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Are you running a skimmer and is it really putting out a lot? That could explain the drop, but only if you were topping off with RO/DI to replace what was skimmed. Were the rocks dry or wet when added? Is there a chance they were in a container of saltwater that evaporated leaving salt...

I would stop trying to fix the level until your are sure that it is being measured correctly to start. You dropped from a steady state 1.023 for no apparent reaason to 1.018. You mixed five gallons of water at 1.030 and did a water change on a tank at 1.018 and drove it off the upper scale...

Thanks for posting this AFTER I bought the 180. ::) I've been wrestling with this issue myself. It's a contributing factor to my RetroReefing style. ( Kind of catchy phrase, huh? I've been thinking of changing my screen name to RetroReefer ;)) With the VHO's I have not needed to run fans or a...

Have you tried calibrating the refractometer? Compared it to another?

It's best to dose when needed. In other words Lou, test your levels first and see if you need it. After a few weeks of testing, if you keep to a fairly regular routine of water changes and other dosing, you can get a feel for how much mag you are using. But in general you should test first for...

Sorry I missed this Phil. I'm in Woodbridge and can stop by sometime. I'll have to check and see if we still have a good clipper at home.

Albie, I forgot all about this Saturday. Do you still have one for me? Where are you located?

Thanks Ralph, everything was great! My wife and doctor want to thank all the photographers for helping to make their case against me; my diet starts this week. ::)

Great stuff as always! Where did you get the scolly?

Cut your losses and just go with new ballasts from somewhere other than Homby/Aquatraders. I had a bad experience with them on a T5 strip light where the original ballast and the replacement died within days. They have a long, ugly history. Stay away from them!

Looks good Harry. I like the islands. I'm planning on islands in my 180 as well.

I do all of the above: SeaSquirt, turkey Baster, large syringe with some rigid tubing, and feed the whole tank and let them get what's floating. In a real reef there is enough food in the water column drifting and swimming by to let the coral feed themselves, but not so in a closed system. LPS...

Are you coming to the meeting, I can explain the nail clipping.

Sounds a little low to me. I run mine at 77-78. Lower than most, but everything is thriving. Did you notice any changes in the livestock at 74?

Looks possible to me. I know my candy canes would occasionally go through a cycle of shrinking to almost no exposed tissue for a few days before an extended period of growth and splitting.

Thanks Renee, ph and Alk are both a challenge in my tanks. I think I'll pass on the vitamin C. Any truth that vitamin E will get my clowns to mate? 8)

Sounds good on the carbon. I would dip that colony. IF everything else is OK it's unlikely that it's parameter related. Is there another coral close enough to that section to be attacking it?

Very nice, Thanks Phil!

Alleopathy is a possible cause. Carbon works fine if you change it on a reqular basis. Jceli how often do you change the carbon, how much do you use and how is the tank water processed through the carbon?

Lotta love in the thread above! Hope everyone had a great day. :D