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Curious to inow what raw materials could Instant Ocean be putting in their Reef Crystals to warrant $80 a bucket compared to $30 for IO? It seems to me that a bucket of RC starts out as a bucket of IO. Then something must be taken out of the IO bucket to make room for what ever it is they use to...
Hey neighbor!!! I am just over the hill from you on the Northern side of Lebanon Township. I typicaly head out to SomethingFishy in N. Hampton Pa. Don't bother going to Adam's pet safari in Chester!!!!!!! Has to be the filthiest store in the country and zero saltwater live stock. The new store...
There is an original build thread from when I first set up the tank back in 2009. Unfortunately photosucket killed all the pics. But for your reading pleasure................
https://www.njreefers.org/threads/whats-the-paintman-been-up-to.65607/page-7
Did a full Covid19 cook back in spring of 2020 for 3 months with a total blackout. Used Marco rock and seeded it with Micro Bacter and 10 pounds of GARF Grunge. Started stocking tank in August. Everything seems to be going good as RBTA split Monday night.
It would be interesting to know how much biproduct the oysters produce. I mean they are a living organism so I am assuming they produce some kind of waste.
Cool video! I wonder if Clams and oysters only filter out what they specificaly need for their diet, or do they completely polish the water? I'm sure PaulB knows the answer. I think what would be cool is to have a sump designed for natural filtration. Another words have different chambers for...
Now that you mention it, yes my collection cup does seem to be a little lighter in color. But again I am only going by what my eyes tell me. I have a reefoctopus 3000 external so I do skim pretty hard. About once a week I turn off the skimmer and dose some oyster feast. Within a couple of...
Other then water clarity what type of water quality could you test for? Nitrates maybe? I wonder if they can remove pathogen and/or bacterias from the water. Since they are filter feeders I would assume they still produce some kind of waste that has to be processed through the nitrogen cycle. My...