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Steve, great article. To summarize: 1. The greater majority of phosphate in frozen foods is bound up within the food. 2. Rinsing only washes away approximately 1% of phosphate. 3. The large dilution of tank water makes this "free" phosphate insignificant. 4. See 1 (one), above….the...

I’m sorry, I had to pull the image over here….that is funny! Thanks for posting.

That is all I have George....The Reef Foundation Pro black plastic box. The only info on that is what I believe is a "part number," 22814. No other numbers.

OUCH! Thanks for posting. I'm going down right now to check my lot numbers. EDIT TO ADD: I just checked my Calcium B and it doesn't have a "batch" number, but does have a "lot" number. I'm wondering if this is the same thing.....mine is only a three digit number. I also now...

I couldn’t be more thrilled! Oh wait, I take that back. I don’t use tapatalk, because I’m a dinosaur. :p

Welcome back John! Is that a JBJ28 by chance? And where are the pictures. A tale isn't a tale unless there are pictures! And finally, what's an "intermediate" LED versus "pro," I'm not familiar with that.

So let me get this straight, you love your boyfriend because of his tank? :o After looking at the picture of his tank, I can’t blame you. :grin:

My kid was into freshwater planted for a brief time and, if I remember correctly, he had fertilizer sticks he used to put into the substrate, and ran some sort of CO2 bubbler. When I had freshwater, the plants got nothing but fish poop and whatever light.

I'm following along....love the DIY projects. Thanks for posting.

Jim, shame on you! (I won't tell your wife.) Dance

Kevin, do you even need to put additional 2X4’s in the stand….which will now take up room. I’m thinking that you can grab the horizontal 2x4’s on the top and bottom of the stand to attach the light rail.

Out of curiosity, what are you actual ALK, CALC and MAG numbers. It sounds like you are actually precipitating calcium carbonate. I know in earlier posts you mentioned dosing two-part, but don’t remember seeing numbers. Also, even though they call it “two-part,” it’s actually three-part...

I speak in general terms, knowing nothing specifically about nitrifying bacteria. Most bacteria will go into a dormant stage if they do not have the means to continue to reproduce (this assumes all other parameters are there to keep it happy.) If you don’t “feed” the bacteria with fish...

Kevin, not sure what woods you are using, but if you use a stain sealer first, the tone will be more similar between the woods…especially if you go with a darker stain.

Well I went gloss black on the big tank (90 gallon) and flat black ($0.97/spray can) for the JBJ 28. Haven’t fully set up the JBJ yet, but the big tank does require a damp cloth wipe down every so often.

Jim, I’ve run both an MRC 2 and MRC 3 on my tank and without question the best skimmer I’ve run as far as skimmate production. So good choice with your big tank. My only complaint was the energy consumption for the pump and the noise….very loud, even with the air intake muffled. However...

Always like the DIY woodworking…..looks fantastic. However, I do have a problem with that behemoth overflow…..go Glass-Holes! :grin:

I apologize if my response was misinterpreted. It was meant to be educational in that you either have ammonia or you don’t….albeit said with a bit of flippant humor….that’s my personality. However, with that said, I do agree that it’s best I say nothing to any of your posts…..I’m done!

“Pretty close,” only counts for handgrenades, horse shoes and Bocci ball. Otherwise, you still have ammonia in the tank!

I believe I'm at 36 1/2 which is just fine when standing next to the tank. I recently put a couch in the fish room, and it seems a bit high sitting in the couch.....but I'm still OK with the stand height....because most walk in and stare....so it's good.