias without doing a 95% water change.
Forum: Reef 12-18-2013, 06:05 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,372
Posted By asylumdown
Miniatus grouper question

Does anyone know how large of a fish a full grow miniatus grouper will eat? I'm assuming bangaii cardinals would vanish rapidly, but what about anthias or the pygmy angelfish?
Forum: Reef 12-18-2013, 05:15 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 5,051
Posted By asylumdown
It eliminates a whole lot less phosphate from the...

It eliminates a whole lot less phosphate from the system than nitrate. "biopellets" are tiny little beads of a biodegradable carbon polymer. The principle behind it being that bacteriologically,...
Forum: Reef 12-18-2013, 04:53 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 12,667
Posted By asylumdown
Well I did the second dose this afternoon after a...

Well I did the second dose this afternoon after a water change, and I redirected the biopellet reactor to a bucket so that the pellets keep tumbling (I don't want them going stagnant) for the time...
Forum: Reef 12-17-2013, 11:21 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 12,667
Posted By asylumdown
You think the BPs are toast? I debated...

You think the BPs are toast? I debated redirecting the inlet and outlet of the reactor to a bucket of water while I did the treatment but lazy reefer syndrome took over. I really wish I knew what...
Forum: Reef 12-17-2013, 11:05 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,224
Posted By asylumdown
Fish are dumb...

Sometimes I catch myself anthropomorphizing my fish. I see human emotions in them and I catch myself feeling bad if I'm a half hour late feeding them dinner, as though they're having a deep,...
Forum: Reef 12-17-2013, 10:52 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,308
Posted By asylumdown
Oh lord. I think we commit every cardinal marital...

Oh lord. I think we commit every cardinal marital sin save for adultery in the name of these tanks...
Forum: Reef 12-17-2013, 10:06 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 12,667
Posted By asylumdown
what's really surprising is that this time all...

what's really surprising is that this time all traces of dinos, which I also had (but in low concentration) have vanished. I've confirmed that they were dinos under a scope, but I didn't think...
Forum: Reef 12-17-2013, 09:57 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 12,667
Posted By asylumdown
yah sorry if my reply came off as snarky. The...

yah sorry if my reply came off as snarky. The tone in my head when I wrote it sounded completely different from the tone that came across when I just re-read it now.

I still stand by the...
Forum: Reef 12-17-2013, 08:55 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 12,667
Posted By asylumdown
haha, thanks. trust me though, I'm probably wrong...

haha, thanks. trust me though, I'm probably wrong about as much as I'm right lol.
Forum: Reef 12-17-2013, 08:48 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 12,667
Posted By asylumdown
as a direct result of that thread and the copious...

as a direct result of that thread and the copious amount of reading on heterotrophic bacteria that I did, I changed my tune a little on bacterial dosing, which if you read that thread to the end, I...
Forum: Reef 12-17-2013, 08:21 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 12,667
Posted By asylumdown
I'm not sure there's much you can do to prevent...

I'm not sure there's much you can do to prevent it from returning to be honest. It's present in tanks with high nutrients, low nutrients, and no nutrients. Cyano bacteria is often the only organism...
Forum: Reef 12-17-2013, 04:44 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 12,667
Posted By asylumdown
repeating Chemiclean treatment

After battling cyano for months, but consistently reading undetectable levels of phosphate and nitrate, I dosed my tank with chemiclean. I know this is controversial to some people, but in my mind,...
Forum: Reef 12-17-2013, 03:39 AM
Replies: 30
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Posted By asylumdown
Also you can pick up used radion Gen 1s for...

Also you can pick up used radion Gen 1s for around 300-350/unit I think these days. I've got 8 of those on my tank and they've done me right, you can check out the last few pages of my build thread...
Forum: Reef 12-17-2013, 12:03 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 9,749
Posted By asylumdown
Imagine the cost of heating it just enough so...

Imagine the cost of heating it just enough so that it didn't freeze to a solid block of ice and rupture during that two weeks of minus 1 million we just had, let alone keeping it warm enough to put...
Forum: Reef 12-16-2013, 06:10 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,984
Posted By asylumdown
^ LOL!!!! What a perfect way to put an extra...

^ LOL!!!! What a perfect way to put an extra reactor to work. Can you toss in "Adam wins the lottery" for me?

The only other thing I'd reiterate is stability over a long period of time. SPS tanks...
Forum: Reef 12-16-2013, 06:07 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 9,749
Posted By asylumdown
Having problems with chemistry? levels out of...

Having problems with chemistry? levels out of whack? Can't get those pesky nutrients down? Don't waste your money on those new-fangled and expensive additives, try new the new and improved 98% water...
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