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  1. Klatzy

    Starfish wasting disease in the Pacific

    Really interesting but unsettling article about a mysterious malady killing lots of starfish in the ocean. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/03/04/sea-star-wasting-disease-starfish/
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    Transferring amphipods from Refugium

    I have a robust population of amphipods in the refugium (HOB hanging on the back of an all-in-one 24 gallon). What are people's preferred method for transferring them to the display? Unfortunately, the HOB-refugium is just a converted/modded filter that outputs into the back compartment; the...
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    Orange fungus/mucus/spot/sponge/something on Elegance

    Noticed my Elegance coral had shrunken quite a bit lately. Took it out to do a dip and discovered an largish (about 1/2 in long, 1/4 in wide) orange patch on the side just below top edge of the skeleton. Hadn't seen it before because the coral expanded covered it. Poked at it and found that I...
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    Fragging an Elegance coral

    I was sent a large Elegance coral by accident from an online coral store (you can see a pic in my tank journal). It may overgrow my tank fairly quickly. I've read that it can be difficult to frag these corals; are there guides that people would recommend?
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    Large persistent "red tide" algae bloom in the Bay

    So far (at least haven't found any news of it) no major fish die-offs. But may want to not swim or eat fish/shellfish from the Bay for a while. Probably was not the best day to go windsurfing yesterday. https://baykeeper.org/featured/sf-bay-algal-bloom-now-detected-across-east-bay-shorelines
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    Salt mix appears to be missing magnesium

    A batch of Instant Ocean reef crystals appears to missing magnesium. I found this out when testing the tank and not getting detectable Mg with a Salifert test kit. Replaced the kit and same results. Tested a fresh salt mix solution and very low Mg (<500 ppm). A IO reef crystal solution is...
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    Diatom bloom after moving the tank

    I moved my 24 gallon tank from upstairs to downstairs a week+ ago—with nearly all the water removed, rocks pulled out, and with the sand substrate getting sloshed around pretty well. I believe there's now a substantial diatom bloom. Brown powdery stuff covering the sand and glass. Easy to...
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    Alkalinity seems off in fresh saltwater mix

    My alkalinity was a bit low recently (7-7.5 dKH range) when it's been in the 9-10 range in the previous months. I tested some fresh saltwater (mixed a couple days ago) and the Alk was measuring ~6.0 dKH (Instant Ocean Reef crystals). Reports online and my experience has this salt mix giving me...
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    BRS series on cycling ("biome cycle")

    BRS has a nice series out on their cycling method. Ep 2 in particular has a nice overview of the various pest microrganisms (dinos, diatoms, cyano etc). I used their method to start and cycle my current tank and avoided a prolonged ugly stage. And so far so good no big issues for a year and a...
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    Recommendations for dosing system for a small tank (24 gallon)

    Moved my 24 gallon tank to the 1st floor and I can't use the simple gravity system I was using. Anyone have a recommendation for a good, reliable dosing system for a small one like mine. It's primarily going to be dosing All-for-reef and occasionally Kalkwasser as needed.
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    Aggressive new fish

    So I introduced a pygmy cherubfish to the tank (daughter named it "Topaz"). It's being fairly aggressive towards the clownfish ("Wiggle-butt"). The Clown has a nice little "den" area in the front corner, hosting a couple Duncan mushrooms. The Cherubfish has taken to swimming over during...
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    At what size (gallons) should I think about reinforcing the flooring?

    At what size of a tank would you all recommend thinking about reinforcing flooring? At the moment, I have a 24 gallon (probably up to 28ish with the HOB skimmer, ATO bottle, and dosing tank) gallon tank on the 2nd floor of the house. The house itself sits on a concrete slab. I'm pondering a...
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    Are these "sweeper tentacles" from the favia/favites

    I have a favia (at least I think it's a favia) growing near a zoa (favia left hand side, zoa on the right). There are a bunch of fine white "tendrils" that appear to extend from the favia and down along the side of the rock. They now appear to be on the zoa itself. Are these coming from the...
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    Need to give away two German Blue rams (freshwater)

    Probably the wrong group to post to (haven't really found a freshwater group in the area with an active forum), but I have two German blue rams that I need to either give away or return to the LFS. Beautiful fish with lots of personality. Biggest problem is that they (a male and female) are in...
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    Dave (and Emily's) 24 gallon journal

    Hey all, thought I'd start a tank journal. This is my 24 gallon (Lifegard AIO), in a previous life it was 10 gallon for keeping hermit crabs and fish for my daughter. Somehow corals were added and it morphed into the current 24 gallon tank you see today. It was officially started in August...
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    How many fish for a 24 gallon tank

    I have a 24 gallon Lifegard AIO tank with a clownfish, royal gramma, and a neon blue goby. And 3 small, 1 large hermit, 2 Turbu, 3 nassarius, and 3 cerith snails. The tank has been running for about 7 months, 3 with fish in it. There also a scattering of corals: GSP, zoas, flavia, pocillopora...
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