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While I’m at it, I’ll summarize the Magnesium part as well. What you’ll need for this is Mag Flakes (an ice melt product that I think is in a 40 pound bag) and Epsom Salts (that you’ll find at your local Drug Store). This is a ton of Mag Flakes, so if a bunch of you get together you can...

The recipe for Alkalinity, Calcium and Magnesium DIY solutions are referenced in the bottom of the OP…..from Randy Holmes Farley. To quickly summarized the Calc part, simply mix 2 ½ cups of Dow Flakes (an ice melt product that is really hard to find) with one gallon of RO/DI water. An...

Very nice gesture Gluttonous! I'm liking it!

Well I've found that when my tape measure is out of calibration, a little scotch with a splash of RO/DI water over ice usually brings the calibration right back in place. :topsy_turvy: :very_drunk:

To paraphrase Warner, think of the biopellets as having three arms. One arm takes a carbon, one takes a phosphate and one takes a nitrogen (nitrate). It takes all three for the “reaction” to work. If one is missing, it won’t work. So if there is no nitrates, no more phosphate will be...

Jon Warner had a nice short and sweet talk about biopellets at the swap. I specifically asked this question, and yes you can run GFO along with biopellets….especially in the case of excess phosphate.

Bad news.....I don't think I'll need to upgrade....when I put the guy in the tank, he just floated on his back. I'm now trying to flush him down the toilet, and it's not going well!

Forever. NO! However, by cooking the baking soda (sodium bicarbonate), you have made sodium carbonate....the same thing as soda ash. So use the same dilution factor that you were using with the BRS soda ash.

I suggest that you still do water changes….but first a few more questions. What is your target salt concentration? Do you use a swing arm or refractometer to measure salt concentration? And if it is a refractometer, do you calibrate with RO/DI or with calibration fluid (1.026)? This...

It was time to cook up a little more Alk, and I thought I’d share my experience in the kitchen. I purposely don’t want to mention that “C” word, because I think many are scared away when they hear that word. If you’re a two part user, this is an easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy recipe that anyone...

I’m assuming all three test kits were within reasonable error, and agreeing with each other. Measure the calc of freshly prepared RC water. If it was like the lot I had, it was well over 500. However, with a 10% water change per week, and you have all those sticks, and now hearing you...

Also, which salt are you using, how frequently do you do water changes, and what volume of water do you change. One of the reasons I’m switching from RC to IO is because of high calc. I went two months with only dosing alk. And this was with a weekly water change of 15 gallons on a 90...

I think it’s a coconut angel. :grin::grin::grin: And yes, this was my Father’s Day gift from my wife.

My wife picked up a new fish for me for Father’s Day.

What I got from the swap was a lot of grief from my wife for being there Friday afternoon and evening setting up, and all day Saturday from 7:00AM to now (7:00PM). Actually I did win an RO unit from the raffles, (which I don’t need), and picked up some fragging stuff….plugs, bags, and the...

Well two fixtures at $600 a pop, when less than 500 can do the whole job........!

Check out ReefBreeders Photon 24 or Photon 32…..you won’t be disappointed…..and forget about the Ecotech.

Welcome John, you’ve joined at a ideal time. Check out the Frag Swap that is happening this coming Saturday in Edison…..right up Route 1 North.

Yes, turn off the pump to Calc only. Let Alk "catch up." Let's see, you have a 40B with a heavy load of sticks, so I'd test again in two days and see where you're at. Adjust pump appropriately at that point.

Ed, the Liveaquaria link to that fish had a linkable part that explained whether it was "reef compatable," and here is what that said: NO And here is their definition: Reef Compatible: Designates whether a species will cause harm to any coral, clam, crustacean or other sessile...