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Bought this low cost battery backup build for the tank. 2kwh for $360. 600W Sine Wave inverter, 25A charger with UPS function, which is perfect for my needs...

Thank you! I just pickup a Reed Octopus Varios 2 for $110. I'm using one right now for the last 3 years, doesn't hurt to have a back-up.

Most ppl keep salinity at 1.024 -1.026 . 22 is pretty low

For my ATO, i have double/triple fail safe. 1. Tunze have both secondary sensor (float sensor) and max on time beside the primary optical sensor. If all fails- 2. Secondary optical water sensor that will power off tunze if water lever get too high My ATO reservoir is 4G but its auto-refill ...

I actually had plan to expand into the laundry room behind the tank . There is an interior wall in btw, but it’s non structural. But it’s basically a non starter . Wife not giving up the laundry room . Haha

I would absolute do that if I have space. I have the tank in the living room and wife will kill me if i put a 5g bucket next to the tank permanently! Haha The agreement with the wife is everything must fit inside the cabinet.

Update on this thread. The next day the delta btw the 2 probe getting smaller. This morning, Alkatronic reported 7.9 , Milwaukee 8.1 Looks like it need a couple of days to stabilized?

Good to know it’s not unusual for the numbers to be off. I got the second ph probe to track significant ph driff . Stupid question. I have a hard time opening the brand new ph probe protective cap. Any tips? On the wilwaukee I ended up breaking one of the protective plastic thing on the...

Milwaukee - brand new Alkatronic - 8 months

I have been relying on ph value from Alkatronic. For fun I bought a standalone wilwaukee ph monitor mc120. Calibrated both Milwaukee and Alkatronic just now. Both are within 0.01 before adjustment/calibration. Run test on both : Milwaukee - 8.6 Alkatronic - 8.1 Kalk at 8dkh Both numbers are...

Just saw that this morning. Its not clear i should replace all the inner pump tubing, external tubing or both? I assume its the internal tube, which i see BRS sell them for $9 a pop. @derek_SR tagging you since i know you have a alkatronics for a while

Water change is my to go tool when i encounter problem in the tank, be it parameter out of whack , coral unhappy etc.

Awesome . I can only dream of having this type of setup. This is much better than a kalk reactor.

Suck them up during water change. I can’t think of anything else you can do.

If anyone doing any pruning, I would love a tiny frag. Green or yellow, I don’t discriminate.

Both.

Do you have a ph meter?

I venture into kalk to get the ph boast. Not sure which doser you’re using but most have 12 or more number of dose a day. I would use the max.

What’s the signify yellow tips?

By the way, my kiddo first snorkel at both location when he is around your kid age. It’s not that scary. You just need to help him get out of the water at honaunau bay. However my kiddo is a better swimmer than I am ! He swim competitively since a young age.