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That water looks really cloudy in the pics. Sent from my iPhone using MonsterAquariaNetwork app

It looks great. Those look like some pretty mature corals. Very nice! What do you think caused the hair algae and what did you do to win the battle? Sent from my iPhone using MonsterAquariaNetwork app

Yep... next time they need replaced I'm going to go LED! Sent from my iPhone using MonsterAquariaNetwork app

We went snorkeling in a bay by the Captain Cook monument on the big island. My understanding was that was a protected underwater state/national park. I'm sure that is a touristy area and maybe other areas aren't watched so closely. I'll remember swimming with all of those Black Triggers for...

Thanks for all the compliments. I know I have mostly "beginner" corals but no one I know has to know that! Haha! I have a 6 bulb T5 fixture (really 12 because it is a 6 ft long fixture).. I just upgraded my bulbs a week or two ago. I went with ATI bulbs. The tank is bluer than it used to...

Man if I lived in Hawaii I wouldn't need an aquarium. You've got the real thing right there! I'd be snorkeling and diving at all of the reefs all the time. We went on a trip to the big island last summer (Kona) and the snorkeling was awesome. Sent from my iPhone using...

Just a few pics from my 125. Mostly softies, Zoas, and a couple LPS. The one SPS I have started growing in this spot on its own. The mother colony died off (not sure why) but this one seems to be going strong. I'm kind of regretting putting GSP in there. I'll be clearing some of that out...

My TDS meter is in line on the RO/DI unit. I only know that it is zero TDS going into the container, but not coming out. So I bet you are right about the container leaching phosphates into the water.

I'm not sure if I mistyped or something. My phosphates currently are 0.13 not 1.1. I have read that phosphates are supposed to be below 0.1. I was just wondering if that were true. If so them I'm not far off at 0.13Since my RO/DI water is still showing readings of .05 - .08 I am thinking...

My Blue Throat Trigger and Fox Face feed on the Nori pretty aggressively. The other smaller fish eat the scraps that are released into the water column. I've started taking out any uneaten Nori after an hour or so. I really don't have any visible algae on the rocks in the display. I have to...

That looks really good!

Man... that is sad news. I'm sorry to hear that. I guess I need to start making one of those wire mesh covers for my tank.

Cheech, I did find my Blue Throat in one of the overflows a couple of months ago. Not much really spooks him anymore so I'm not too concerned about him jumping. When I walk into the room the Blue Throat and my Gold Banded Maroon clown are front and center waiting for some food. Last night I...

Thanks for the compliment. The Blue Jaw is my favorite fish! He is the biggest fish in my tank but doesn't bother anything. I love watching him every day.

I'm not sure if anyone is still looking at this thread, but I wanted to post an update. I've been going through the process of changing out all of my T5 bulbs over the last couple of weeks. The first week I added the Superactinic (kind of purple), the Aqua Blue Special (really white), and one...

I have 2 MP40's (one on each end) and an MP10 (on the back glass) in my 125 gal. I'm glad to finally see a thread from other people using these and talking about the modes they use. Do yours have the "ecosmart" modes. I think they are Nutrient Transport mode and Tidal Swell mode. I kind of...

Very cool!

Perhaps I was too quick to judge the response. My apologies.

There is no doubt that the MP40 can create water movement. I would think that positioning it in the tank would be the key as you can't "point" the flow in any specific direction. I've got two in a 125 (one on each end) and they work together really well. I only have them set at about 50%...

My fish act like they are constantly hungry. I put in a sheet of Nori (seaweed) every day or do. Perhaps I should cut that back a bit. Are phosphates at 0.11 really bad?