Recent content by H2OPlayar

Fish are like boats, name them to keep them on the surface.

Drywall around a tank doesn't stay dry. I wouldn't trust it long term.

I would do it like this instead. Let me know if you have any questions. Spray paint a 2x4 black, mount that to the studs, then mound the light brackets wherever you want.

Cool, so feed more than I am and that should get some iodine in there. Thanks!

https://www.triton-lab.de/en/showroom/icp-oes/103837 Got my ICP results back. Looks like I am low on iodine. My guess is from growing red macro algae, but I am not completely sure. I will look into my iodine solutions and see if they are okay to dose the tank. I have a couple for dipping...

Any merit to vacuum sealing the silicone into the seal area? We did this to impregnate epoxy resin into fiberglass to make the hull for our human powered submarine team. Use a seran wrap like material, putty tape, and a vacuum to pull the air out through a small tube like an ro tube. This...

Sounds like you need to do what I did and get another 125 gallon tank going. CBB's are known to pick at clam mantles from what I've read.

12 glass with water, 3 more dry for reptiles, 1 acrylic, 3 moved from the Bay to Vegas. The little ones (<20) were often temporary. Bay area: 120, 55, 55, 20,20,10 fresh; 15, 35 acrylic, 168 salt Vegas: 300, 120, 45, (35 acrylic) salt; 120, 20 FRESH

Or...get a bigger tank! Which is increasing the amount of water. But get a bigger tank!

They will, frag it!

Filter socks are a pain because they clog fast. I use LaCl all the time now. I run a dosing line into the skimmer neck and drip 2-4 mL/day in my big tank. And in my 120, I just dosed 10mL into the skimmer neck to see how much I would drop. I got a lot of we skim out, and phosphates dropped...

Expired here doesn't mean bad, most likely it is just the end of their test date. I would bet it is still good to use, there is nothing to decompose/degrade in most of the mineral suppliments.

The Red Sea ATO isn't like other ATO's. It has a controller built into it, a solid state level sensor (4 discrete exposed metal contacts to sense water lever as good, low, or high) and a separate leak sensor. You can't easily turn the pump off without also turning off the controller because...

From the BRS page "Not your typical reef salt! Aquaforest's Reef Mineral Salt was designed specifically for use with the Balling Method. Lack of mineral supplementation can lead to long-term deficiencies, resulting in excessive slowdown of growth and pale colouration of corals. Aquaforest Reef...

I only see mineral salt, which seems like salt you mix with rodi to make new salt water. What is the product you have? Agree, AI is plane wrong enough that I wouldn't blindly trust it.