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Gotcha. I enjoy seeing them darting in and out of rock work. Sometimes I'll see a fish I forgot I had and I get excited hahah

Why don't you want "too much rock"? I wasn't aware that was a thing haha, unless you're speaking strictly about aesthetics.

Having rock taller will allow you to plant your corals at different heights based on their lighting requirements. Some prefer more, some prefer less.

Bumping the thread to the top so people see it. Older posts get pushed down on the list and nobody reads them anymore.

I use the IceCap ATO. For my second tank, I actually just bought a couple of "replacement parts" and assembled a whole new ATO system.. saved a chunk of change there. That was the replacement controller, sensors, pump.. etc.

Does he eat aptasia?

Have you had any issues with detritus build up in the sand bed because CUC can't dig through the eggcrate? I assume the eggcrate makes it more difficult to siphon the sand too? I've thought about doing that but ended up doing bare bottom.

What joke?

Start the bath now. Tap water, vinegar and a power head.

Similar experience, but as I was counting the bodies, I felt like I was nickel and dime-ing. Didn't feel like it was worth the time anymore to request a refund. After acclimating, seeing how many shells haven't moved.. checking for a body/empty shell.. just so much work lol. I just left it...

Sad what for $10?

Ah, I got the large 4x4x8 blocks. For something that sits in the sump, not adding anything aesthetically haha, would rather spend that on corals.

I understand, marine pure isn't cheap haha. I just got the few blocks too. Rather have all the biological filtration in the sump, nice clean DT

I personally think you might be over reacting if you throw out the sand and marine pure, aptasia does spread, but not that rapidly.. unless you scraped them off and let them drift into your overflow.. I don't know if it will have reached your marine pure.. but that's just me

I've got my marine pure cycling in another tank of mine currently. They'll go into the sump and be used to seed the display rocks up top once I settle on the rockscape. That way I can take my time getting stuff into the DT.

I'd mentioned I was starting a tank too in your other post. And honestly, I've been using old rocks. Some from the tank breakdown I purchased, some from a friend's old stock. It had worms, aptasia, vermitids.. you name it. Cheaper than buying new.. everything just went into a container...

Just keep in mind if you let the rock "dry out" and let everything just die, there's going to be dead, organic matter on/inside the rock. If you put that back in, those will decompose and leach over time.

This is my baby.

Seems we have a very similar build going on haha. Just got my marine pure in the mail too. Finished my stand and canopy, painting now before I get it in place and secure the plumbing.