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.