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    Smith Family IM 200EXT build

    Proudly know as the crazy fish guy, but I am lucky because my wife got me into the hobby so we are both passionate about it which helps.
  2. M

    Smith Family IM 200EXT build

    Our total system is like 400ish gallons (200g display, 80 g frag tank, 60 gall recirc and probably 60 gallon sump). We got the super reef octopus reactor.
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    Apex vs Hydros. Salinity & PH

    I am super new to controllers as this is our first one in 15 years of reefing, but we are running the Hydros PH to control our calcium reactor and really like it so far. Easy to dial in on the app.
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    Smith Family IM 200EXT build

    I just had Brian at reefco setup a new one for me so I took the guess work out of it. I am extremely happy with it though, my old one was not run off a controller or anything and we just adjusted it via the bubble counter. Now I have the hydros controller and a PH probe and that is how we set...
  5. M

    Vodka Dosing

    I find the more bourbon I dose on myself, the less I care about the algae.
  6. M

    Smith Family IM 200EXT build

    Tank looks really nice, are you dosing or running a calcium reactor?
  7. M

    Dwarf Angels

    That is enough volume for them, but it depends on the temperament of the angels if they get along.
  8. M

    Stores near Jackson?

    He operates out of his garage, so give him a call to make sure he is around and setup the appointment.
  9. M

    Help with aptasia and green hair algae

    This might be considered overkill, but with a 14g biocube, I would just buy new rock and start over with that. Try and cut off some of the corals, but that is a pretty bad infestation. A pair of mated clowns in a biocube are going to be jerks, you can look at re homing them and getting some...
  10. M

    Zoolander Powder brown

    Magnum! Its glorious.
  11. M

    Cooking steaks

    Sous vide really is like a cheat code for cooking steak.
  12. M

    Reefapalooza 2024

    The maven seemed like it could be a game changer. I think they put a lot of thought into the design and how easy it should be to use and clean. There are other all in one testing systems out there but they all seem to have problems. This unit I think they looked at those problems and tried to...
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    Reefapalooza 2024

    Sorry we missed you to Bob, We grabbed fish basically right when we walked in there so we knew we have a time limit from the jump. Also, we had to grab our dog by 430, so it was not going to be a full day. I am sure we will see you soon. There was really nice torches all over the show room...
  14. M

    NJ Frag Fest 2025

    They had the same flyers at their booth. They were promoting their show and LIRA was promoting their club there as well.
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    Reefapalooza 2024

    We went up today, it was a really good show. More fish than I have seen at a frag event in a while, came home with a bunch. Coral selection was always top notch, definitaly grabbed some SPS and some zoas. Grabbed some rock aquascape pieces and some pods from reef nutrition. Coralvue had the...
  16. M

    Has anyone seen healthy copperband butterfly fish around!!

    Bought one from NY aquatics last week from their live sale. So far so good, but with copperbands you are never sure until you have had them for a long time. We had one for years that was amazing and it got bullied by our clownfish which is no longer in our system.
  17. M

    Curing live rock Q

    Agreed, just giving the bacteria time to colonize it. Better to be safe than sorry so we go with a month.
  18. M

    I am out

    Sorry to hear you are getting out, what fish do you have for sale?
  19. M

    Latest SPS haul

    Now that is a nice pack. Did you get it from a vendor or hobbyist?
  20. M

    125 gallons of nature

    We need some new fish and I was thinking about taking the drive up.
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