Recent content by derek_SR

You gonna seed it from your current tank or try and do an independent biome seeding from elsewhere?

Hopefully a decent trace element profile.

Oh yeah it's absolutely plastic. Why is plastic bad in this case? Do I need to drink this vodka instead of dose it?

Mostly this, and I am still dosing kalk BTW - just considering the next step (CarX). I think we are saying mostly the same things. Very few of the decisions I make on my tank are supported by scientific papers (though some are - and I try to consume this knowledge and share it wherever...

Fifths?! You gotta pump those numbers up! I just got 2x of the 1750ml bottles of "Burnetts" vodka for $14.99 each, which has to be the most insane alcohol to price ratio of any single alcoholic product available to the average consumer in the Bay area.

I dunno, is he right? If I tell you there's a leprechaun living in the center of the sun, can you prove me wrong? I know from my own personal tank I used to run crazy PAR (800+ for 12+ hours) and had insanely high nutrients - things were great, growing great, beautiful tank. Does that make him...

Chris Meckley is a lunatic IMO. Not saying he is right or wrong about this particular point, but I've never heard such a pompous, self-absorbed, immature, obnoxious reef "personality." I almost always skip podcasts when he's a guest, unless I want to listen to him angrily rant about Metal...

Interesting, that is supposedly what my tank is "missing" according to the AB test. Maybe I will use this as my before/after change for the next microbiome test.

I only did the Microbiome test. Haven't had any signs of fish parasites or nuisance algae in a long time so I wasn't that interested in the TankDNA test.

Lol yeah I gathered that: My question is what the heck is it supposed to do?

I finally sent in an Aquabiomics test. I didn't really expect to get any ACTIONABLE insights but I was super curious, and I will send another in a couple of months. My "diversity" score was very high (94th percentile) which I guess is generally a good thing: However the "Balance" score was...

How much vodka are you dosing and is it working (or do you even know if you aren't testing nutrients)? Also what the heck is PNSB?

I have several brands stockpiled in the garage, last couple boxes have been IO and a box of RC also. I do get some of the brown gunk in my mixing container but have yet to clean it in 2+ years. No powdered or liquid foods. Just the pellets, freeze dried mysis, nori, and frozen seafood slurry.

The alien didn't blow his nose, he busted a nut.

It's really pretty simple, you should be able to do it with your 2x 55g barrels. Mine are 65g but that's all I have. I stick a cheap jebao in the bottom of one to handle the actual mixing. And like Randy and Mike said above, I don't bother heating it unless it's like a cold winter morning...