Recent content by dmolavi

makes it sound like a couple days should be OK. Keep an eye on it, feed it, and if it doesn't look distressed, don't worry...

Thanks :) I use RedSea Coral Pro. My LFS has it on sale a few times a year so I stock up.

Here's the tank today. Unfortunately, the fromia proved too good a feeder, ate everything he could, then died. But everything else is going great, and the clam has almost an inch of new shell.

I've been thinking about building up a DIY flow meter for my return pump, to see what it's actually putting out, and be able to tune my system a little better. However, I don't have an Apex, and I'm not about to plunk down the $$$ on one, plus the extra for the new flow meter kit they have...

I've put on my engineer hat and was able to get consecutive tests to within 6ppm...good enough for me.

Here's a full tank shot from today. About 20 heads of frogspawn went to the LFS in exchange for store credit..

The fromia is doing awesome in the tank, and I was able to take all the frogspawn frags (except one) to my LFS for store credit...and picked up a nice 3 inch tiger striped derasa clam :)

Which do you guys use/prefer? I'm seeing some pretty wild variations test to test with my Hanna Checker (on the order of 75ppm difference between consecutive tests). Are the RedSea tests better/more accurate/more consistent?

I use the BRS RoX carbon, in their mini reactor (with phosguard), changing every 14 days. It does a great job keeping the water clear.

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I got mine about a year ago from PacEast, it was about 2 inches across. I feed him every other day and it's up to about 5 inches across now, and is gorgeous. They do wander, and mine found it's way into my overflow box (not in any danger, thankfully)....so if you need to move yours, use a...

Haha...Thanks :) Behind the star is a plating monti. It is a little rough now because of where it was before (choked out by the kenya tree, pre-pruning), but is making a good recovery. EDIT: Behind the first pic...a duncan colony.

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