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  1. Jamie S

    New Reefing buddy

    We picked up the newest member of the family on Tuesday evening. A chocolate lab that Savannah insisted we name Hershey. As you can see she is over the moon excited and spent a half hour the other night showing him the fish haha. New
  2. Jamie S

    WTB Chaeto

    Looking to buy some chaeto in the Monmouth county area.
  3. Jamie S

    Clownfish eye is bulging

    I was away for a few days this weekend and came back Saturday night and noticed one of my Clarkaii’s bullying the other quite a bit. Last night the Clarkaii began acting a bit lethargic and when I got home he was hiding under a rock. When I got him out I noticed that one of his eyes is bulged...
  4. Jamie S

    Calc/Mag swings

    Wondering why my calc/mag seem to swing in the opposite directions?
  5. Jamie S

    WWC Live Sale

    Last night I decided to watch the live sale while drinking. Bad idea. I woke up this morning and saw all of the confirmation emails of my orders totaling over $200. Good news is I have something to look forward to on Tuesday. Here’s what I ordered. I’m still hoping to pick up a $5 frag today.
  6. Jamie S

    Kalkwasser questions

    I was able to set up the Kalk stirrer and have it fed by the dos using water from ATO. I started very conservative with dosing 100ml/day. After about 12 hours I upped it to 200ml/day and so on until I’m now almost 24 hours into dosing 2,000ml/day and just now starting to see an uptick in Alk and...
  7. Jamie S

    Neptune DOS Kalk stirrer

    Question for APEX users, I have the trident and just recently bought a DOS (thanks again @brokereefer) along with an Avast Marine Kalk stirrer. Is it possible for the DOS to dose the kalkwasser based on trident testing? I’ve seen where you can really dial in and make the alk very stable with 2...
  8. Jamie S

    Trochus Snails

    I have what seems to be thousands of baby trochus snails. I first noticed them about 2 months ago and I thought by now they’d be dead but they’re still going strong. At this rate I’ll be giving a bunch away this summer and try to get store credit from LFS.
  9. Jamie S

    Good growth no color

    I have a few corals that have decent growth but no color. Here’s an example of 1 month color. The original pice still has the same color as when I got it. Any ideas why the new growth won’t color up?
  10. Jamie S

    WTB bubble tip anemone

    Looking to buy one or more bubble top anemones to start a small clownfish harem in my biocube for my daughter. Color doesn’t matter. Located in central NJ (Monmouth County)
  11. Jamie S

    Phosphates and Nitrates

    Good Morning, I'm having a hard time getting my frogspawn and hammer corals to open up. Also I'm starting to notice a little bleaching on the tip of one my acros. My nitrates are 0 and I'm trying to get them up with a little heavier feeding. Any other ideas to raise them without dosing nitrates...
  12. Jamie S

    Kalk vs 2 part to start

    I’ve been slowly adding some corals to my 125 and starting to notice a slight drop in calcium and alkalinity. Weekly 10% water changes have been keeping up with the demand to date but soon it won’t. I’m wondering when people need to start dosing, do they prefer 2 part or kalkwasser? Eventually...
  13. Jamie S

    Heater stuck on

    Well I’m posting this in aquarium keeper screwups because I definitely should’ve caught it. My weekly water change for the biocube started off on the wrong track when I forgot to turn off the ATO. Luckily the alarm sounded shortly after I began the siphon so not much fresh water dumped in. After...
  14. Jamie S

    Copepods in new tank

    Once my tank is done cycling can I add copepods and phytoplankton in the tank? I’d like to get a good population going before I start adding fish. I’m interested also in breeding copepods, has anybody had success doing this? I’d like to learn.
  15. Jamie S

    Free 180 gallon

    Anybody interested in a free 180 gallon reef ready?
  16. Jamie S

    Leak in overflow

    I discovered that the leak into my overflow is from a small hole and after simulating a power failed it fills up the overflow Which then overflows the sump. It’s about 4” below the water line so quite a bit does drain out. I tried gluing a piece of plastic over it but it’s still leaking. I was...
  17. Jamie S

    How the pros do it

    I stumbled across this article by Mike Paletta and is such an interesting read as far as tank parameters go. I know not to chance numbers but it may be something to strive for with the new tank. https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/tank-parameters-of-some-masters.295215/
  18. Jamie S

    125 gallons of nature

    This past spring I got back into the hobby with a 32 gallon biocube and already I’ve needed to upgrade. I was able to pick up a used 6’ long 125 gallon with a homemade canopy and stand. First thing I did was sand and paint and lacquer the stand so I can store the tank on it while I do some work...
  19. Jamie S

    WTB sump

    Last week I purchased a 40gallon breeder to build a sump for my 125gallon build however because of the cabinet framing I can only fit a 17” wide sump max. Not very good planning on my part. So I’m looking for a sump to fit my build and preferably a sump that can be used for the Triton Method. If...
  20. Jamie S

    Re sealing a tank

    Hello all, recently I bought a used 125 gallon tank with dual corner overflows and while filling it with water I noticed that there there was a leak halfway up one of the overflows. Now I realize that it’s really no big deal having the water leak into the overflow but after taking a look at the...
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