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NO3 went to 1 and then I got something commercially available in the immediate time being to at least get it up to 3-4. I was on RFH’s aquatic chemistry site and I now have the recipe for using ammonium bicarbonate that should be in place in short order. Prior to this NO3 depletion that I...

Point taken on that. I think all the massive algae in the sump consumed it. Prior to that NO3- not an issue- Now that it is disappearing (lights off) - rhetoric question -does nitrate come back or need supplement for this temporary or permanently..

Recent photo..

I had done that initially and it didn’t really make a dent. So I went hardcore. Not worry about algae on the rocks thanks to my awesome clean up crew. I do have some nasty algae on the back wall I need to contend with though that popped up while I was gone the last time. On the whole corals...

Will test again later again today/tomorrow -If really low -I’ll take action. I think it’s been like this for a bit but I concur -could lead to disaster

I am feeding in phyto, oyster feast, ROE, and artic pods in a total of 6 feedings a day (sometimes certain things are dosed same time) plus avast marine reef jerky 3x a day. This all done consistently due to the doserator I built to hold refrigerated liquids Nitrates used to come in 15-20...

Well i was a bit surprised to find my nitrate at .2 after testing after a couple of months. Probably due to my faux algae scrubber aka all the algae in my sump. With the recent addition of my kalk doser -I have shut down the refugium light and the algae is disappearing really quickly...

I consider it a win-win!

Picked up some copepods last week from HTA!

Sounds like quite the lemon.

Bump. Any last takers or it gets put in the trash..

I have both. The old one is def noisy. The new one really is quiet and I don’t notice it when it kicks off for the evening

Time for an update- Some new equipment- namely the new QD doser and a pressure sensor from avast for the protein skimmer that should stop operation if starts to overflow. Added in kalk -see if if it helps with the PH levels a bit as it it was getting really low (7.6/7.7) without leaving the...

Picked one up-it’s really quiet! Been running it overnight for kalk. So far so good.

Curious @Alexander1312 -why did you swap out the Red Sea ATO? I have one and it has worked well-except for when the sensor failed -but Red Sea was pretty good about sending a new one pretty fast

What’s the verdict on oyster feast and ROE @BAYMAC if they were sent over..

I’ll have to read up on the Red Sea AB+. Good to know. Interesting. Besides dosing that -where I may stop -is oyster feast , ROE, phyto -all auto dosed.. I was doing the TDO as well however it was jamming the auto feeder as it was congealing due to the heat of the lights. Unfortunately I...

Getting the CO2 meter but also do you have a PH meter of some sort? I think it’s imperative to know that- also there are other circumstances that can knock down PH -such as carbon dosing.

Anyone have experience with the new DOS from Neptune? Is it really quiet? As in running overnight quiet? TIA

Good to know. Okay may not 120 but it’s been hot out there..