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I will be purchasing Mike S’s JNS biopellet reactor (Thanks Mike), and this is all new for me. I’ve been reading, but I would like to hear first-hand experience. I have a 90 gallon DT with a 40 breeder sump and I’m currently running a BRS dual GFO/Carbon reactor. First thing is that I’ve...

PM sent.....and I'll be at the meeting.

Disclaimer: Every tank is different in its carbonate demand. The brand of salt you us, the volume and frequency of water changes, and the amount of hard corals and clams will impact the amount of alk and calc needed to keep everyone happy. I’m also assuming these are the 1.1 ml per...

Throw all that rod and reel stuff out and try fly fishing.......you'll catch more fish! Dance

My dosing pumps do it three times through the night for both alk and calc.....and not at the same time; they are separated by hours.

How about 3:30 tomorrow? Happy Anniversary.

I can come right now....will that work?

I don’t think you mentioned your salt, but the inconsistent or fluctuating levels of calc in ReefCrystals is why I’m weaning my tank off of ReefCrystals. One batch was so high in calc, I didn’t dose calc for two months…only alk. So I’m not surprised that one would be low while the other is...

Well is it packed to the gills with hard corals?

TWO GALLONS OF MAG! IN TWO WEEKS! STOP DOSING NOW. I think I'm still on my first gallon of magnesium I made four or five years ago. Something is wrong with the testing and my guess is that the Red Sea kit for magnesium requires five additions of one drop each of Reagent A, shaking for...

There are a number of parameters that impact dosing volumes of two-part. That being said, the volumes you are dosing are in line with the volume of water. Note that Brightwells two part is more concentrated than others (B-Ionic and Randy’s two part), with the alkalinity portion at 3000...

Do you have a clam or clams? How much alk and calc are you dosing? And your mag is a touch on the low side. And as far as the chemistry of the alk portion, it is either sodium bicarbonate or sodium carbonate. It is very stable and accordingly will last forever. So it doesn't "go bad."

At Home Depot for 97 cents per can! :grin: This is what I used to paint the back of my tank back in 2008. If you actually want black glass, I almost have to believe it is a specialty item requiring individual manufacturing (and at a tremendous cost).

Now there’s a first…..KY jelly. :grin: I believe KY is a carboxymethlycellulose (CMC) where it is a pinch of this CMC and the rest is all water (probably 97-98 percent water.) It is only a temporary lubricant for as long as the water is there. Once the water evaporates, no more lubricant...

What kind of lube? Petroleum based lubes cause the rubber to swell and eventually fail. Non petroleum lubes should only be used sparingly. If I use a lube on a bulkhead gasket, I put it on and then pretty much wipe off as much as I can. If there is too much lube, the gasket squeezes...

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Happy Birthday Anthony. Also really like your new avatar and screen name. It fits!

Joe, not sure where you are located, but you're more than welcome stopping by to see the mess I've set up. I'm in Sayreville, NJ.

Let me further explain…the drain on the right side of the sump first enters a filter sock (that you cannot see in the photo above.) The purpose of the sock was to keep any “hard” things (like snails) blocking the skimmer pump. The left drain directly enters the refugium, and I’m sure...

I too have a 40B sump with the return in the center. But note that I have two drains feeding the sump in both corners of the sump. As far as your 2 x 4 stand, here’s the build instructions for dimensional stands. For a four foot tank, all dimensional lumber can be 2 x 4’s.