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I have really been upping my houseplant game lately. Ever since @Kensington Reefer gave me an Alocasia and coleus, I’ve been adding to my indoor garden big time. Now I’ve got a greenhouse cabinet, a begonia and Hoya collection, and a ton of propagations going. Some aroids on moss poles too. If...

You will get a LOT of different opinions about salt, many are in this thread. Some folks are almost religious about it, and I'm not saying they are wrong. Only sharing my own experience. I have used TM, FM, IO, IO:RC, AF, Fritz, both Red Sea. I have at least 4 of these in my garage right now. I...

I have not cleaned my mixing container ever (2.5 years). What problems are you having with the brown stuff? It's harmless based on what i've read and heard on podcasts. It's an anti-caking agent - which prevents the salt from turning into bricks. I also have some AF salt sitting around, and...

I often do exactly this, yes :): https://www.bareefers.org/forum/threads/dbtc-pif-trades-for-2-23-frag-swap.37643/ https://www.bareefers.org/forum/threads/last-minute-trades-for-swap-walt-disney-cali-tort-fireworks-pearlberry-hawkins-etc.38585/ I haven't got much traction on this...

We do this sort of thing at the holiday social event - basically like a super ultra single piece swap. It was fun last year!

This is a good idea, except we'll do it at the beginning of the swap and call it the "Ultra" round. :)

No lid gang checking in, haven't lost a fish yet! I do have a 6" eurobrace though...

This suggestion came up in the BOD convo as well - but we don't have any plans to start banning corals that aren't super toxic or invasive (what's currently banned). I am sure folks bringing the montis and shrooms are mostly newer reefers OR just people using the swap as an easy mechanism for...

nice flesh band brah ;)

Always keeping everyone accountable to labeling their photos! Updated for ya :)

Voted!

Hey all - I'd like to share some of our post-swap changes and ideas for improvement and capture any feedback that our members have. Change #1 - all Bonus/Ultra Zoa entries must be a minimum of TWO polyps. This was an old rule that kind of fell by the wayside but I want to formalize it again...

Haven't updated in a while - nothing much new to report other than I shut down my frag tank.I could not stop detritus from accumulating in it - originally the return pump was in the return chamber of the DT sump, but even after moving the return downstream past the skimmer it still seemed to...

I posted a lot about my issues with these in my tank journal. After the 3rd set of rotor shafts, I decided just to switch all my pumps out for alternatives.

Probably want to invest in a small heater + controller to get your temp a little higher. Should be a cheap purchase. Do you have an ATO? that will be the most important thing to keep your salinity stable. What parameters do you have test kits for, and what brand of kit?

Welcome! There is a lot to unpack here. Things I would definitely NOT do: do not pull rocks or sand (you want things to continue to stabilize - rocks and sand are not your enemy right now). do not add a mangrove (??? you've got your hands pretty full already) do not add any expensive livestock...

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The team is really just @dangalang …he works for free :D

Yes sorry, was going to post it after discussing some post-swap stuff with the BOD. Coral Tallies (I am sure I missed a few): ULTRA Walt Disney - 12 Stratosphere Zoas - 8 Stratocaster Zoas - 6 2-3 Dragon Soul Torch - 4 Oregon Tort - 4 SCOP - 3 Pink Lemonade - 2 Burning Bush / Immortal Tort /...