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Oops ALK-7.6ish CAL- 410 MAG-1350(its been a while since I checked this) Phos- .05 Salinity-.025 Temps are usually solid. While I don't monitor when I do WC's I usually see 78* areas He's always been good with the tank. About all I have ever seen him do is clean the glass. I did however ask...

A little background first. In my sons 20gal reef I always had a but if bubble algae going, few bubbles here and there but always stayed light and never really saw any reason to be alarmed. The tank has been up for about a year and I normally did about a 5gal WC monthly. Yes I know it's not ideal...

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I'm in the market for one too. Jim any chance you would be willing to PM me the details on the location of the shop. Thanks in advance

Are these the BRS type canisters? I'm at work right now but when I get home I might have a extra canister or at least an o-ring you can borrow/use till you get yours taken care of. I'm not to far from you in bordentown. In the meantime here is the number for allquatics (609) 888-3311. I doubt...

That's gonna be a long bathroom break. May I ask what dosers your using. I use the BRS dosers. When I had my problems I noticed that my dosers were pulling air from somewhere. In the beginning I though that the liquid was just traveling through the blank spots in the line if that makes sense...

There's the link. Sit back and enjoy some reading tomorrow. He actually has quite a few articles on this very subject. The recipes he recommends are the exact ones that you would get from BRS. Good luck. I know exactly how you feel here. Been through it and in my case it wasn't pretty.

I'll add that I have a feeling that the concentrations of the 2 part your using now and what you were using are different.

I agree with salt. The swings is part of the reason I think I had problem with acros a while back. Your mag is solid where it is. I'm willing to bet if you can bring the calcium up it may drop the Alk a bit. While I don't quite understand the chemistry behind it I was reading a great article by...

So at the beginning of every hr both dose? Alk for 15, cal for 25. Is it possible your getting some precipitation while they are dosing at the same time? This might account for the low cal. I would stop dosing for the moment and bring everything to optimum lvls including mag then figure you...

Def check your mag lvls. If it too low then a high Alk will drive cal lower, and vice versa. It mag that allows us to keep both at higher lvls. Are you dosing equal parts of each? And another thought, do you have bio pellets or any type of UNLS going?

Yep BOP. Grows like crazy.

Perhaps though that pack you just posted is almost all stuff I don't have.

Sure do. As I understand it, it is mainly meant as a refugium substrate though I'm guess you could use it in the DT as well. I think it is recommended to change half out every so often. This is something that could be complicated once you have rock sitting on top. Don't believe everything you...

If your not to far from the city I believe someone on MR has a nice insert for sale at a good price. To be honest the Vida rock is not that bad price wise. There are other ceramic places that charge much more. Alternative reef also makes some awesome stuff and if I remember correctly he will...

Thanks everyone. I wish I could do my zoa collection justice. Unfortunatly the iphone is not much of a camers and my point and shoot isn't much better. My Bro in law has a DSLR but no macro lens but maybe I'll borrow it one day and see what I can come up with. Dan i'll get you on the list...

Update time. Well at the end of October I switched to LEDs. So far so good on that front. All the growth seems great and I'm thinking in gonna stick with them. Colors have also gotten a little deeper as opposed to a slightly pastel look I was dealing with before, however, that could be both a...

They look great Pete. I love the shelf and that branching looking piece. Great job. I see a side business venture in your future.

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Awesome pic Austyn. Should have saved that one for the POTM.