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Really want to try the reef mat but not at the price of losing a skimmer. Thx for input

Greetings all - anyone have any experience with or know if the Red Sea reef mat (or any reef mat system) can be easily integrated into the IM RFS-27 sump?

Hey man - Good to be back online with yall. You are correct, good memory. My tank water is piped through the wall of my house into a tool shed outside into my sump area. Still having the temp swings during summer but a fan has leveled that out somewhat. I believe this new setup with inside...

Greetings All Its been a while since I posted but to be as brief as possible, I began a 55 gal acrylic "Rock Wall" tank at the beginning of COVID. I thought (think) it looks cool as the entire back of the tank is rocks and gravel embedded in epoxy. My vision was to have corals attached to an...

I'm still dialing in my tank and don't really know fair prices for stuff so just picked out some relatively inexpensive pieces I liked... no real strategy, just budget limited ;-)

Big thanks to @Srt4eric and the rest of the BAR members who helped organize and man our table. Was a fun little event and picked up a few new residents for my Rock Wall tank.

Looking forward to the event! Do we pick up tickets there, are we on a list somewhere...? This is my first of these types of events?

Put me down for one please. Just sent my payment.

That little patch of AOG's is from you. Hoping to be spreading the love soon.

Forgot to include a pic of the ops center

It's been 8 months since my last tank update. Parameters are stabilizing as I get into a better maintenance rhythm. The biggest improvement took just 2 inches. Early on, as my filter sock in my sump filled with gunk, if i didn't change it out in time (which I rarely did), the water would...

Who can tell me the name/material used for a type of tubing (1/4" in this case) which is rigid enough to be pressed solidly into a quick disconnect fitting but not so rigid that is will easily crimp and eventually crack/break. Please advise.

Let me know if anyone sees any good deals on highish-end power heads (AI, Vortech...)

I have nothing good to offer up yet for the swap but will definitely try to be there just to say "Howdy" to my fellow members and see how the whole process works as this will be my first swap attendance. Waiting for a venue address I think...

copy that, thanks. will delete

I have been out of the loop for a little while, are we still using Tapatalk or not. It does not seem to connect to BAR for me any more as I get an "... add on version error. Please inform the forum administrator to complete the installation". (cleaning up phone subscriptions).

Agreed, I have two refractometers to validate Apex and its usually close but bounces around a lot.

I do mix my own and use an ATO. I find that the Neptune salinity checker is a bit "noisey" so not changing as fast as the graph may show.

H2O changes sometimes but prob not as often as I should.

I have been trying to increase my pH but Alk seems to ride along with it. I know its at the upper end of the tolerable range but still within range. I can lower it slowly and see if I can keep pH >=8.