Timfish

Cool!  Thank you for posting the file!  I'm sure aquarists will find those helpful keeping small polyps from floating awsy or keeping urchins from claiming frags as thier own.  😄

Yup, guy who works for me does them.  I'll see about getting the file for you

I sometimes have to remind myself how important urchins are to a reef ecosystems. 😄

I'll get you one of these:

Very rarely.  I used to try to clean sumps but back in the 90s when I was doing cold calls to build my business mucky sumps did'nt seem to have a negative impact and it became less of a priority.  When "magic mud" started to be a fad I wondered where the carbonate muds came from.  It was a few years but this paper came out I stumbled across it chasing some rabbit down a rabbit hole.  After reading it and realizing "magic mud" was essentially composted fish poop I stopped making any effort to clean sumps or use filter socks.  I will very randomly clean some of the sand in a system as sand sometimes can get compacted and anaerobic but sand and sumps are only going to get a thoruogh cleaning if a system is moved.

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1015895108

I've got purple stylo, xenia and cabbage coral, red shrooms and kryptonite candy cane.  I can meet you in RR sometime Friday.

   Good to see you rebuilding!  Anything in particular you're looking for?  What light levels do you have?

Sold!

    Welcome back! 

It's a good example of an aquarium adapted species.  Back in the 90's it was often difficult to keep and articles were written on how to best keep it alive.  The clone line I have was originally collected by the Smithsonian.  Seagrest Farms outside of Tampa FL, acquired colonies in the late 80s and I got my initial colonies in the late '90s.  And have pretty much been throwing it away ever since. :D

I'll have something too, but still have to decide what.  If anyone wants free Xenia let me know.

Looking forward to meeting you Molly! 

Nice looking LT anemone!

Cool!  Thank you for hosting!  1:00 PM is perfect.   Looking forward to seeing everyone!   

APEX system for sale.  Includes a brand new in box EB832 power bar/strip, 2 more EB832s (1 is questionable), misc components and cables.  System was from a reef aquarium the was lost in the ice storm last year and the decision was made not to set it back up.  Probes had dried out so those will need to be replaced.  As is, first $400, cash or venmo gets it.

Best bet is to get something to eat them (my preference are berghia).  I've tried all the commercial products with only limited success.  I've even pulled out rocks and scrubbed them out of hiding holes using small brushes and hydrogen peroxide only to have them pop back up after a week or so, albiet much smaller. 

I don't have any at the moment, but I always get hem from Salty Underground when I need them.

Edit:  Looks like they're out of stock at the moment.

Nice fish!  It does sound like it's highly likely it's a male from what you described.

Nice comparison!  FWIW ours eyes are more sensitive to green light than blue, outside of the quality issue the oddysea lights may be fine for a lot of corals.  (And I was pondering your preferance of MH over LEDs and it's kinda like my liking my old 6.2 diesel over my friend's model Y )

Nice!  A lot cheaper than an Apex.

Nice!  Real clean organized layout. 

   Raising them up should brighten up the dark area that can be seen between them.

Keep in mind your sailfin will likely get over a foot long.    

For your canopy, I've always thought the clamshell design works well.  Lights can be mounted up high so with the cover open there's easy access.