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Is that a square spot anthias? Lol Is the wound white and fluffy @L/B Block ? Or is it more red?

Got some big bounce action on the yumathings looking good overall, might have to zoa trim in 2026:

We could always do a virtual tour on stream. But second @Coral reefer 's suggestion to start a tank journal and list your equipment and livestock. Otherwise from a distance it looks great! I think one secret for chaeto that some like is Chaetogrow ( @derek_SR knows more about using it).

So the breaker tripped and not the GFCI right?

They cost more, but paying for a fish once that will live up to 10 years is much better than buying (and killing) a bunch. Or buying a bunch of berghia/peppermints that may or may not solve your problem. Plus they're gorgeous fish.

Crank up the lights for that clam! With that light, it might have hard time getting enough.

None that I could see, most looked way better after.

It's basically the same thing as liquid bandage! Pretty good as long as you clean out the wound well prior.

Update for December. A few changes: The blue throat fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus cyanogularis) was being a jerk so I caught him with the club Nyos trap fairly quickly: He now lives in @Srt4eric 's thunderdome. I added a tiny Halicoheres chrysus from Kenny to replace it: The tank is so much...

These still called Aquilonastra? I remember on an old Reef Beef you guys went into that topic.

Worst fish bite I ever got was from one of these

@CharlesJohns58 kept one (or more?) in the main South Pacific reef tank at the Waikiki aquarium mixed with all sorts of invertebrates and fish. He might know what they tend to go after vs. not.

Best way to beat diatoms is add live copepods like tisbe or apocyclops. Or buy some rubble from Kenny from his invert system or ask him to scoop out some from in there. Or order from Nathan @Coral Hub (Nathan) https://coralhubus.com/product/cultured-pods-all-species/ I'd probably do both to...

Yep it helps colonize the rocks with bacteria and you'll get less junk growing right away. Or if you have any concrete in it, it will keep curing and adding alkalinity during that process. I'd probably do it for a couple weeks or more if you can be patient enough.

Maybe soak the rocks in a bucket of old water from a water change for a bit to help them cure?

Tunze pumps use the least amount of energy if you're trying to reduce load. But even an MP40 will only draw 38w or so at peak flow. The lights are 90w each at peak too. You'll be using more energy from heaters I'd bet.

My secret is sump clams.

That's so funny, I had the opposite experience back in the late 2000s. I was doing the vinegar super saturated kalk though vs. vodka plus kalk.

Welcome back! There's always people looking for aiptasia to farm berghia with so that's an option. Any fish still kicking around in there?

Aug to Dec here: