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My input-this site caters to new hobbyist not much for the established reef keeper-need some "power"posters people that are known and respected in the hobby bring some bling to the site!! and people will come! offer more advanced forums-macro algea/sps/ect, experiance and knowledge -credibility...

I would look for the root problem or you are always fighting it -what is your Fe levels? high iron is cyano fuel,

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I would be rinsing the frozen food well with r/o- cyano also loves low salinity-

They are sort of hit or miss and have the potential to go rogue and do damage-a few years ago I had one that ripped apart my expensive scoly to get at its gut contents(I had fed the scoly that night) IMO- they are not reef safe and need to be watched!! I no longer keep them, nutrient control is...

Sorry man, I narrowly avoided the same fate only lost the one Monti colony - thanks for the Bayer tip most likely saved that tank

lets add chemical aggression with the physical aggression to the mixed reef enviroment and we see why that type of system is so difficult to make thrive if not impossible, I - like you, want to display thriving happy animals-not surviving damaged animals seems like long term success would be...

Yes, I'm guilty very! My avatar says it all! But I'm trying (I have some pics on here of the change) just amazed at the growth of the species only tanks -There beautiful too -just wanted to pose the question to see if any of the long term keepers were feeling guilty Lol, but would you recommend...

Would we not be better keepers if we avoid the flower garden approach to reef tanks-maybe just keeping animals that naturally occur together?

In the wild every reef zone has a dominate animal-a patch of acropora(reefcrest) will not have a patch of elegance coral coexisting in the same habitat because the water parameters favors the reefcrest animal and not the seagrass animal two hugley different enviroments how do replicate that in...

I,m not so sure anymore seems overtime conditions favor a species and they thrive and dominate while the others simply survive..how can we house animals together that would not naturally be found together and expect to meet all there different needs and have all thrive?and not merely survive.

I need to throw this out there and see what other reef keepers have to say- Can everybody in a mixed reef be happy?

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