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It's doable. What are you using for nutrient export? Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

No skimmer. I am starting to use carbon again to reduce the yellow pigments. Filter socks, ATS and small WCs. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

Every 8-9 days. Depends on how much I've feed over the growth period. I am experimenting with cleaning portions of the screen more often so there is less likelihood of a parameter swing during the time a totally cleaned screen grows out. Overall i am happy with the result. Sent from my...

Long overdue update: December 2016 January 2018 Overall the tank is doing well. The RBTA has divided into three, with another division underway. Right side. The Euphyllia are all doing great. most recent addition is a sweet golden Frogspawn. Left side. Zoas overall are doing well...

Running the tank on the ATS, shut off the protein skimmer two weeks ago. Let's go!

Awesome build, I like the shallow reef set-up. Best of luck.

Euphyllia island in full force. Clowns, right behavior, wrong host, i'll take it.

DIY Frag Rack DIY frag rack Purple Monti continues to grow.

9/22 water test: .00 Phosphate (Hanna Checker) ~0 ppm (API) Increased ATS photoperiod to 14 hours a day and increased the intensity. I added a Blue Eye Kole Tang to the tank, that makes three tangs in total, Yellow and Hippo. Lets Go!

9/15 water test: .02 Phosphates ~1ppm Nitrates

Overdue update: Tale of two montiporas. I moved the red digitata to a new location and upped my water changes, ~1o gallons every two weeks. The red digi is growing again and like clock work every two weeks starts to reduce its polyp extension. Increasing my WCs has helped. The blue digi is...

Two weeks growth. Cleaned the screen here is the total harvest. Parameters: Hanna LR 0.00 Phosphates; Nyos Nitrate 1ppm Algae Scrubber users unite!

Improved no, I think I would need a larger scrubber and or a refugium dedicated to macro algae to reduce the swing in pH.

Cleaned the screen off, will post comparison shot in two weeks.

Algae scrubber screen after two weeks. Tested water Week 1: Phosphates 0.00, Nitrates ~1ppm, Week 2: Phosphates 0.02, Nitrates ~1ppm I will turn up the intensity a small amount to see if there is a reduction in the phosphates next week. Algae Scrubber users unite!

I use both. I like reef chilli and recently started using roids. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

I think I have found the sweet spot with my scrubber 14hrs on about 60% intensity, cleaning every two weeks. I had ramped it up to 16hrs and close to 100% intensity. it grew a ton of algae on the screen but looking back that was when my two original montipora frags started to decline. Too...

I dialed back both my Algae Scrubber and Protein Skimmer to see if there is any positive impacts on the two stressed montiporas. I also started dosing Acropower to provide a nitrogen source for the corals in the form of amino acids.

Any update on the scrubber?