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I've been wanting to try LRS Reef Frenzy for awhile now, supposed to be cleaner and higher quality than Rods food. I feed Rods and mysis right now but I don't like how dirty they make the tank. I took a look at LRS's website but it seems Diablo Corals is the only dealer they have listed. I'm...

In an ideal world I'd like to be able to adjust the volume, speed, and frequency of dosing from the Apex UI. I would also like to be able to view logs for the dosing pump and an estimate of how much fluid is left. I don't need an actual sensor in my reservoir, but if it like, lets me input my...

Well, I'm already tired of dosing 2-part by hand. What all dosing pumps do you guys use? The two I'm most seriously considering are the Neptune DOS and the GHL Doser 2 (4 channel. I like the DOS because it completely integrates with my Apex. One UI, one control panel, that I can access from...

Sounds cool! I'm interesting in seeing how this turns out. I'm considering upgrading to a ATI LED power module myself, from my cheap LEDs. As for skimmers, I can only really comment on what I've used, but Reef Octopus seems to be pretty good. I've got their space saver 110 and its going great...

Curmudgeon Blue Pink Lemonade BC Efflo (maybe my fav out of the bunch) BC Xmas on the left and another shot of the Pink Lemonade BC Xmas Another couple of frags in there too but not in a good spot to get a pic and my battery was almost dead. I'll get some better pictures when I have...

Well lookie what I found here: More pictures to follow later, I've got some acclimatin' to do! :)

Damn thats a good deal. I usually use salinity....but that's about twice the water for 20$ less a bucket. What is the SG reference for IO?

So I dump all this money on fancy pants low iron glass, all sorts of filtration equipment, fuzzy sticks, polyps and fish....and then cover the outside of the tank with fingerprints and streaks after I clean it. How does everyone keep their glass clean? Right now, I mix 1 part Simple Green to...

I love my 170. Wish I could have gotten the 250. It looks great, the overflow works well. I like that it lets me pick and choose my own filtration and lighting setup, but it is drilled, has a sump and plumbing ready to go. The stand doesn't look bad either.

I drank a PBR once! :P The worst so far has been honestly the SSC i picked up from neptune aquatics so honestly not bad. I AM thinking about a nice SPS pack from battlecorals though, so I may be back!

I think my Bangai Cardinals are courting? Has anyone bred them before? does this look like the side by side trembling they do before mating?

Woa super cool! Hopefully cheaper than those lightning maroons!

A decent variety. A ton of zoas, various euphyllia, acans, chalice, ricordea, and more recently some acropora, millepora and montipora. I try to dip everything that comes in on a frag plug or piece of rock if I don't think it will hurt it.

In the same vein, "Life On the Reef" aired on PBS on the beginning of the month and its available for free on their site as well: http://www.pbs.org/program/life-reef/ I really enjoyed it. Fun to watch when I'm doing tank maintenance.

Most people do something like 10ml for every 4 ounces and a 10-15 minute soak. I do 25 ish (to be honest I eyeball it half the time) ml in a cup that contains roughly 12 ounces of tank water, and a 10 minute dip. I rinse in a different cup of clean tank water. I haven't lost a frag, and it...

This exact one should do the trick: Works great for me.

Time for a long overdue update! I've been pretty busy with work and travel, but luckily my roomate is willing to keep an eye on things for me. Params: PH: 8.1 - 8.2 Salinity: 35PPT Temp: 78-79 Alk: 9.38 CA: 390 Mag: 1360 Nitrate: 0 Phosphate: .08 Time for a poorly white balanced phone camera...

This is a horrible thing, and I wouldn't want to wish a tank crash on anyone, but I have got to say that he did not understand how the apex operated. This is not the fault of the Apex. A lawsuit? Oh please...

Nice! My tank is still too new to be able to even think about fragging anything but this should be fun to watch.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/859739753/mindstream-aquarium-monitor kickstarter is up. I'm not sure I'm super excited about this any longer. It tracks: alkalinity, ca, mag, salinity/tds, PH, CO2, O2, Ammonia, Temp, Potassium Out of those things, I only really care about is the Alk, Ca...