Derek Weise

Definitely sponge. I have some in my tank. My dwarf angelfish love to eat it. I also have some growing in my overflow and sump. It's good stuff to have. I love the tube shapes it makes.

That's a lot of acronyms that I don't know! Haha. I mainly just didn't want to have a pay so much for crumbled rust. That stuff is ridiculously expensive. I didn't know that GFO dust could cause HLLE. Maybe that's why my regal tang looks like hell.

Overall, I feel like carbon has to be changed out too often and GFO is just ridiculously expensive. I've had a 5 gallon of bucket of carbon for about a year. It's got about a quarter left. The GFO I get is like $90 for one gallon. I get the Bulk Reef Supply brand of both.

Does anyone know if there is a good alternative for carbon and GFO? I feel like I've seen an article somewhere recently that talked about a bio-pellet like product. I just can't find the magazine that I was looking at.

Nice tank. That clown is massive! I like that bright green hammer in the big tank. Welcome.

Spotted yellow eye kole too! He's looking good. I'd take him if I didn't have a Chevron right now.

Is it moving around at all? It could be a nudibranch if it's slugging around the tank.

I have 6 right now. I had 3 about 2 months ago. They grow like crazy in my tank. I usually sell them to AquaDome. Last year I sold them 12. The year before that, 15. They are almost weeds in my tank. Haha.

Good job with the fragging!

Nice anemones. I have a few similar colored ones. They are really awesome to watch. Did yours split in the tank?

Nice anthias. I'm a fan of the Ignitus Anthias myself. The Lyretail Anthias is beautiful too.

Thanks everyone. It's good to be back. I just added some more chromis today. I wanted a good school going. I have 8 in there now. 7 small ones and 1 large one. I do recognize a few names.

That's a lot of cyphastrea!!!

Tuxedos are the best! I like the purple pincushions too. Rock boring urchins are interesting too. I have a few of each in my tank.

You're fine after an hour. When I did mine, I don't think I even waited that long for the overflow plumbing. I did let my return pump pipes sit for about 8 hours before turning it on.

Howdy ARC, I'm Derek. I was a member a few years back but kind of dropped out for a while. I have a 375 gallon mixed reef tank. The tank dimensions are ~8ftx3ftx3ft. I have 5 G4 Radions lighting it. I love tangs and schooling fish. My tank currently has the following fish: Purple Tang (1) Vlamingii Tang (1) Sailfin Tang (1) Blue Regal Tang (1) Chevron Tang (1) Ignitus Anthias (2) Blue Green Chromis (1) Starkii Damsel (1) Pink Skunk Clown (2) Lamarck's Angel (3) Blueface Angel (1) Flame Angel (1) Potter’s Angel (1) Bicolor Angel (1) Red Coris Wrasse (1) Melanarus Wrasse (1) Flame Hawkfish (2) Marine Betta (1) Starry Blenny (1) Japanese Waspfish (1) Orangetail Dottyback (1) Redtail Trigger (1) Bluespot Puffer (1) Golden Dwarf Eel (1) Skunk Cleaner Shrimp (1) Coral Banded Shrimp (1) Yes, I have names for most of them. Yes, I can pet my Vlamingii Tang. Yes, the Bluespot Puffer is an experiment. In the past few years I've been becoming more interested in SPS. I started with a few montiporas, then got a birds nest, a stylophora, and an acropora. They are all doing very well and are growing insanely fast. I have a zoanthid outbreak right now. I'm trying to rid my tank of these pale blue jerks, hence the Bluespot Puffer. So far, tongs work best! I'm not good a taking tank pictures. I'm looking to build a cabinet and canopy on my tank, I just don't know how to go about it. Tips wanted! I started keeping a reef tank in 2006. I've picked up a few tricks along the way too. I'll share where relevant or inquired.