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Is there a such thing? Are there some species of months or like deep water acros that don't need extremely high par and light present to thrive? I ask because I'm very new to hard corals, both sps and lps but want to give a test to my tanks capabilities because I was doing a little research and...

I totally agree with not chasing numbers, but definitely try a friend's test kit, maybe you have a faulty nitrate test. If visually all your corals are out and happy that is usually a great indicator. I personally would throw some various species a macro algae in there, either in the display if...

Wonderful! Thank you so much! I saw my green clown goby getting a little wild on the glass and was thinking maybe he was going after one or two, must be the case! I wonder if my yellow one will too. Neat! This makes me very happy.

Has anyone witnessed this or maybe knows something of it? Appreciate the help guys and gills, thanks!

Sorry mates time keeps getting away from me. Promise the how-to will get written up and posted soon, happy holidays everyone!

totally Jim! that sounds like a great plan, nab some from the fuge and find some places to splash some of that lovely plant matter! test the nitrates and if they are low or nonexistent don't worry about a thing. That's fine if you don't like chaeto :) no worries, I have been debating putting a...

about a week ago I missed this, in my pico things usually tank at least a week to become fully open upon entry of the tank, Had some xenia that took a bit but it had a tough time finding a comfortable spot. Time wise, makes sense they are still adjusting but I think your water changes might be...

The real point I was trying to make with this Jim is you definitely dont have enough livestock in this tank to need to do water changes weekly unless you are feeding so much that your nitrates are higher than 20ppm. It just doesnt make sense with only zoas and a couple snails in there. Should be...

Ya so my first pico I went with the same approach about 5 years ago or so. The problem with this method is that the tank is just constantly adjusting to water perimeters constantly. Tide pools often have corals in them and definitely experience 100% water changes which is what I was doing before...

Hahaha wow I am actually surprised this got a lot more attention than I thought. I'm gunna post tomorrow about it. I actually run a system that balances mostly everything out where I am currently no longer doing water changes. Thats the big thing, and if the system can be replicated into larger...

I have kept my pico for a couple months now and have had super great success with it and figured this might be the place in the forums to share with you my knowledge and experience with "bonsai-like" reef keeping. I have a busy schedule so I'm just testing the waters to see if this might be an...

Sorry phone accidentally uploaded the thread before all the photos.. My bad guys

Hey everyone, new to the club and wanted to post some photos of my active project. Its a 3.7 pico reef setup mainly made of hitchhikers but it's really turning out so lovely I had to share with everyone! I would appreciate any suggestions you might have with where to go forward with it now and...

I wanted to join the drink tank challenge also after being suggested that with my intro to the forum. Sounded neat and this would be a sweet way to get to know the club and enjoy another pico challenge.

Where are you at in jersey? What kind of 6 pack you want? :P I'm in.

Absolutely! I would love to meet up sometime, right now my schedule is a little hectic but I'll be in touch. Your wife definitely has some serious skills, those are definitely very laborsome studies I can imagine, though right up my ally, I've always wanted to know more about plants especially...

Thanks mate! Growing up in Minnesota, its taken me a bit to feel comfortable here but the tank, being by the ocean, and getting into the salt stuff helped a lot