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Turn your dosers down a touch!
You were away for a while and your calc and mag went up. You mentioned that you does alk and calc, but the graph shows calc and mag??? Query, do you have an ATO? And is it filled with RO/DI water? Also, how long have you been dosing...
My low water ATO reservoir LED light crapped out. I'm not surprised, considering I was running this bipin LED at 2.9 volts....the upper limit of the LED.....with a wall-wart that probably is not very accurate with voltage.
I'm guessing it burnt out on the first low water situation...
Joe, I don't dose it....short of all the food I feed the fish. :) But I've read people using stump removal products....but with the warning that some might contain copper (and other unwanted products), so pick carefully. You might wish to search other sites that have a number of folks...
Back to your original Bubble Magus HOB, I would make sure the air inlet portion of the venturi is nice and clean. They typically get clogged up with precipitated gunk, causing poor bubble formation. Vinegar alone typically won't do it. I have to chip it out using something small to get in...
I put ball valves on both my drains with the same intention of closing them to do maintenance. I quickly realized that once the return pump is turned off, within two minutes no water comes down the drain lines. The other issue, I can't close them now if I wanted to....they are "locked" open...
Thanks Reef Docg....it was finished and given away. I no longer have it....although I used the same dowel and magnet attachments for my 90DT equipment cabinet.
Bump this up.....and any more news on this. It would be great to have these for RAP when we're not wearing our volunteer shirts....or for those in our booth..
Here's what I have:
Like new condition - used for less than a year-Seaside Aquatics Curve ES5 skimmer. This is the "new" version of the Bubble Magus Curve 5 with an improved pump....Sicce SK200. Nice little skimmer. $125 pick up in Sayreville. This sells for $250 brand new.
Anyone see Hummers yet? I've actually had to dump my first load of nectar because it started to go white (guessing bacteria), and sanitize the feeders. Haven't seen a one yet!
I think you have a couple things going on there. The first picture is not close enough to say what you have there. The second pic, I'm guessing a baby stomatella....a good thing. The rest of your pictures....the small spiral things, I'm guessing spirorbid worms...harmless filter feeders.