Recent content by derek_SR

Shit, I am wary of new heaters.

Nitrate isn't going to kill SW fish - I think you've got something else going on. Nutrients killing fish keeps coming up lately. LC50 for Marine fish is like 2200ppm Nitrate, per RHF and some scientific studies he referenced.

Where's the pic of the civic tho

Beep boop lanthanum chloride

Someone is playing a joke on me!

I do both depending on the spot, you think horizontal leads to more encrustation?

Species is definitely a factor - I have the same experience with dragons and smoothskin types, they just don't encrust much. I also agree that the condition and nature of the frag is a factor - it seems that mini-colonies I get are sometimes reluctant to encrust. My SCOP has never encrusted...

I have been fairly successful with SPS. There have been ups and downs but I'm pretty happy with how my tank has progressed. One thing I have noticed with my acros compared to many other successful keepers is that mine tend to grow very branchy - but encrust very little. Some never encrust at...

This calculator is linked at the beginning of the guide I wrote, by the way. You could actually read that and follow the link there rather than giving R2R more traffic…just saying.

Same I bought 3, the dimensions are ideal as well.

It was probably coming out of your rocks. Phosphate levels in the rocks equalize with the water, and you'll see them release sequestered phosphate for a while after bringing down po4 levels in the water. Or at least, this seems to be the prevailing theory that most of us have experienced to be...

Wow! Flow really is so critical. These things can go without light for 2-3 days no problem but a single night without flow... I have a lot of the same corals too, I'm sure we can get you restocked when you take a tally of all the losses! I am morbidly curious about what survives and what doesn't?

Why would you expect lanthanum to stop the source of the phosphates? It will remove the phosphates, but it doesn't stop you from adding food or your fish from pooping. You need to balance both the import and export side of the equation. Adding some drops of lanthanum once and then expecting...

Lanthanum 100% works to lower phosphates. I was just about to post my guide but looks like @BAYMAC and @Darkxerox beat me to it. I am a big fan of lanthanum, but given that we have certainly identified the problem here - just stop feeding so much, do a bunch of water changes, and see how...

Wait what happened here? The flow was off overnight?