Marie's 175g mixed reef (new pics added jan 27)

[Lance]

They just can't play nice, can they? I have to weed out the mushrooms every once in awhile. If they get to within 4 to 5 inches of the SPS, the stonies stop growing. I always have to use a lot of carbon. If I let the carbon go longer than a month before changing it I can see the SPS start to pout.

On a side note: How are the Flashers doing? Are you getting a male emerging yet?

[fishytime]

Good to hear the tank is doing well again Marie!

Originally Posted by marie

I have at least 6 cups of carbon (replaced monthly) in the sump

Originally Posted by Lance

I always have to use a lot of carbon. If I let the carbon go longer than a month before changing it I can see the SPS start to pout.

6 cups!.....wow!....but I guess you are running it statically, right Marie?....
and how much is a lot Lance?....and are you running a reactor or running it statically?..and which tank?....just curious as Im using a reactor and following the recommendations and only using a cup and a half....

Originally Posted by Lance

On a side note: How are the Flashers doing? Are you getting a male emerging yet?

Im gonna try REALLY hard to leave that one alone Lance.....Being that it is Maries tank journal and all

[marie]

Originally Posted by fishytime

...6 cups!.....wow!....but I guess you are running it statically, right Marie?....

I have the carbon in 2 media bags and placed so that all the water in the sump has to pass through the carbon before getting to the return pump

[Lance]

Originally Posted by fishytime

Good to hear the tank is doing well again Marie!







6 cups!.....wow!....but I guess you are running it statically, right Marie?....
and how much is a lot Lance?....and are you running a reactor or running it statically?..and which tank?....just curious as Im using a reactor and following the recommendations and only using a cup and a half....




Im gonna try REALLY hard to leave that one alone Lance.....Being that it is Maries tank journal and all

Doug, In the 90g I'm running 3 cups of carbon in a BRS dual reactor with GFO. This tank has a large mix of SPS, LPS and softies. In the 225g I'm only running 2 cups of carbon in a TLF reactor. Not much for SPS in this tank, mostly large LPS

[marie]

Originally Posted by Lance

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On a side note: How are the Flashers doing? Are you getting a male emerging yet?

The flashers are doing great, the 2 largest ones that are doing quite a bit of scrapping so I think the jury's still out on who's going to wear the pants in the family