They are copepods 😁

That filter should work for you. Remember to let the tank cycle and build good bacteria before you start loading it up.

When you says bleached SPS. Do you mean completely white, faded color, or partially bleached? Faded color yes and partially bleached, yes. Completely white is a goner.

Hello. You are correct. Movement is vitally important to coral health. My flow looks low because I turn it off / down for videoing. Can’t really get a good pic of the corals if they are moving a lot or the top water isn’t still. I did a video on flow if you are interested. Hope you are enjoying the hobby.

You should have 8. One at 9am, 10am, 1130am, 1230pm, 530pm, 630pm, 8pm, 9pm

I have the hydra 26 I think that’s why

Little bit of both. Even in the best conditions, many won’t make it.

Rarely is it a light issue. What are your phosphates at?

With this tank not being very wide I have it in the back blowing at the front glass plus an additional Powerhead in the side blowing at the water surface.

Just fyi. For my standard width tanks. I place toward the back, pointing at the surface, then colliding in the front.

Hello. I have it saved in the files section of the FaceBook group AI Prime/Hydra Reef Group. It is called Salty Pops. OR create it in just 8 points.

Make sure your device updates are current. Then resave the program and select it again. I use the app through iPhone, are you using a different platform?

@saltypops4276 Have to check on how to do a update, i can't see where to do that ?

@saltypops4276 I use the app on my android

To check for an update. Click on settings. Choose the device and then choose update. Pretty easy. I don’t have android and have never used the app on android but am very surprised there is no minus button. Send me a screen shot and I’ll figure it out

@saltypops4276 Ya, there is no update, button ?

Cherry Corals Creamsicle

Hello. This is what I run: Chamber 1 - ceramic media in a bag - Chemi-pure elite - carbon Chamber 2 - Purigen - ROWA-phos - I cut the pad in half so I can change out half at a time. Chamber 3 - ceramic media in a bag so I can change out only 1 bag of ceramic media at a time.

@saltypops4276 do you add any additives to your tank water routinely? I'm looking at setting up my newly cycled tank for anenome tank with my 2 clowns. Also with this many nems can you have more than 1 pair of clowns?

Hello for my bubble tip tank I only add coral-vite weekly.

Hello. It really depends on what you want to keep in it. On my Fluval Flex 15 gal I keep mostly bubble tip anemone and I did not reduce it at all. However if you are just keeping lower light stuff, LPS and softies, you could reduce by 30%.

It is a Grafted Montipora Capricornis. This particular one also creates little branches upward.

It is absolutely a sign of being happy and healthy. Good indication that they like the environment.

On all my tanks in target salinity of 1.026 (35 ppm). As for alkalinity. That varies. For my LPS dominated and Anemone tanks. They are low 7s. For my SPS tank it is high 8s.

My lens did not melt with this setting. On my old primes I saw some darkening on the UV and Violet but on the newer prime that has been running 1.5 years there is no issues. The newer prime lens looks a bit different and holds up a bit better.

@ when you say newer prime do you mean like a newer version of the 16HD? Or do you mean the 16Hd compared to the old Prime HD

⁠ newer version of the 16HD. I have some that are a few years old and they developed some dark spots. But the one I purchased 1.5 years ago still looks great. Both are 16HD but when I look at the lenses on the 2 of them the newer one looks different. Like there is a coating over those specific LEDs.

@@wtjonny ​​⁠ newer version of the 16HD. I have some that are a few years old and they developed some dark spots. But the one I purchased 1.5 years ago still looks great. Both are 16HD but when I look at the lenses on the 2 of them the newer one looks different. Like there is a coating over those specific LEDs.

⁠@@saltypops4276oh wow that’s interesting. Maybe the new lens I just ordered from AI will be the updated one! Appreciate it

I did let it go for a while. People tend to panic over it and I wanted everyone to see how easy it is to get rid of. You should act the second you see it and not wait.

The quick answer is, you need to increase the intensity of the Blue OR decrease the intensity of the others OR a combination of both. Royal Blue appears brighter than Blue. See bulb ratio below compare to 16HD: Prime 16 HD - RB : Violet + UV is 2:1 Your setup has 3:1 which will make the overall blue much brighter. Prime 16 HD - B : Violet + UV is 2:1 Your setup is 1:1. So the Blue LEDs that produce the darker blue are less prevalent in the Blades vs Prime, which is why you are getting a darker blue with the Salty Pops program. A little manual adjusting and you should be set.

I have been feeding them algae strips. Probably should offer them to someone locally. But I just started feeding them and kept them.

@saltypops4276 thanks. I'm off to my LFS today 😀

Hello. I do 2 ramps because I am following a bulb light pattern where channel one comes on early then later channel 2 for a mid day bump in par. This is what would naturally occur in the ocean mid day when the sun is at it’s brightest.

If you run into issues let me know and I’ll help out. As for the turbos food source, I have been providing seaweed for them to eat as I hate for something to just die. So they are doing fine, I give them some twice a week and the tank continues to be algae free. Blue leg hermits are great for hair algae but do not eat enough to wipe it out on their own. Astraea are by far my favorite snails as they eat a lot for their size, so good choices here. Glad to see you also got Mexican turbo snails, hopefully they are large ones when they arrive. Funny you mention not having good luck keeping snails, many snails do not live very long in the home aquarium, 6 months give or take, which is why people constantly have to add more. However, the Astraea snails, I have some that I have had for 2+ years and Mexican turbos live a long time as well.

Yes. The program does perfectly on a 32. As for reducing the intensity. Really depends on the corals in the tank. If you have a mixed reef with SPS at the top and LPS below, no need to change anything. If you are not running a lot of SPS and more heavy on LPS, I would reduce 30%. Please do a manual calculation of each spectrum instead of using the 2 finger slide.

@@saltypops4276I have got bubble tip anemones, softies and LPS in the tank. So I reduce the intensity by 30 % and run at 70 % ? . I also have got lots of green hair algae. Should I run the lights for 10hrs ?

@@coolguy1995able I wouldn’t change my lights. Get a small army of Mexican turbo snails and give them a couple weeks.

Hello. I buy them locally at a saltwater shop to avoid shipping charges. If that is not an option, I have bought inverts from LiveAquaria before when they use to offer free shipping on inverts. But haven’t since they stopped the free shipping.

ROWA helps a ton. I actually run ROWA and Purigen together 24-7 as part of my normal setup!

Nah. I've done that before and still there. Snails always work the best for me.

@ we’re did u put the bag

Yes it is. I have it running in a 15 gallon and others have put it on tanks as small as 13.5 gallons.

Hello. The whole reason I am rinsing and putting it back in for a 6 month life is to hold Bioload. I don’t leave it in indefinitely and rotate with the other pads to avoid the nutrient issue. But if I through it away all the time, my ability to hold bioload is diminished.

Hello Salty, so I put the sponges on it and don't clean them until 3 months have passed to maintain the biological load?

@@franroman2070 hello. No. You need to clean them every 4 weeks. Take them out and rinse them with tank water in a bucket until the water is mostly clear to get rid of the detritus. Then put them back. You will do this every 4 weeks to keep them clean. I assume you have 2 pads. Each pad stays in for 6 months total time with the every 4 week cleaning. Space out the replacement of the 2 pads so you are changing 1 every 3 months.

Thanks Salty, the last question, can I use Perlon instead of filter sponges? And so I can throw the perlon every week?

@@franroman2070 I personally would not do that. One of my filter pads is 20ppm which is a fine filter pad and captures everything.