Recent content by Alexander1312

No worries, and agree. Just added two boxes myself; the only annoying thing was to remove all filtration for 48 hours. I add this once a year.

Looks great! Did I get the unicorn from you? If that is how they will eventually looks like then I will wait :).

You bought 10 boxes of their sand? No wonder they are always sold out haha. Looks good!

Time to refill the plank. This is my dry food mix. Approx 20% or less of each of these ingredients. I am currently down to 1 minute twice a day due to higher nutrients (I am feeding nori, dandelions and frozen food also daily).

Took me a while to get that table created with better sources, although some are still questionable, so not sure if 100% correct. What I am sensing from this is that a GFI (Ground Fault Interrupter) / GFCI (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter) is the essential equipment, and the probe piggybacks...

4th place at the moment. Need to rally more people.

Thank you. They are getting this amount of light, and it’s the place with the least amount of flow, but I am not sure that they are particularly happy. It’s only a few days, so hopefully they will improve, or I am misinterpreting their well-being.

Both the DELTEC and Abyzz CEOs seem quite convinced it is still useful, and Alex/Abyzz seems to have convinced Than Thein as well. You know much more about electricity, I have no clue. Will do more research. On the probe quality, that is true. It should probably not be submerged fully, and...

Jan (CEO) from DELTEC recently recommended using a grounding probe, and I remember I still had this in storage somewhere when I thought my yellow tang was impacted by stray voltage. I thought it could not hurt to use it, but I am curious if you are using one, and if there is a way to use it...

Did someone say we should be starting a big debate? Let me give this a go since starting debates is my specialty :). I tend to agree that the salt itself will not make your tank more or less successful. However, this does not mean that the salt itself can be very helpful to get you there...

I used the Tropic Marin salt in my first year of reefing and always had brown residue (from iron precipation apparantly). It could come from the way I heat the water, add salt, mix, and then cool down (to not waste energy while not using the water for a week) and then heat up again before water...

I believe there are two broad considerations when selecting a salt: 1. Quality of the salt (production) - often indicated by 'instant' mixing capability 2. Target parameters of the salt For quality, I would only select salt produced by Tropic Marin, which includes the one John stated, or...

That's interesting. So you never have to clean your saltwater mixing container?

Yes, and that you do need a power backup plan like all of us who have larger tanks.

I had issues with the precipitation of the Fauna Marin salt when mixing it a week in advance of using it again. I'm mixing 55 gallons weekly at the moment, and after three months, I felt I needed to clean the Brute container (white). For the record, I have seen similar precipitation with the...