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You can buy ozone safe tubing on Amazon—just need to look for the right product. Reef product suppliers almost certainly get their superglue from one of the many glue OEMs other there and repackage it. Instead of purchasing from the aquarium products company you can purchase straight from the...

This is the cheapest high quality source of cyanoacrylate based super glue: https://a.co/d/1S6noqB If I could get it for similar price I would go with the small tubes of BSI which seems to set faster when working in the tank itself. When gluing frags into plugs outside the tank any gel-based...

Fenbendazole is indeed a common treatment for clove polyps (several thread on the subject on Reef2Reef). I used a very small pinch of fenbendazole fish flakes and by the next day my small GSP colony retracted and eventually died even after moving it to a quarantine tank. I dosed every few days...

If there is any Pearlberry I would love a frag.

If you need more volunteers I would be happy to help.

Yup I am still running the blades. I have them mounted using two HMS mounts on the back. I have the blades 3-4 inches off the water so very close. I don’t have much issue with salt creep anymore since my return pump runs pretty much 24/7 whereas before I used to turn it off 4-5 times a day for...

This is the second anniversary of my first tank. After two years I wanted to start over and hopefully make less mistakes this time around. I redid my aquascape with Australian live rock from Eric Cohen at tankstop.com. Prior to this update, I hadn’t made any major changes for half a year...

Apologies I never answered this since I missed the notification. No, I rarely use carbon or GAC. I have used it a few times if I want to remove something I dosed to the tank for some reason but that is pretty rare

Thanks for the heads up. I have been monitoring the fish leaks periodically and haven’t seen anything for a while. Glad to hear a new batch will release soon!

Tequila Sunrise mushroom has a lot of yellow and orange. You could also get yellow fish!

I have won several coral auctions from CKC—mostly without issue. One time I won a nice torch for a great price but when I went to pick it up in Concord it could not be found. I ended up swapping it for a different torch on hand. Not ideal but the situation could have been worse. That was...

The RedSea 350 is a relatively small tank so less idk of failure than the larger tanks. I started my first tank two years ago and went with RedSea 525 G2. No issues and it looks great but if I could start over I would go with another manufacturer since some other models out there have great...

I will also swing by this week for some Berghia. If they manage to eat through the aptasia I see I will try to recapture them and donate them back. That is better than having them starve.

I have had great experience with Dr. Reef’s—-particularly their customer service. Health wise the specimens were great. Dr. Reef’s and High Tide Aquatics have been bulletproof for me thus far. I do buy fish from other places but those go through 4+ week quarantine which I find somewhat...

Agreed. Putting fish through quarantine is super easy. I have a 10 gallon from Petco which I use to quarantine. The QT provides a chance for new fish to fatten up before they go into the main tank. We are also lucky to have High Tide Aquatics in the area. Half my fish come from there.

If you haven’t got hand on a copper test yet you can borrow my Hanna checker. I am in Saratoga. Note that CopperPower dosage on the bottle is approximately 10% too conservative so I always dose a little higher to ensure I get at close to 2.5 ppm as possible (must ensure level does not drop...

I donated this one at one of last year’s frag swaps. This one is called Viviid Kaleidoscope, and is no longer sold online anywhere In my opinion this looks nicer than UC Amazeballz and UC Glitter Gobi which are more widely known and which I also have.

You can message seller and they will likely sell for less than the 10 minimum listed. They will also provide a quote for shipping. I have bought a bunch of stuff from Alibaba and never had to pay any customs charges.

If I didn’t already have two tangs this would be super tempting!

If you don’t want something permanent why not get something like the Green Killing Machine: https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/green-killing-machine-internal-uv-sterilizer-with-power-head-1237039 The above is 24W and has a pump included. I have had two permanent UV sterilizers...