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Honestly I buy most of my stuff online. Yes we have good local guys and I do spend good money with them as well. But sometimes you just want something more rare, or not the same variety. I tend to do alot with wwc, which went though a rough patch when they moved their store,got slot of browned...
@Sponge You got some nice pics of my tank. You should share some of the zoa pics. I'm a huge acropora guy, always have been. But I love having a mixed reef, acros on top,zoas and shrooms down low and a mix of LPS and gorgonians through out..
Nice man. Love his stuff. Cant wait to hear your feedback on How it works. Bill's stuff really gives the medical equipment vibe and feel to really high end aquarium equipment. And it definitly looks as though your wife is pointing at it saying get this fish "stuff" off my table. Lol
Theres always a way to do it the cheap way, but let's be honest. They look visually terrible. Lol. Unfortunately this hobby has become an investment(hopefully the return is the nice tank) hobby. Kinda like building racecars, you do it bc you love it knowing you'll never get that money back bc...
Agree, especially for AC pumps. Last forever. But can be quite the watt killer, dc pumps are so much nicer as far as being able to control them without a valve and the actual amp draw is quite low comparably to the same flow/volume of an AC pump. Only downside is DC pumps just dont have the...
Even if your showing a false zero that mean you may only have 0.25pmm still too low. And phosphates at zero will give you nothing but headaches. You need to raise your nutrient levels to a detectable range 4-10ppm nitrates and about 0.10 po4. When your stable at those numbers you will see...
Ok so update: this will be quite long!
sump and frag tank have been up and running for 20 days now...
A few interesting observations and one I'm struggling with...
At first with in the first few days the main tank never looked better, colors were incredible on my sps water seemed...
Why are you hesitant to use live sand in the seahorse tank? Your dry sand I'll eventually become live within a few months as the bateria in the system sees it.