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Old 01-25-2011, 01:31 AM
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Old 01-26-2011, 03:32 AM
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beautiful tank!!!!
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Old 01-26-2011, 04:18 AM
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Thanks

Clamless 2011 full tank shot. My last clam, a derasa, now lives in the frag system. I'm beginning to think that it could have been pyramid snails all along. The reason I've been doubting it is because I was lead to believe that if I did have them they would be swarming the fleshy undersides of my clams. All I ever saw would be one or two underneath the mantle and many others all over the sand, glass, rocks etc.

The only up side is that this gave me a little bit of extra space so now I can fit one of my elegance frags up top. 14 months alive and counting.





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Old 01-28-2011, 02:19 AM
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I'm happy to report that the expensive little frags that I bought from Oceanic Corals last September (5 months ago) are doing quite well.







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Great looking frags. The first one has a mimi brittle star
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Yeah the brittle star came from my tank, not from the frag. I bought a piece of liverock at our LFS around 5 years ago because it was covered in the little things. Now my tank is full of them. I probably have thousands. I also have a big green 'death' brittle star that I bought 7 years ago as a bad impulse purchase. Fortunately I've never had the desire to keep any small fish with it so it has not caused me any problems. But it is huge... heres a pic of it in the bottom of an IO bucket (the white balance is off on the camera) so that you can see the size.

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Default Kent Tech M vs bryopsis

Those who are familiar with my tank know that I've had a minor bryopsis problem for a few years. By decreasing the phosphate level in the system I've been able to get most of it under control. However a few areas still remained. Most notably along the spraybar that extends across the lower back of the tank. Some of it can been seen just to the right in the picture of the the platygyra if you scroll up the page.

On RC I had read about some impurity in Kent Tech M that for whatever reason kills bryopsis. So after watching a friend experiment with it on his own system I gave it a shot too. I purchased a 64oz bottle and added 200ml daily for about two weeks until I ran out. This brought the Mg in the system up from 1300ppm to 1500ppm (the total system volume is just over 200gal). Some of the bryopsis I pulled out manually which I would do monthly anyways and the rest yellowed and disapeared.

Here is a picture of the spray bar now bryopsis free:
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Tank looks great as always. Good to see the Kent Mag worked for you. I ended up using 6 liters of it.
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+1 on the tank looking great.

Was it the "impurity" that killed the bryopsis or was it simply the elevated mag levels?

http://austinreefkeeper.wordpress.co...f-of-bryopsis/

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Tank looks really great, while I have seen this thread before I went through it today for the first time in a really long time, it's great to see the changes throughout the years.

What is almost equally impressive is that you wear gloves! I've never seen a refer wearing them! I used to wear smaller gloves sometimes when fragging, but I can't tell you how many times I've been stung by bristleworms and other things, and once even stung by my own dwarf lion fish. Your hands must love you!
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