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Red planaria are not always red. Can be tan, brown or rust colored. They usually have at least an orange dot near the tail, but always have that characteristic fork as a tail.

Everyone says this and I completely understand the details behind it but I haven't had an issue with Carbon Dosers and no random co2 dumps for the last 7 years. I also have four of them running.

Have you ever had a calcium reactor? A co2 tank if it's 10lbs will last a year if not more. If you size your reactor to be large enough, you change that media once maybe twice a year. pH probes shouldn't need to be calibrated more than once a quarter and to be honest, it's been over a year since...

Red planaria

So you fell? ;)

Man...i know if that was me, I'd slip and my reaction would be to grab the glass to hold on and knowing my luck, I'd rip that glass panel off in the process.

Not sure what you mean by tinkering. I honestly set my calcium reactors and don't touch it or any of the pumps except for once or maybe twice a YEAR, that's not months or weeks, but YEAR. Edit: okay, mostly true. If corals are growing well, I do need to increase effluent drip rate or co2...

Yeah.. let me know when you wanna swing by

Hard for me to really say. I've only used two companies calcium reactors. Vertex, which I don't have a great experience with because it leaked and it seemed the joints weren't welded great (or I was unlucky and had a bad unit). But that company isn't around any more so you don't have to worry...

- Bigger = less maintenance - Secondary chamber = pH of effluent will increase before entering tank - 20lb co2 container will last years I've never calculated the cost, but I touch my carx once, maybe twice a year. I think people have run the cost and it really only makes sense if you have a...

do not pull with a versa. The small barb on the tubing they use will clog like crazy. I pull on all my masterflex pumps, but only push on versa.

This is the way

Only as far as your feed pump will let you. Peristaltic pumps are limited by the vacuum they can create - max vertical lift is around 32ft. I'd guess horizontally you'd be fine horizontally up to 30ft then flows rates may decrease. Keep in mind the total distance is a round trip of the fluid...

I'll pass this time around. I think I'd be too strict anyway. ;)

150 Gallon Tank Yes!!!!! Thanks to @Newjack I got two more diffusers and lights are all set!