Recent content by derek_SR

Which one eats zoas? Or do they both eat both?

@IOnceWasLegend did you ever complete the oxolinic treatment? I can't say it's the result of the oxolinic acid for sure, of course, but my tank is absolutely on fire right now. It went from being "something is off" to "oh baby!" after completing the treatment.

Telegraham or someone did some testing once, I don't think they really do a whole lot besides reduce PAR a little and eliminate some of the disco ball effect.

Mine colored up in a couple weeks, maybe even less. But I feed like crazy. Or maybe I just got an older one, dunno!

That's a lot of kessils! That carpet reminds me of the one I got from your last tank. Do you have egg crate underneath the substrate again? Curious if he moves around...

You are using some of these A8SE too right? The MAX or the BLUE? You have to go here first to the "MY" account page and set the master timezone to UTC-7 (PST DST): THEN when you go into the light and confirm the timezone sync you click "save device" and it will actually stick this time. I...

I have the a8se "max" which is similar to the xr30 "pro." looks like you've got the blue version - can't speak to the actual spectrum but it looks like the same light as mine other than that, at this point I would recommend it but I've only had it 2 days. not sure about the other one - haven't...

https://www.printables.com/model/824738-xr30-g6g5-ecotech-radion-light-shade I think this one? Maybe just try a single and I'll test it out?

Interesting, that implies that the size and thread pitch on the A8SE is different from the Radion, which is odd since it seems like everything else is identical. They do come with mounting screws (thumb screws with little holes drilled laterally).

I figured out the timezone issue. So far, my experience with these lights is that they have a solid build quality, very nice AB+ spectrum, and a pretty functional iOS app. It's translated from Chinese so it's a LITTLE bit funky but in the grand scheme of terrible light apps, it's really pretty...

Bought a couple of the A8SE lights on AliExpress to play around with. These are Radion XR30 knockoffs ($180 each). I've always been chasing the AB+ spectrum with the Reefis (which are excellent lights) but haven't been able to really replicate it all the way. It seems the AB+ on these a8se are...

@Alexander1312 I also have a large skimmer and a ton of surface agitation. It takes my tank several *days* of consistently low CO2 in the air for the PH to normalize at what I would expect to, based on the tables/science. If your tank is indeed producing a lot of co2 (which I think is a...

Assuming there's some small error built into your alk result, the PH probe, and the CO2 monitor - I'm not seeing any big mystery here?

I think bad videos are more your specialty…