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All true. It certainly has been a great experience for me. It also shows how important it is that we promote our forum and make a greater effort to let the area know we exist. I can’t tell you how often I’ll ask a store something like “do you give discounts to NJRC members”. The answer is almost...
That number is so high it almost seems impossible.
however. That doesn’t mean it can’t be
First. Your tank is super young and crazy numbers are expected. In time it WILL go down.
Second. Check the labels on what you are feeding. Some foods are simply high on phosphates to begin with. There are...
The percentage dosent really means anything to me or bother me. My concern is what PAR I “should” be running. I believe I have found a sweet spot were the majority of stuff Is happy. Mixed reef is tuff to make everything happy and I believe I am close. But when I read you ran your kessils at 100...
Love everything you guys are writing. Read it all twice. But you just lost me with the Kessil 360X not penetrating 30”. Could you clarify that for me. I am presently running four of them on a 24” deep tank and have to run them at 30 percent to accommodate the variety of corals. I have...
Wondering how you are mixing Zoas and Native Jersey seahorses. Don’t they require different temperature tanks. You know with one being tropical and all I know there are cold water corals below 2000 meters. But are they purchase-able
Pauli, I know you have had the tank a good long time. But aren’t the rock and stuff all a new thing ? If so, that’s a lot like starting over and things like algae and diatoms are normal and expected
6.4 alk is pretty low. (Everything is a little bit low) but only the alk makes me nervous. The best thing you can do is keep your alk pegged and steady the other parameters are much easier to hold steady. For this reason I test alk every other day and keep mine within .3 points of my target...
Having given this subject more thought I would like to add that not only do I feel adding Skype social events in addition to regular ones is a really good idea. I also feel we should whenever possible. Add skype meetings to regular ones. As in at the same time. This has the possibility of...
I very much like the idea as both an experiment and a temporary solution. When things are normal. I would return to regular get togethers and still add monthly “live” video meets. It solves two problems and will get those people who are sick or to far away involved. It also caters to two type...
Welcome welcome welcome. Nice to have another new member. You will find some super awesome people here who are all more than willing to share there time, experience, and helpful a hand when needed. I look forward to meeting you at one of the club functions. After this crazy pandemic scare fades...