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I just figure it out as I go along. I'll post the design when I'm finished. With regards to importing, I use comGateway and consolidate my marine equipment with baby clothes for my daughter which are much cheaper in the States. The Oregon Tort is already acclimating. Happy to see a little PE on the first morning. The deep blue color is awesome. I also like this pink and green frag next to it. A beautiful piece I picked up earlier from the dr. Speaking of PE, the green milli is super hairy. It seems to be acclimating nicely. I'm going to name this hawkfish Darwin after the Darwin Awards for incredibly stupid things to do. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_Awards

Has anyone spotted dwarf cerith snails? I need some good CUC snails that won't topple my frags. Thanks

Thanks! It will need to wait until I have enough time to clean off all of the diatoms from the glass. It's difficult to be patient but considering that that the tank is only 1 month old, an algae bloom is to be expected. I also need to figure out where to put my new additions... Tonight I picked up my Oregon Tort frag from Dr Cedric. Awesome deep blue color. Hopefully my rookie reefing skills will do it justice. I'm very psyched to have a coral that came all of the way from my home state of Oregon. I'll post a photo when I get a chance. I also ordered some ice cube coil relays so I can DIY some 110v to 220v relays for my reef controller.

PE on the Gorg has really taken off

Coral Shopping Yesterday I managed to make it out to Pasir Ris to do a little bit of coral shopping. I was happy to pick up a couple of nice mini mille colonies. (At least I think they are millies. I really have difficulties distinguishing between milles and prostratas.) I happened to run into Kaijuworld when I was out there and I appreciated his suggestions. I also made it by Iwarna and met Joe. He showed with some of the stuff in the back and I picked up a couple of Bali frags include the nice tricolor valida below. In the back, he has a blue Lokani with red polyps which is gorgeous. If I had more faith in my SPS skills and a very stable tank, I would have gone for it. Colonies Tricolor

Reef Controllers I've been waiting for the 240v version of the Neptune apex controller to come out. After almost 6 months of waiting, it is a complete disappointment. It's over priced 600 GBP compared to 500 USD for the 120v version. That's almost double the price!! Also, the 240v version is only available from the UK. So, I just decided to bite the bullet and buy a US version. Most of my equipment is dual voltage anyways and I can always use step down converters. I'm also looking at options to utilize relay coils for the higher wattage equipment so I don't need to bother with the converters. Overall the Apex controller seems pretty sweet. I ordered the Vortech Module, which allows you to change modes and flow intensity in any combination imaginable throughout the day & night. The Apex also comes standard with the ability to dim 4 different sets of lights. Being able to replicate sunrise and sunset as well as have the intensity peak at noon should be pretty nice. Given that my tank is rimless, adjusting the lights slowly will also hopefully ensure that my fish are less likely to carpet surf. All of these features will be great, but I really love the remote monitoring as well as the automated decision trees in case of problems. I'll probably also order a couple of water sensors so it will automatically shut off my return pump if the water level in my DT rises too high. Since I bought a 1/5hp Arctica chiller, I can also keep the Hailea as a backup. If the tank temp rises too high, I will set it up to automatically power on the backup chiller as well as reduce the light intensity. I'm especially happy to have it for when I go on holiday or travel for work. I just got back from a week away and I hate that stress of worrying if I'm coming home to a disaster. Since I ordered it from the States, it will probably take a couple of weeks to arrive. That's fine since I need some time to start investigating the programming.

Thanks bros

Any idea how much bro?

That's great news my dear dr. Maybe I need to change my title to mildly upset Ang mo?

Thanks bro. I'll probably take you up on your offer soon

I've been working on stabilizing my parameters and I also managed to acquire some new pieces. Here is a photosynthetic gorgonian that I picked up over the weekend: I also managed to get some zoas for my Zoa Island: Recently I also picked up a helfichi firefish and an orchid dottyback from Iwarna which seems like it will be a nice addition. I'll post some photos after they become more outgoing.

Nice bro. What bulbs and ballasts will you be using?

Congrats bro! Beautiful coloration and amazing PE

Has anyone seen any Picasso clown pairs? Thanks

CFOh Thanks so much for taking these vids. Any idea of the damage for the pair? Thanks again

Has anyone seen dwarf cerith snails? I would prefer someplace other than CF since I don't have a car. Thx bros

Last night I visited the West and picked up some frags from some nice reefers. Thanks for the hospitality gents

Too bad about oregonreef's tank crash. Some of my frags from Dr Ang are starting to acclimate. Good to see PE return.

Thanks for the hints. I already tried the Dr. but he doesn't have any stock. I guess I'll just need to be patient, which is a great personal attribute for a reefer. It's good since it will give me some time to get the new tank more stable. I try to stick with the aquacultured corals if possible. While I would love to instantly have a tank full of beautiful colonies, I feel better about buying aquacultured corals. It's more of a challenge to raise something rather than just keep it alive. Also, since they have already survived the ups and downs of living in an aquarium, they seem to be more resilient to the inevitable mistakes of a beginning reefer. I've also heard that Oregon is a reefer mecca. I'll definitely need to visit some reefers next time I go home to visit family.

Thanks bro. How is it finicky? Any suggestions for maintaining them? I'm also looking for an ORA Red Planet, Pearlberry and Oregon Tort. Any ideas where I can source some frags? Oregon tort I'm especially interested in since I'm from Oregon.

I've read somewhere that Epsom Salt has also worked for many people.

They are a mixture of acros, poccis, digis, montis, and milles. I don't have enough skills yet to be picky about types or colors. Almost every piece will be a frag. I have a couple of colonies that never seemed to color up nicely that I'll try in the new tank. They are mostly brown acros with colored tips. I'll provide some photos soon since I would like to get some hints. I have a couple of nice colonies but they are staying in the RSM and I'm only taking frags for the new tank. Here are some of the healthy small colonies in my RSM: This yellow BN has grown a lot since I bought the frag from a fellow reefer. Since my YT jumped in front of the only photo that wasn't blurry, I had to crop out 70% of coral. This is a frag I got from Cedric a few months ago. I think I might be able to snip a small frag for the new tank: Here is my mystery wrasse who would stay out of the coral photos until I took one of him: Completely off topic, here is an orange plate coral I bought a couple of weeks ago from AM. It is staying in the RSM: A majority of the frags come from a birthday gift from my wife, which included 20 frags from Cedric. Here are the pieces that I picked: Icy tort purple Monti cap nuclear sunset Tenuis green slimmer stag horn pink seduction acro Ora Roscoe blue Tenuis Rose Mille Desalwii pink Monti cap Rainbow pocci jade green digi sunset Mille Latistella Rouge Mille Rainbow Mille Setosa turquoise Gomezi Neon Green verweyi Blue Staghorn salmon pink digi pink body blue tip Acro purple encrusting Monti At this point, the pieces are just trying to acclimate after two tank moves. (from Cedric's to the RSM and then from the RSM to the AAMSS (Angry Ang Mo's Shallow SPS). Here are a couple of them along with my PT (who also likes to be photographed): I think that I will need to dig out my tripod since 95% of my photos are blurry. Either that or I need to find my glasses which went missing during the chaos of the tank install.

Thanks bro. Good advice.

People often use it to treat Bryopsis