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I run 77-81. I would prefer a tighter 77-79 but the temperature gets up there during summer. This past summer I added a small fan—may add a second or larger fan to reduce the temperature swing during summer.

If you don’t like looking at inverts then you will need to rely on herbivore fish and manual scrubbing. I prefer to let the fish and inverts to do the bulk of work. Crabs are most active at night so you can get a bunch of them and they will largely stay hidden.

You should give AAA Rentals in Redwood City a call. They have almost everything for rent: https://www.aaarentals.com/m/

I have a generator sitting around which I can plug into my electric panel. Have enough propane sitting around to run it for close to 3 days. Propane is much easier to store than gasoline so that is what I prefer. I also have a Ecoflow portable power station. Lastly, I also have a battery...

First post here has a calculator: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/liquid-phosphate-remover-dosing-calculator.561427/ If I were you I would not run the RODI until you get a new membrane. You are wasting the life of the DI resin as well as salt. The tank has been doing its thing for quite...

Sorry, my instructions were wrong. If the phosphate level on the tester is at max, then I believe you are supposed to dilute with fresh saltwater not RODI. That means you need clean saltwater though! This was a suggestion I have seen from Randy Holmes Farley from the R2R board in the past...

Take a look at the Reef Breeders Meridian 11. $459 retail price. If you are patient I assume it will go on sale at some point.

I looked up the recommended cupboard mats above. I will give those a shot. I will still need towels since every so often I spill water all over the floor by the display tank or in the garage . . .

This is what I use. Extremely effective and the epitome of cutting edge technology. Over 53,000 reviews on Amazon with high rating: https://a.co/d/1AGpJtf

In case you haven’t thought of it, you should also replace your RO membrane if you have not done that in a while. For some reason people overlook this.

To get a read on the phosphate level, you can test with 2.5ml of tank water plus 7.5ml of RODI. Then multiple the result by 4. If you don’t have a single channel pipette (this is what I use https://a.co/d/cmHb933) you can accomplish this dilution by adding 10ml of tank water to 30ml of RODI...

Fill a vial with 5ml of tank water and 5ml of fresh saltwater. Test that sample then multiply the result by 2.

Tank at 3 months post reset. I bought some SPS during Black Friday. Most things are still small frags which I hope will grow out over time. I spent 4 hours yesterday tweaking the aquascape. Most of the scape is stacked rather than glued together so it is easy to rearrange. During the...

When your auto feed triggers, how many seconds does it take for your fish to eat all of the food. If you set it dispense only the amount the fish eat in 30 a 60 seconds that will help ensure there is very limited waste. You can do that kind of feeding a few times a day but you may want to try...

Why do you think the Copperband was able to survive 1-2 years then die? I have also heard before that many can get a Copperband to live for 1 year then they pass away. It seems like people attribute it to eating issues but I am not sure.