Same thing I did. For me the sump closet happens to share a wall with the garage so it was not much trouble. I see the same pH range. Did you connect the hose to the skimmer intake?
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Same thing I did. For me the sump closet happens to share a wall with the garage so it was not much trouble. I see the same pH range. Did you connect the hose to the skimmer intake?
Autopilot is the place to be! Looking great
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Yeah I just connected it to the intake muffler
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Long time with no updates. Tank doing great running on autopilot with no changes.
Love it when sunlight hits the tank for 1 minute in the morning.
Love it when sunlight hits the tank for 1 minute in the morning.
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Pretty quiet around here so here’s some vermatids fighting it out with my Dayglo Favia.
FTS from a few weeks ago
FTS from a few weeks ago
Vermatids, the unsung hero's of easy favia and favites fragging! 
Looking great Ben!
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Thanks bud!
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A year later I finally got around to making the top trim piece. Really helped calm the blue “ambiance” of the room haha.
Some really great looking growth there!
Something about that angle makes some of them really show up more.
Something about that angle makes some of them really show up more.
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Thanks Ryan! I’m always second guessing myself because even though everything I do is the same I don’t have the explosive growth like the last tank. I think it just had the secret sauce.
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Took a couple shots with the porthole during a WC.
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So pretty!!!!
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Guys, I’ve been a turd and posted on R2R and not here. I’m sorry, I’ll do better.
Today:
Today:
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iPhone FTS today
Hawkins I was able to replace a while back picking up steam although color could be better.
I run a very white spectrum which is probably part of it but I’m still not in the groove with this tank. Not sure what I’m missing but overall coral health is not what I know the be optimal. Not much nighttime PE or encrusting and a number of acros not growing at all (while Oregon Tort grows fast haha). Maybe it’s the bubble algae outcompeting coral for nutrients. Maybe my skimmer is too big. Not sure but it’s kinda driving me crazy that I can’t figure it out. Basically just trying to recreate the magic my 40gal had and everything is essentially the same.
BC Bubblebath Unicorn starting to grow
Flashlight just glowing and somehow the fasting growing acro in my tank. Maybe I need to get more smoothies.
Hawkins I was able to replace a while back picking up steam although color could be better.
I run a very white spectrum which is probably part of it but I’m still not in the groove with this tank. Not sure what I’m missing but overall coral health is not what I know the be optimal. Not much nighttime PE or encrusting and a number of acros not growing at all (while Oregon Tort grows fast haha). Maybe it’s the bubble algae outcompeting coral for nutrients. Maybe my skimmer is too big. Not sure but it’s kinda driving me crazy that I can’t figure it out. Basically just trying to recreate the magic my 40gal had and everything is essentially the same.
BC Bubblebath Unicorn starting to grow
Flashlight just glowing and somehow the fasting growing acro in my tank. Maybe I need to get more smoothies.
I think they look great. Maybe lights are too bright for the color you used to have at least looks a bit brighter than your last tank. Either way I am hoping for some SPS success this next go round.
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We always tend to be our worst critics!! The tank from what your posting looks amazing. And I’m sure there are many including myself that wish we could get growth like that.
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Thanks! Good eye!
I’m trying to get variation to my flow so I run the Vortechs in wave mode for a while and this shoots behind the rocks. Not the prettiest but I have it so…
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Thanks for the compliments guys. I’ll check myself for being too anal 