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And I thought NJ was the only place with circles! Funny looking sign. Though it probably would have helped the visitors to the Jersey shore to figure out how to navigate one!
I also thought that it happened with the tank in the car (now that would be some bad luck)... By the looks of that car you're lucky that you're alive! Glad you just have a hurt shoulder in the grand scheme of things.
Good luck with the tank from here!
I wouldn't be afraid. The worst that could happen (?! LOL) is that it won't work. Just test the effluent for PO4 and see if it is reducing in comparison to the tank water. It wouldn't hurt to do a search on RC. Look for Rowa Phos.
Yeah... I installed something to allow you to mark selected as read (which works fine) and it broke the "mark all read". I've put up with it because nobody has complained but if it is a problem I can uninstall the mod!
If you click the box at the top that isn't next to a post it will turn all...
I'd pick up a handful of snails to help with the algae (turbo/astrea). Are you keeping the lights on? That's a lot of algae for an unlit tank. If you are running the lights leave them off for the next week or so until the snails get the rock cleaned up.
That is just how they (and frogspawn) grow. They split and then grow "stalk" and only the heads remain fleshy. Perfectly normal. Not considered die off.
The lower your nutrients the less frequently you'll have to clean your glass. Low silicates helps if you have the brown diatoms on the glass. We used to get the green on the glass but once we started using the ReefGadget scraper we haven't had to worry about it since! That gets the glass clean...
The most efficient pumps would be the Red Dragons. They don't do a lot of head pressure though so they're best for under tank installations. They're also extremely expensive. After that there are a few pumps that are not as expensive but are fairly good. I think Reeflo makes a few new ones that...