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Here is the fish life support system that is going to get us from here to Las Vegas. I have ten gal air pumps split with T's into each bucket. I drilled a hole into each lid and have a suction cup to hold the tubes down to the bottom of the bucket. My inverter from the burn stopped working but...

I am looking at sumps for the new system. Bashsea makes a 48" x 18" which would fit pretty well under my stand. https://www.saltwateraquarium.com/sms-4818-smart-series-sump-bashsea/ Anyone ever use a Bashsea sump? Thoughts on build quality?

Only rule is I want the rocks so you need to cut your own frags. Bring whatever plugs and tools you have and clean this tank out!

Hey BAR, I'm starting the construction on the wall and ordered the tank so I'm starting the journal to get more eyes on the project. I ordered a 72" x 30" x 30" peninsula with Starfire glass from Crystal dynamics. I was really happy with my last build from them and learned a lot with my last...

I got back into town and noticed these three clumps of eggs. I assume some invert, but did anyone know what these are from?

It's not on my head, but we found a juvenile day octopus in Oahu on a scuba dive! It was swam back down to the floor where the fish wouldn't eat it. @Thales I also got super lucky and found a baby hiding in a muscle shell in the surf on Maui. It was about the size of a silver dollar (for...

The stars have aligned and I have started thinking about a next tank. There is a space in the house we are under contract on that would be great for a 6'-8' peninsula tank as a room divider. I am not seeing a lot over 6" that wouldn't be custom. As such, I am starting to look at what tanks...

I recently tested my phosphate and got .47 on the Hanna reader, which seems a little high even for me so I got out the bottle of lanthanum chloride and put a few drops into the skimmer neck over the course of 3 days and got it down to .06. No ill effects so far and the skimmer seemed to do the...

Alright reefers. How much do you feed, and more importantly, how often? Let's go with an average. I say I feed 6x a day. 4 rotations of an auto-feeder throughout the day, a breakfast of fresh or frozen often with a half sheet of nori, then a dinner. Sometimes it is 7 or more because I am...

Have a little countdown timer to your next necessary "human input", so you can monitor things like your ato refill frequency, 2-3 part container fills, a/b/c reagent life left in time, skimmer cup cleaning. I am thinking of a way to basically force the user to do the vacation checklist and...

Took about ten pulls, but I try to run this guy every quarter to make sure the gas isn't too gummy.

I have an interesting phenomena going on right now. My Trident is testing my system, and my magnesium is consistently going up. This would be fine normally as I would turn down my dosing pump, or even turn it off. What is weird is that the mag dosing pump has been unplugged for the last 3...

Hello BAR, In preparation of moving and breaking down my tank, I wanted to host one more BAR event, so here it is. The BAR-B-Q, potluck and tank talk at my house. We are going to take inspiration from the thread we all saw earlier this month and let your skills shine. Bring whatever meats or...

Long story short, don't run your skimmer super wet and not have a good overflow plan. Also, don't leave AC/DC converters where water can build up. @Srt4eric I know you said you had a controller, but does it work for the Regal 200 SS skimmer? This is the controller I think I need. Does...

There is a whole Australia section of SED that I am working through and this one was too cool not to share.

I went diving today in Monterey and killed at least 20 purple urchins with my knife. So fun, and so satisfying to feel the crunch, then see the bright orange uni. I was off Breakwater beach at ~35 feet doing my advanced open water cert. Anyone interested in joining me for a dive sometime soon...

I just added FSM Zoa to DBTC. There are 1 frag(s) available right now. This thread was automatically created by BARcode

I have a few different colonies of Tubastraea (Sun Coral) in my tank. I was looking this evening and saw this small orange polyp on the underside of my arch. Did my corals spawn and is this a Tubastraea head? Does anyone with a better camera want to come check it out? @Thales...

Hello BAR, Let's have our next restaurant meetup next Sunday, February 6th at Bowl of Pho off Homestead and Hollenbeck. Let's plan for 1:00 (unless I hear otherwise and will update the time accordingly) There is an ongoing raffle so any $10 spent on food gets you a raffle ticket to some nice...