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Washington DC. I only sell locally at this point… but someday I will.

@@NBurgReef darn. I'm really trying to get my hands on some golden rod anacropora

they were great. they would occasionally carry a hermit shell around but they can’t really get in it so I would say invert safe and 100% reef safe. their mouths point upwards so they must almost go upside down to eat something off the rocks. they did frag a lot of sticks for my because they’re clumsy and big, but don’t eat them. It got bad when they started mating which is why i rehomed them.

No. it’s in its nature to nip everything in the tank, not just rocks and coral, but it does no harm. new additions get nipped more which may affect polyp extension but after a while it stops when it realizes it’s not food. I’ve never had a dwarf angel eat coral, just nip.

It’s gets easier over time but never ‘easy’. There’s a reason why most of my fish are in the ‘beginner fish’ category 🤣

@@NBurgReef At the moment for fish I have 1 Blue Tang (Dory / Blue Hippo), 1 Yellow Tang, 1 Yellow Tail Purple Tang, 1 Mimic Tang, 1 Foxface Rabbitfish, 1 Pacific Blue Tang, 1 Sailfin Tang, 2 Dwarf Angels - Flame angel & Coral Beauty (RIP Corals haha), 2 Diamond Gobies, 1 Lawnmower Blenny, 2 Maroon Clownfish, ( I can't remember if I miss anyone, I think I got them all written down, I am at the office now lol.)

@@JohnnyBlankify that’s a lot of tangs! I hope your tank is big, lol.

@@NBurgReef We've got a lot of tangs you are right. And they all get along very well, thats because we got them all when they were literally so small, almost still invisible! It is a peninsula tank, the Neptunian MG180 - About 700L +-. It is made here in China, and they are really good priced here too. Well, speaking of which. Red Sea tanks also made here, and when you go to the local factories you can literally buy any of their tanks for 50% of their asking price just without the brand name 🤣🤣

Thanks bud!

I've had a few people ask, so I will at some point.

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🤘Thanks!

Not really other than syphoning every week with water changes and adding sand cleanup crew. Mine looks like diatoms in person, but could be 'sand dinos' like you suggested. Maybe I should pull out the microscope and look.

ESV B-Ionic 2 part and kalkwasser. I do like 5-7ml of sodium nitrate per day, but probably doesn't have an effect anymore.

ATI Straton Gen 1

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Thanks! I actually have been thinking about doing a video on how to set up and design a burn-out proof tank and how to avoid calling it quits by making things easier. Too many people run 'hot rod' tanks but then when they get burnt out, its too much stuff to maintain.

Thanks!

Caribsea Live Sand - Special Grade. its a little bigger than typical sand so it doesn't blow around as much.

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Yep, I was worried about the yellow tang being a dick, but it seems to ignore the Tomini.

Sand is nice, and hopefully worth the effort to keep it clean!

One of my MP40s is pre-mobius, so that one is just reef crest. The other is mostly reef crest with a 30 minute long pulse (2 sec on 2 sec off) every other hour during the daylight hours. The MP40s are off set so they're not pointing directly at each other so I get a little bit of swirling in the tank which is good.

Yeah, I am going to make a Deep cleaning video, but I use a python brand long or large gravel vac. I pinch the hose when it fills up with sand to lessen the flow thru the tubes so the sand drops. If you hold it straigh up and down (90 degrees or perpendicular to the botttom) it will suck up a lot of sand, but then tilt to about 45 degrees and the sand will fall out of the syphon. Good way to stir it up without sucking it all up in the waste water.

lol, I hate taking care of it, but it does look much much nicer than the bare bottom.

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Thank you very much!

Thank. I agree, it looks much brighter.

Yeah I probably should do a quick light video.

Okay cool. I still probably cut out about 10 minutes of rambling out of this vid and was thinking of cutting out more, but I guess there is a market for longer videos. I personally like to hear how other reefers think and enjoy the longer videos.

23.6" x 15.7" x 15.7"

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Natural light changes as you go deeper, so the yellowy sunlight doesn't look yellowy at 30 feet. Either way, all hammers look brown under sunlight but I have some fancy ones that I prefer under LEDs to see the color I paid for, lol.

My thermometer fell in the back when I set it up so I never looked. I pulled it up and set it out front. I waited for a warm day with lots of light and it went up about 2 degrees which was surprising. I thought It would be much more. 77 to about 79 with lots of direct light.

I was not exactly confident in having a 5 year old rimless tank on the 5th floor of a condo building. Plus having a little bit bigger of a tank is always nice. So I wanted a eurobrace for a little peace of mind that I wouldnt bust a seam and piss off my neighbors plus an extra 10" in depth is nice too.

Yep, didn't work well, too much condensation made its way into the media or skimate being pulled in. Current set up seems to be working okay.

Thanks! Some corals really don't like the amount of light, but some love it. It's funny how towards the end of a sunny day, many will close up so I started putting the blinds down half way during direct sun. Winter will be easier as it won't get direct sun but still lots of indirect sun.

I sort of set my systems up to be burnout proof. I think that's something I learned over the years of doing this is that you won't always have the same drive so I didn't want to set up anything too labor intensive.

@@tobis4076 overall 60% with blue, royal blue and warm white at 100%, cool white and violet at 50%, uv at 30 and red and green off

Thanks Matt!

Might do some drilling, good idea!. I am using the Super Heavy Duty velcro that's like plastic loops on both sides. It works for all the big stuff but not the cables and little AI pump controllers. I was also thinking of securing them to something bigger then velcroing that up there, like on a piece of thin plastic or something.

I think its a fine light and grows acros well in my sump. However, if you're wanting to grow acros with them, I recommend at least 2 you'll get weird coloration from shading with just 1 on any SPS piece not directly under it.

@@NBurgReef Thanks brother.

There's plenty of live rock in the tank. You don't need as much as you think as long as you keep your nutrients in line with water changes and skimmer. There are some VERY successful coral farmers that use absolutely zero live rock or bio media. the glass, racks and corals themselves are enough. As long as you done pack the tank with too many fish, there is no need.

Sorry, I'm not really a hardware reviewer.