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drawman · Mar 31, 2020

@Chaswood79 do you have a build thread? I think I should be following

Charlie’s Frags · Mar 31, 2020

drawman said:
@Chaswood79 do you have a build thread? I think I should be following

I do not have a dedicated build thread. The tank is set up pretty simple. 50 gallon cube with 2 hydra 52 hds, a skimmer, and small fuge growing chaeto.

drawman · Mar 31, 2020

Chaswood79 said:
I do not have a dedicated build thread. The tank is set up pretty simple. 50 gallon cube with 2 hydra 52 hds, a skimmer, and small fuge growing chaeto.

Well I guess I meant more for acro pics

Charlie’s Frags · Mar 31, 2020

drawman said:
Well I guess I meant more for acro pics

Oh yeah...I forgot about those.
I’ll do that soon since I’m out of work for the next 4 weeks.

DancingShark · Mar 31, 2020

What's your feeding like?
I have lost polyp extension on my acros.
Are yours like that all day?
Can't seem to figure why mine have retracted during the day.

Phildago · Mar 31, 2020

DancingShark said:
What's your feeding like?
I have lost polyp extension on my acros.
Are yours like that all day?
Can't seem to figure why mine have retracted during the day.

Hows your flow?

DancingShark · Mar 31, 2020

Phildago said:
Hows your flow?

Tank sometimes looks like the dust bowl.

Two gyre 250, 4 jabeo sow 20 in a 125g.

Charlie’s Frags · Mar 31, 2020

My PE is like that while the lights are on. Less PE after dark. I’m not a big proponent of crazy flow. I have 2 mp40s set to 25% reef crest anti sync. I like the polyps flowing like tall grass in 10 mph winds

Charlie’s Frags · Mar 31, 2020

DancingShark said:
What's your feeding like?
I have lost polyp extension on my acros.
Are yours like that all day?
Can't seem to figure why mine have retracted during the day.

Yes I have great PE while the lights are on.
It’s a 50 gallon cube with 15 fish that I feed 2 frozen cubes of mysis, 1 full sheet of nori, 10-15 mls of phyto plankton everyday. I feed zooplankton 2-3 times a week. My no3 stays between 10-25 on salifert and po4 is usually around 0.20 ppm (60-70 ppb).

DancingShark · Mar 31, 2020

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Chaswood79 said:
Yes I have great PE while the lights are on.
It’s a 50 gallon cube with 15 fish that I feed 2 frozen cubes of mysis, 1 full sheet of nori, 10-15 mls of phyto plankton everyday. I feed zooplankton 2-3 times a week. My no3 stays between 10-25 on salifert and po4 is usually around 0.20 ppm (60-70 ppb).

I think it's the flow. Looking at the pictures from almost 2 years ago. I only had one gyre 250 and my returns and I can see the polyps.
I have a 60g cube and the few acros I have in that tank do have polyp extension. That has a single maxijet.
Right now at night they all do. They are growing fine just would like to see something waving in the tank.