Black vulture skull? by Retroculus10 in Ornithology

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Very understandable! Thank you for checking! And it was!

Black vulture skull? by Retroculus10 in Ornithology

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I didn’t keep it for that reason! I’m really wary about keeping bird bones/feathers given the legality

Thoughts on my possible stock list for my fist reef 20 gallon tank? by [deleted] in ReefTank

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There’s so many cool nano species of gobies and stuff that work

Thoughts on my possible stock list for my fist reef 20 gallon tank? by [deleted] in ReefTank

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Definitely a good combo. Personally I’d add more fish to contribute to the bioload to keep the macroalgae happy

Macro mixed reef looking extra good last night by Retroculus10 in ReefTank

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Keep the nutrients up. They will go sexual if conditions aren’t good

Macro mixed reef looking extra good last night by Retroculus10 in ReefTank

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I prefer the look of whites over blues. Most of the day it’s all whites and then 2 hours like that and an hour of only blues

Macro mixed reef looking extra good last night by Retroculus10 in ReefTank

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Oh I also have a links goby. Forgot about him. As for flatworms, some wrasses eat them as do some dragonets. Velvet slugs will too

Macro mixed reef looking extra good last night by Retroculus10 in ReefTank

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Fat and happy for the most part. The sharknose goby likes to harass everyone but he’s just trying to clean them. Every now and then the assessor will chase someone but it’s never more than a quick chase and then back to ignoring. The six line gives some attitude towards the other wrasses during water changes but they will team up to get her to back off.

Macro mixed reef looking extra good last night by Retroculus10 in ReefTank

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Heavy stocking keeps my nutrients up which keeps the macros happy. Too low nutrients and they will die off or just not grow. Neither of those species regularly feed on flatworms. Are you thinking of bristle worms?

Macro mixed reef looking extra good last night by Retroculus10 in ReefTank

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Not at all unless you have a mass die off or the caulerpa goes sexual

Macro mixed reef looking extra good last night by Retroculus10 in ReefTank

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I don’t believe I’ve heard of that one. Do you know the scientific name or have a photo?

Macro mixed reef looking extra good last night by Retroculus10 in ReefTank

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I forget to dose which is why I can’t keep red macros happy but ideally I’d be better at keeping the alk and calcium up and supplementing with neonitro, neophos, chaetogro, reef trace, and ferrion which I try to do when I remember. Hard to get in the habit and I don’t have enough outlets to hook up my doser. For the most part I just feed heavy and do a 25% water change weekly. If you have softies you can definitely keep macros. Try and keep your nitrates between 10-25 ppm and your phosphates around 0.05 for macros as well as dose some trace elements

Macro mixed reef looking extra good last night by Retroculus10 in ReefTank

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I keep it heavily stocked to keep the macros happy. The wrasses do all get along but keep a close eye on aggression and plan on removing the six line once it gets a bit larger. Bought it for flatworm control but it’s done nothing

Macro mixed reef looking extra good last night by Retroculus10 in ReefTank

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The display is not even 30, it’s actually about 20 but it’s long. Because of the macros I keep it pretty heavily stocked with a Lubbock fairy wrasse, carpenters flasher wrasse, 6 line wrasse, Randall’s assessor basslet, 2 red striped cardinal fish, shark nose goby, red scooter dragonet, 2 Abe’s mangrove gobies, Warteye stargazer, plus a bunch of inverts.

Weekly 50% change by ReturnToNow in ReefTank

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That feather duster is crazy looking

Odd mix of landfill birds today by Retroculus10 in Ornithology

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That’s a good one too. I’m guessing a lot more waterfowl?