Interesting fact, they actually are tumorsThey kind of look like tumors to me.
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Interesting fact, they actually are tumorsThey kind of look like tumors to me.
How do you know how much alk and calcium do dose?Forgot to add....I don't test my water after its cycled, on any system. Testing on a stable system is a waste of time/money to me. The only exception to that is if there is an extra algae build up and I think the GFO is expelled, then I run a phosphate test. I like to believe that my eyes and nose are far better indicators of what is going on than droplets in a mini beaker. Been keeping fish for 25 years from small tanks to my 2000g koi pond...my nose knows.
I don't know how to feel abt this one, they work well but are definitely expensive, and there are sumps out there that don't have much of a refeugium compartment. Though overall I do agree, refeugiums are superior, cant have a copepod population in a algae scrubber...Algae scrubbers. No one has yet been able to demonstrate to me how these are superior to having a refugium other than it makes your sump "look clean." And hundreds of dollars is a long way to go to make the sump less cluttered, especially when it's the reef tank I care about, not your stupid sump.
In my experience, tumors are bad. Why would I pay extra for a mushroom with a tumor?Interesting fact, they actually are tumors
Mainly for looks, as far as I know it is cosmetic, though now I want to know what happens if a coral gets cancer..In my experience, tumors are bad. Why would I pay extra for a mushroom with a tumor?
How do you know how much alk and calcium do dose?
It's not that expensive, water changes probably cost more, all you need is a red sea test kit and seachem fusion 1 and 2 and you're good to goMy levels are replenished with water changes. Beyond food, I only add copepods and some microbacter7 occasionally. I don't dose calcium, alk, etc to my tanks. At some point I may have to increase the frequency or amount of water changes, but I have no plans to dump funds into dosing and testing.
You definitely have not seen enough acansAcans grow skeleton first and won't encrust on rockwork, plus they only really come in red/orange and are just not my thing, favias are superior.
lol I completely agree on this. I have no experience with them, but thats all I see tooSanta Monica Algae Scrubbers (sorry not sorry) $100+ for a basic nano tank algae scrubber and $400+ for bigger tanks is ridiculous. Especially when the nano scrubbers look to be made of 2 lunch meat containers….. I just can’t justify the price.
$75 test kit, $30 additives, and a dosing pump of $260 before you start adding in my time or replenishing the additives or the test kit. My water bill is minimal as I am on septic with no sewage charges. House of 4, two tanks, a pool, irrigation, and 1000g a week pond changes and my bill averages $50/m. For the cost of adding another 20g water change biweekly, it would be roughly 40 extra water changes spanning across almost a 2 year period before I hit the initial costs of the dosing.It's not that expensive, water changes probably cost more, all you need is a red sea test kit and seachem fusion 1 and 2 and you're good to go
Who needs a dosing pump. Been doing it manually on my LPS dominant system for months, maybe eventually but not required$75 test kit, $30 additives, and a dosing pump of $260 before you start adding in my time or replenishing the additives or the test kit. My water bill is minimal as I am on septic with no sewage charges. House of 4, two tanks, a pool, irrigation, and 1000g a week pond changes and my bill averages $50/m. For the cost of adding another 20g water change biweekly, it would be roughly 40 extra water changes spanning across almost a 2 year period before I hit the initial costs of the dosing.
?The difficulty level of keeping SPS. SPS are easier to keep than LPS.
For real. To me it's just a Scopas Tang with good branding. I'm going to find a common fish and get Gucci to license it. Then I'll be in here with my 10k gallon build.Haha. A $1500 fish that comes with permeant ich dots.
Gunna go ahead and disagree with you on this one. They come in red, green, blue, orange, purple etc. They also will encrust over rock work and they have much softer tissue which makes them fun to watch, especially when feeding. I like favias too though.Acans grow skeleton first and won't encrust on rockwork, plus they only really come in red/orange and are just not my thing, favias are superior.