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In my opinion it really depends on your sump setup. The scrubber requires a good positioning where there is water flow so putting it at the narrow part where the water flows upwards to get into the next compartment works, or right where the water first exits into the sump. Good water flow with oxygen and you should get rapid growth. You'll probably need to DIY the grid and if you're not the DIY savvy kind then you might find it troublesome. Cheato, you can just dump into your refugium and then harvest when necessary. No need any grid. For me I prefer cheato. Pods can cultivate in it too and you can just wriggle it in the main tank to release the pods then put it back in the refugium. Perhaps other more experienced reefers would have different inputs.

Could be a red linckia? I could be wrong.

Wah!! maybe just grab it with some tongs and pull it out. But then be careful it doesn't turn to bite. Maybe those long aquarium tongs would be helpful.

I have 1 blue tux and 1 pin cushion urchin and they really don't care much for my hair algae unfortunately. They focus more on the shorter strand algae and coraline. But that's ok for me still cause my hair algae isn't all that bad. So far the silicon is fine in my tank.

Hilmi if you can get a secondhand AI Prime or Kessil A160WE it would be fantastic for that tank size. Seahorses you can try photosynthetic gorgonian or photosynthetic sea fan. I've read somewhere that zoas work too.

Wow alons that's interesting. I just caught my clownfish last night with lights off and using a glass cup. It didn't know what hit it cause it couldn't see the glass. The damsel will be tough though. Night time is the best I agree.

Try using a turkey baster to suck it up. Hopefully it's not a bobbit. That's a mean worm.

HI Andy, it is pretty hard to ID zoas with blue lighting. That looks like Green bay packers though.

Hi argonmt, I was just browsing through the threads and saw yours. Sorry for late reply. Hope someone had pm you. When I first got the refractometer I also did find it a little hard to read it; however I did eventually get used to it. One thing I do feel is that it's harder to read with glasses on. Again, may it's a matter of getting used to. Hopefully by now you have gotten used to it.

hi gunzal, I agree with all the past posts. while LED lights definitely can give you various effects and lighting colors, I would say you probably don't have to worry too much because you're not going to keep any corals. So just go with what your budget allows.

The last I know Irwana had some. Not sure if it's all sold already though.

HI JMW, Thank you so much for your explanation. No i'm not dosing anything at all. And no SPS. Just simple LPS which are still small. I'll keep monitoring it.

Hi guys, So the guy at the LFS told me that at night the dKH will be different from day time. I did a test at my dKH at night is at 8. Day time is at 9-10. Is that in the normal range?

hi kohanson thanks for your reply. You're quite right it's likely from the lights cause other areas that are shaded have no algae. I have reduced the period to 630-1130pm. Starts with whites at 40% and blues at 30%. It gradually declines and ends with blue and 20% till 0% meaning lights all off. the height is 1.5 feet above the water. This hydra hd is really powerful.

Thanks peeps once again. Much appreciated. My PO4 is 0.25.

Hey peeps, Just thought I'd share another picture to give you a better view on the algae. The algae only grows on the parts where the lights can hit. So definitely the light is the main factor in its growth. The lighting timing is from 6pm to 1am and I'm using Hydra 26HD with a schedule of white and blue lights. from 10pm onwards the light is blue. I dropped the percentages down to 40% highest and that is only for 1 hour. the rest are pretty low like about 20-15%. Also the tank is 1.5 meters away from the bedroom window but does not get direct sunlight. So it will have some natural daylight too. What's your take on this?

Hey Kohanson, Yes I have a Tunze 6055 attached to a wavecontroller Tunze 7092 and on pulse mode. Although quite frankly I'm still confused with which dial on 7092 is intensity and power. Seems the same to me whichever I tune. I just put both on 50% means the dial is pointing at 12 o clock.

Blue tuxedo: I MADE IT TO SUMMIT!!! *Plants flag* TIME Magazine reports first urchin to make it to summit of Nuvo 40 Gallon.

wow that's pretty cool. Show us some sample images please?

Hey peeps thanks so much for the tips. Truly appreciate. I will look into those. I was thinking of putting a cpr aquafuge2 refugium actually but still holding back on that thought. The reviews are pretty good it seems.

HI patrick, thank you for the tips. I will look into those various methods. Good to know it's still part of the evolution of cycling till maturity.

Hi Peeps, Would like to consult anyone with the knowledge for this. My 40 gallon tank is a fairly new and already cycled for a month. However there is an evolution of algae which I'm wondering if it would naturally die off through time. This algae kinda resembles well cut grass on the golf course. The person in the LFS I frequent suggests that I siphon it as it would get pretty bad. Also to drop the light intensity from 70% whites to 40% whites for about a month. I do have an astrea but I haven't really noticed if it's eating it cause the astrea has always been busy around the tank walls rather than the rock work. I have 2 tailspot blennys that are grazing on it but it's quite a lot so I would say they're kinda slow on it. But I always see the 2 blennys picking on the algae on the rock. I've attached an image. Thanks for reading peeps.

CFOh you're quite right. I think it is the Dove snail. Although no one can confirm if it's reef safe. ill just have to monitor. Thanks for all the replies guys. Really helpful.

HI JMW, Thanks I think you're right. It's a bumblebee.

Hi peeps, I bought this at Coral Farm and the aunty or the other workers couldn't tell me what kind of snail this is. Anyone has an idea? Kinda looks like a Nassarius snail but the fella isn't burrowing in the sand like a Nassarius. I do own a Nassarius and this guy doesn't behave like it.