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I use reagent grade Sodium Nitrate off of Amazon and make my own solution. While i don’t have an argument about ammonia being easier to use for photosynthetic critters, I’d be more worried about dosing malfunctions. A ton of sodium nitrate isn’t likely to do as much damage as a ton of ammonia...

Are those branches I see?!?! We may finally be gettin’ somewhere with this Homewrecker. Aug 23, 2024 Jul 16, 2024

I transferred my frag to @SupraSaltyReefer today. This post was automatically created by BARcode

Up to FOUR green spots!! :p At this rate, I may have a green stripe 10 years after getting it in my tank.

I’ve drilled through one to mount it on an aluminum C-Channel bar, but it’s probably cleaner to buy the hanging kit and use the part that slides into the rail and find the right size screw/tnut.

Every TAP plastics is different from what they have in their scrap bin. If you don’t find it at one, you’ll probably find it at another. ;) I’d recommend you use a step drill bit. It’ll help you from cracking your acrylic when you accidentally use too much pressure. Using a 1/2” step drill bit...

Careful turning off the fuge light, there was a balance of algae growing in the sump and now that you have completely turned it off, chances are algae will start growing elsewhere. I would have suggested starting my cutting fuge lighting time by a quarter or half first.

Is the cyano showing up at the bottom of rocks in the picture below? Or is that red coralline? If it is cyano, it looks like that is an area that might not get much flow. Could try adding a temporary powerhead if you have a spare and see if that helps.

Not much change, but that’s a good sign for me. It survived this summer of trips and dinos. Hoping now that everything is back to normal, things will start growing again.

A couple more trips, a nutrient spike from a blackout and the dinos got the better of me for a bit. Frag tank is finally normal again and no more dinos overtaking everything. Normally, I’m on top of these things, but, you know life. So now we’ll have to wait and see if my acro recovery/growing...

Sometimes if there are air bubbles in the pump and not enough water, it rattles and fails to get primed correctly. A little shake will get the job done to prime it. Doesn’t happen that often, especially if you never let your ATO container run dry. I have had four of them for 6-7 years. Only one...

Open up the controller box and turn up the dial to increase the voltage provided to the pump.

1. Safest way is to remove all substrate and frag plugs. You can never know where eggs are hiding. But if you want to dip the whole rock, it hard to rinse off all the dip. A small amount shouldn’t matter if you’re using a tea tree oil based dip or KCl, but if you’re using something like...

I could use the Tunze ATO if you don’t have an immediate need for it. I had one go bad recently. I’m already in Castro Valley too. :)

If it’s a frag tank, I’m assuming all montis are removable. If so, then just bite the bullet and dip every three days for 3-4 weeks. If you’re bored, dip everything. It’s painful, but you’ll feel better in the long run.

Detritus is the biggest issue I’ve found with tile directly on bare bottoms. I found it was much easier to suck up detritus when things were on racks because there was always one place where it would build up. Easy clean up with a siphon without having to worry about disturbing or breaking...

Isn’t that basically what I said? ;)

There’s no exact science honestly. I put acros in right after it cycles. I’ve done it as soon as 4 weeks of starting with dry rock and the tank is cycled. It’s just a matter of how well equipped you are to dealing with what comes. I’d tell most people to wait 6-12 months that don’t have the...

US Plastics has PharMed Tubing L/S 17: https://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=25400 L/S 25: https://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=25534 25 feet is a lot. 5 feet should last you years.