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Anyhow have successfully install a hydros float switch? I successfully install it, but regardless of the water level or the float position, it’s showing DRY. If i unplug the switch, it will show WET. What am I doing wrong? I contacted hydros for support. Hoping someone have experience that can...

Thanks. I’ll get the step bits.

I am making a DIY kalk stirrer. Need to make 2 holes on the top of an acrylic dosing reservoir. Attached is the container I want to drill ( on the top, next to existing hole) and the 2 drill bits. I’m sure the small drill bits will do a good job. Any idea if the large wood drill bits 5/8 inch...

I have Oregon Tort. Interested to trade for the local (cali) version.

Both multibar have been doing well. I don’t see them eat , but they have grown quite a bit. I have plank feeder feeding 4 times a day, mixture of small pellets, reef jerky and freeze dry mysis. Some chasing btw the of them but nothing serious. The clowns basically leave them alone. However they...

Wow!

Oh. That’s a good use model

Cool. I am curious, what’s the use model for hydros or other controller to control the light? I set my light (reefi and Kessil) schedule on their respective app/website and have not touch it since. What’s the need to link the light schedule to the controller? Dim the light when you feed?

I see. If mixing the kalk is the issue, I’ll see how my setup will work. I can control frequency and duration to run the magnetic stirrer. I would assume 10mins stir is plenty. My goal is to automatically mix a batch during the day for nighttime dosing. We will see. My fear now is the kalk...

What’s the PITA about reactor? Cleaning?

Not sure if my evaporation rate is normal. I do have very high flow, 100x with a couple of pumps pointing to the surface.

kalk is mainly at night. Besides kalk, I am also dosing 8-10ml of soda ash at night, and 100ml during the day. Evaporation is 0.6-0.8gallon/day depending on the temp . I got the combo dosing going for a while and it’s pretty stable. Dosing significant amount of kalk during the day may raise...

I have hydros. Yes , everything will be automated , with water level sensor and leak detectors link to the hydros controller. I feel pretty comfortable with the setup. Especially all the equipment in a bucket.

Thanks. I look into the reefcan a while back. I have my ato plumb to my RO. It’s nice that it’s slim and such but not much room to add a float sensor . It save maybe an inch or two in width which doesn’t buy me much. My 5g Home Depot bucket works well. Kalk reservoir is another story. Reef can...

plan is to fill in the morning in a single fill, turn in the stirrer for ?? mins, and dose at night. I like the idea of filling less than extracting. I think 5ml less is safe enough given that I do plan on adding kalk weekly. The reservoir should have 2L Buffer before overflowing to the main...

Bought the parts. Let’s see how well this works. Basically a dosing reservoir + magnetic stirrer and 2 dosing pumps. In theory it should work. Let’s see

Love this idea. If I put the kalk stirrer in my current bucket, it will be the fail safe / insurance if the flow is imbalance due to equipment failure. I have plenty of dosing pump, what’s another one. I’m thinking diy the kalk stirrer in this setup. A 2.5L dosing reservoir sitting on top of...

Yellow eye kole tang

Good idea but I don’t have a sump, so I’ll need a pressurized container . I’m afraid to DIY because of leaks.

Dosing pump. At peak ( before I lost more than half my corals) my tank is consuming 4+dkh a day. Now it’s 3ish.