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One of my favorite fish was a Starry Blenny. I no longer have him because he decided to go into the carpet business. I also don't have an actual picture, but I've included one off the internet.
I liked him because he had a personality. My wife named him Jack Blenny (for you young...
Anatomy correction....it is the gluteal muscle group, composed of four muscles, but I believe the actual muscle you were referring is the gluteus maximus. I believe the Maxima is a Nissan. And once again it looks like I've made myself look like a gluteus maximus. :grin:
Scientists are saying we may have a new species here on earth. Note the elongated body and extremely short legs. They've tried to hide themselves with clothing to blend in with the rest of us but to no avail. Study the picture below...just in case you run into any of these freaks.
Come on Paul, lets tell the truth....I found some old pictures too....when someone leaves their Photobucket account open. Now lets try this again, who put in that sink?
Jim said it above….Aquavitro 8.4 is simply a blend of very inexpensive chemicals (carbonate / bicarbonate), with a slick marketing campaign to sell it at a very high price. It does not contain borate (which is found in other aquarium buffering solutions because of it’s relative high pK value.)...
OK you two pansies, let me give you the advice my father gave me years ago:
You’re the one who wanted to play house! Live with it!
Oh yeah, he was a World War II Marine! Growing up in our house, he was the Drill Sergeant, and my sister and I were two of his PFC's. :nervous
If it's old school, you're adding CO2 to the house.....if it's relatively new, that is energy efficient, and draws air for the outside for combustion, not so much.
"Two Part" is alk and calc.
I need to take a step back and ask:
How big is your tank?
What kind of corals do you have or is it FO/FOWLR?
What test kits do you use to measure Alk, Calc and Mag?
If it is a reef tank with lps/sps, it will be consuming alk and calc daily. I don't...
As far as stabilizing your alk, I would recommend dosing daily. How much does your alk number drop in a week? SPS does not like alk swings. The more stable you can keep your alk number the better off you will be.
I say throw out your pH probe. Your pH is fine. 7.8 is on the low end, but still acceptable. Probably that low because the house is closed up and you have a bit of CO2 built up in the house/tank. Also, you don't want to add soda ash (sodium carbonate) to adjust pH....you want to add...
We had someone I can't remember do a demo at one of our monthly meetings....actually on using cement to attach rock. (Hopefully Ed will chime in because I believe he tried this himself.) He used a hydraulic cement. You can pick this stuff up in tubs that look like about a gallon or...