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Congrats on the new tank! I hope you stick around and ask plenty of questions!

unfortunately, it probably won't be the last SPS coral you lose. Acropora can be very finicky. Not all SPS corals need the same requirements either. There are some SPS corals that don't like a whole lot of light - like montiporas, poci, stylo and hydeno... and then on the other side of that...

It sleeted here twice. I guess H€ll froze over. I'll never own a set of snow tires- unless fate has something else in mind. Sorry for the hijack.

So do you test before you dose?

I drilled a ten gallon tank that had tempered glass last month. It's possible but very risky. I wouldn't do it again. Especially on an expensive tank.

I take that back, a few years ago I did have a 20g with an eshoppes overflow and I never had issues with it.

Naa, I think it's good to keep track of hobby expenses.

Where's that blizzard photo, Bang? I don't think I would want to live in a place that has definite seasons. Here in Louisiana we have mild summer, summer, hot summer and very hot summer.

Back in the day I used to only use external overflows and then one day the siphon broke and the display tank flooded, the sump emptied and the heater cracked. The pump blew up. All while I was at work. I decided then and there that I would never own a tank that wasn't drilled. I then moved on...

I've gone In and out of the hobby for the better part of a decade. I've had over a hundred tanks in my lifetime and I have probably cared for about as many for former customers. I have always gotten out because of financial reasons. Being a full time college student for eight years after high...

I think I am going to come up with a binder to keep track of everything. Expenses, dates, maintenance, notes, test results, graphs for test results and so on. I think it will help me be better organized.

That's what I hear. ;)

Well, today went pretty good. I kind of got to relax a little, which is always great. I have been doing a bunch of reading on lighting systems lately and I have watched a few of the longer youtube videos featuring Mike Paletta and Sanjay Joshi. They have been testing all kinds of LEDs and stuff...

Pegasus, could you send me a link to that no name brand on Amazon? I want to consider it again.

It shouldn't really bother anything too much. Are you using magnesium sulfate or magnesium chloride? A good graduated cylinder would be even better. ;)

Im really nervous about buying a house. Locked into something pretty permanent.

Is that your broodsstock setup? Are you raising clownfish? Clownfish fry from what I always read and did,... Require a round, black container that is lit from the top. The black backgrounds make it easier for the fry to hunt and catch prey. The rounded container keeps them from catching in the...

My wife is house hunting. Which means I'm buying a house. I don't know if I want to add corals to my tank until after I move the tank or not. I guess it just depends on when we find a house we like and how everything fits together for buying it.

Bayer Advanced is used as a coral dip- as far as I know, people have only used it on SPS corals. Insects are actually pretty closely related to crustaceans - they have many of the same characteristics. Since two of the most prominent SPS "bugs" are AEFW (acro-eating flat worms) and red bugs, it...

Bayer advanced as in the insect killer. Going to dip my SPS frags.