KimP

Thanks! That's good to hear. I'm excited to finally be able to take some good pics of the tank again. Thanks! I guess they changed manufacturing plants a while back and it just hasn't been the same. The price difference sucks but not as much as dealing with cyano. Hopefully you'll see the same difference!

I should mention some basic things about the tank. It's still getting weekly water changes and has been for over a year. I had problems with cyano, mostly on the sandbed, for the longest time. It was mentioned to me that some other tanks were having unusual problems with io salt so I decided to go back to rscp and just see what happened. Sure enough no more trouble 🤷‍♀️ I don't know for certain if that was the problem (it was the problem) but I'll take it! Let's see... Haven't had my skimmer running in a couple years (please don't kick me out of the club 🙈), I still use the same old kessil lights, the apex setup I got fairly recently, still dose alk with the same old bubble magus doser and occasionally ca, sump is dark 24/7 and full of rubble, no filter socks, tank is fed 4x a day with an auto feeder dropping pellets, occasionally I feed frozen, mostly when I see the eel out. I think that about sums it up. It's really low maintenance which I need right now. It's been such a great tank. I've enjoyed moving some corals around lately so the colors look better. Anyway, here's some pictures! These look good on my phone but they might be blurry on a monitor. Now I'll find the fts to post

Long overdue for an update. Things have been mostly great. Had a few hiccups with alkalinity, nothing major just some swings with minimal damage. Randomly lost a big birdsnest recently that took down a rainbow Stylo growing nicely above it. It's been smooth sailing otherwise. Right now I'm thinking of adding some fish. Probably wrasses. I ended up getting pics of the birdsnest as it receded. It went down fast! I did manage to frag a little of it. This is the first time I noticed brown jelly, and right before I pulled it out The stylo showing skeleton was completely white the next day. No other losses.

Welcome to the hobby!

Welcome back! 75 is a nice size

I miss ARC too! I think it's much better suited for this type of thing. Plus I only get on Facebook shortly every month or two. Maybe we should all just start posting here again 😉

I've been watching this interesting situation in my tank for a while. This setosa has another coral growing on the side of it. It's finally big enough to get a decent picture (credit to timfish) Eventually, hopefully, it'll get big enough to identify and break off.

Welcome to the club! Sounds like you have a nice tank to start out on.

I've dealt with them in the past too. Before I had wrasses I got a Springer's damsel. Really nice looking peaceful little fish. I've never seen a flatworm since. I got that little fish 6 years ago and it's still going strong.

I can't believe you're already moving back! Right after your tank was getting settled in too. I hope the move back goes smoothly!

I'm no expert on acropora, but in the event that something did get in the water, are you running carbon? Poly filter?

I agree with this. What about a foxface if it's too small for a tang? Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

That's looking really good! I'm glad you were able to get on top of it.

That looks like some serious flow!

Assuming it's not possible to rinse it out outside with the hose, just a good wiping with water and some vinegar sounds good. I don't think you need to soak it for weeks before getting started.

(Your tank looks amazing btw!) Another vote for hanging the lights if you can. It looks so much cleaner and you don't have anything in the way on the tank.

NIP. I'm not going to use it so hopefully someone else can. I'm located near southpark meadows.

Welcome to the club! Sounds like a nice size to start out with. I agree, lots of things have changed over the years. I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with it!

I can't imagine it makes any difference seeding from the display, sump, or refugium. The bacteria and all is going to spread everywhere in the system.

I had such a great time! Thanks for putting in the work to make it all possible. It was great to see everyone!

Sounds like it's really coming along. Looking forward to pics!

Have you checked your new salt water for phosphates? I wouldn't worry too much if everything's looking the way you want. I mean, bring the phosphates down with gfo or something, but don't stress too much. Sounds like you're doing all the right things. Victoly would definitely be the one to ask about this, but maybe adding another carbon stage instead of another DI would be good.

I think TDS is more like calcium, mag, salt, etc, things like that. That's how I understand it. It won't tell you phos or nitrate.

How are things going in your DT these days?