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I keep a 180 reef and was having problems with aiptasia outbreaks. Too many hard to reach places for kalk or joe's juice. I added 200$ worth of berghia. It took awhile but all visible aiptasia in the tank are gone. After 2 years my tank still is free of aiptasia, but I still spot a berghia once...

I added some berghia to my 180 and that took care of my aiptasia problem....

Try increasing the photo period. 8 hours of MH is not enough. 10-12 hours is more like it. The actinics don't really do anything for color IMO. The fish waste is more than enough food for SPS corals. I don't add any food targeting SPS corals to my tank, and my animals are thriving. 80 is...

Thanks for link to article.I forwdard same. He bought some cyclopeeze today....

A reefer friend of mine made the mistake of buying a flower pot. Any tips here to help him feed same and keep it alive? I suggested that he set up a brine shrimp hatchery and target feed it. Any comments....,.Don't kill the messenger...LOL

I have a copperbanded butterfly in the tank for 2 years. It really stays away from the corals. Mostly picks for stuff on the bottom. Mine even eats formula 1 small pellets off of the bottom. Coolest fish that I own...

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I run a 180G reef tank with CA reactor which drives down the PH. I use reef buffer once a week. 3 tablespons in a gallon of RO/DI water which I drip into the tank. My PH is usually at 8.2 day now, corals are way happy, Ca at 450, ALK @ 12 DKh. I have a sump, 50G full of caulerpa which grows like...

oops this is better

I cannot spot any aiptasia in my tank although I am sure that there is some due to the continued presence of the berghia. My sump has alot of aiptasia. A self sustaining reaction I suppose.

Sorry my previous pic looked so bad, try this 1

Aussie Elegance Coral

I have a copper banded butterflyfish in my tank for about a year. It is the coolest fish in my tank. I also have a purple tang, desjardini sailfish tank, flame angel, blue star leopard wrass, and a couple of firefish. None of the above bother my corals and all get along well enough. I put the...