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I remember reading that post last year and made some changes afterwards. I've noticed that switching from pellets to freeze dried whole food helped make a huge difference on my phosphate accumulation. Feeding 7x a day with freeze dried vs. 2x pellets led me to have lower levels. Of course you...

I've been uploading to YouTube for mine, they embed well here

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Common in the pond world too. Keep in mind it's a carbon source so be careful.

The clam holders are 3.25" long. Largest Maxima is just slightly smaller. The crocea on the left was added later and started about 1.5", now maybe 2.25".

These all started 1-2", never fed phyto. Just light and fish food/poop particles.

Getting healthy clams seems to be the key I've found. The wild ones lately from Vietnam and Palau seem to carry the parasite. Mine have all been from ORA and trouble free, much like the older batches of clams like I guess Arnold's are/were. That plus blasting them with light (450+ umol of...

For stability you might want to have the structure rest on the glass not the sand. If a fish or crab starts burrowing under a side it could collapse. You might be able to get away without the flat base rock too and put that low and to the right side to get more space to grow things. ...

If you're having stale air issues, you can install an HRV unit. The practical example is a fart in an elevator. Turning on a fan won't reduce the smell, it's just going to spread it around. You need to open the door or a vent outside to exchange the air.

Yep

Still doing monthly water changes. However ammonium bicarbonate dosing is helping keep nitrogen up. Almost no effect on pH at night though! Probably since they have gills and respire more than corals. I should do an ICP or something to check if anything else is depleting.

Clams still don't care it's ugly down there, but the brown one sure likes to move around:

Seems pretty focused in the center. Which tank is this?

I kept my two separate and have a drinking water reservoir for the one we use in the kitchen and spigot. No booster on that one and no resin, just a pre filter, RO membrane, and double carbon blocks. Reef system is 7 stage with dual membranes and the booster, only used manually when I open the...

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Funny how the blasto just doesn't care below

Chalice beats Pocillopora?

Love it, got the data and the video! That copperband looks pretty excited for the food too.

Tank is looking amazing. Have you been feeding actively?

The cleanest I've used was the BRS ROX carbon, but you really have to contain it well since they're like candy sprinkles and get loose easily. They're definitely marked up way too much, so if anyone has an equivalent source let me know.