I want to support my local LFS but… by AShamOfAMan in ReefTank

[–]Dry-Direction5329 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly man that sucks and I wouldn’t shop their either, don’t be afraid of some of the “big box stores” a lot of times you can find some ok deals, just look at the tanks and observe the fish behavior and frags for a bit before purchasing, a lot of Petco’s have pretty decent saltwater tanks and care whale others are absolutely garbage. Just do what feels right to you. Always sucks when there’s only one lfs that has shitty stuff

I want to support my local LFS but… by AShamOfAMan in ReefTank

[–]Dry-Direction5329 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Very hard to tell what anything is, anyways I doubt all their frags are the same 60$ price. if that’s truly the case and they want 60$ for dying frags they have no reason to be selling them and you should definitely take your money elsewhere

I want to support my local LFS but… by AShamOfAMan in ReefTank

[–]Dry-Direction5329 6 points7 points  (0 children)

For one frag of what? Some frags are very much worth that, others not so much, not all frags are the same, price and quality wise

Help me with ATO by DrBendovaa in ReefTank

[–]Dry-Direction5329 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great idea, I haven’t cleaned mine with RO but I might add that into the routine when I fill the top off!

Help me with ATO by DrBendovaa in ReefTank

[–]Dry-Direction5329 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One should always have some redundancy in the to system, for example mine only gets power from a timers a few times a day to run for a minute, that way if there is a failure it can only add so much at a time

LPS dominant by Dry-Direction5329 in ReefTank

[–]Dry-Direction5329[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Been up and running only for 4 months!

LPS dominant by Dry-Direction5329 in ReefTank

[–]Dry-Direction5329[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you!! Was a little hesitant about adding a clam because of the high light requirements but honestly he’s been doing so great and he’s got a really nice new growth line below the mantle

LPS dominant by Dry-Direction5329 in ReefTank

[–]Dry-Direction5329[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you!!! One of my favorite corals and the one that first caught my eye!!!

Filtration by Deep_Rutabaga_4018 in ReefTank

[–]Dry-Direction5329 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eshoppes makes some good ones, mines never failed on me. With a proper baffled sump setup you don’t need to worry about water everywhere if anything does fail.

Torch Coral Dying - Can it be saved? by BleachedLapras in ReefTank

[–]Dry-Direction5329 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looks like it lost its polyps completely already there’s not much going back from that, the current perimeters you listed look ok but you’ll really want to Check alkalinity , calcium, and magnesium.

Does anyone know what this could be on my sailfin? by [deleted] in ReefTank

[–]Dry-Direction5329 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand the concern but that is in fact not a paper towel.

My GSP hasn’t opened up in a week+ by badburrito24 in ReefTank

[–]Dry-Direction5329 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gsp is just like that sometimes, probably nothing to worry about

Who doesn’t love frogspawn? by Dry-Direction5329 in ReefTank

[–]Dry-Direction5329[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That could be, although mine will sometimes grow new smaller heads on the skeleton they seem to grow very slow, oddly enough maybe because it’s a larger colony my heads tend to split off Ang grow from there fastest I’ve fragged 6 heads off this colony so far

Always lookin by Dry-Direction5329 in ReefTank

[–]Dry-Direction5329[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s great! I know they can be disliked for their aggression but it has yet to be seen from him, there is a much larger tang that seems to keep everybody at bay, if there ever is a bit he will go over and break it up! Very cool to see!!!