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Is the population large enough to cause problems for you? I was able to significantly reduce these (and vermetid snails) by stopping broadcast feeding and running filter floss to reduce their food supply. I’ve also tried bumble bee snails, wrasses and reef snow (calcium carbonate) but I didn’t...

Are you sure they’re not digitate hydroids? Hard to be 100% certain from the pictures you shared, but they look a lot like my own and pictures online:

These look identical to the ones I have my tank. I had the same question when I first saw them and my research led me to digitate hydroids. Unlike vermetid snails, they have a whitish mass towards the end and tiny hair like structure.

Looks like digitate hydroids. I have a few in my tank as well, they don't seem to cause much trouble at my population level. They can apparently irritate corals if their numbers grow. Fenbendazole may work, but research treatment as it will kill lots of other stuff!

Very true. Overall, I'm pretty happy with them despite the lousy app.

Yeah, it's very annoying. No option to remove the ad feature that I'm aware of... They were ~$300/pc for just the fixture. I paid an extra $75 for the mounts/hardware.

It's a good idea, I really wanted to increase PAR over a larger area though. I still may put one on the remaining kessil to create a hotspot for higher PAR.

A couple of weeks ago, I swapped out two Kessil 360x for knock off XR30s. The goal was to get more PAR to hopefully improve Acro growth and color. I got the "Pro" versions which come with CREE LEDs. As expected, these put out a ton of par. I made the initial mistake of running them at 80% right...

Man, that's some dedication right there!

@MichaelB is there any desirable photosynthetic stuff in your 210 right now? Could you just blackout the tank for a week or two to get rid of it? Edit: nm saw your journal. Moving the coral and blacking out the tank still could be an option?

Felt a pretty good shake. Nothing crazy, but I did go check my fish room lol.

Ah I see. Thanks for clarifying.

Is this Triton's monthly subscription which comes with a monthly trace additive based on your ICP?

Also, make sure no air bubbles are trapped in the plate when you measure.

I would calibrate with 35 ppt solution instead of RODI distilled. In general, it's better to calibrate in the range you want to measure.