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What does it feel like when you touch it? Is it collecting in scratches in brute or is that pattern just random? Looks like it is a scratch gathering whatever particles are swirling around the container. I know Reef Crystals has something added to coagulate impurities which then precipitate...

What salt? Reef Crystals?

Just for you. Got roughly 36 hours data for the Trident though it needs a few days to settle down per the manual. Orange is Trident-Alk (scale left), Blue is PH (Scale Right) and Green is Kalk Doser. Alk is reading .7 low compared to my Hanna graph, but is also not calibrated yet, so ignore...

Forgot to add why you should not have a chiller in the stand depending on an exhaust fan to remove the heat. What happens when that fan dies on a hot day with the house AC off and you are a plane ride away? Do you even get a notification before the chiller nukes itself and then the tank so you...

I'd just vent the cabinet and the heat will get out. Hi/Lo vent or all open. Have your heat pump maintain a reasonable inside temp even with a chiller. The EVR (or something similar) is actually really important with Heat Pumps systems because a heat pump is not moving air in/out of the...

To kinda understand the difference, pretend one side is 100% humid and the other is 0%. HRV will exchange the air and blend the temp, but not humidity, so you are pulling in whatever the outside humidity is and exhausting the inside to the outside. ERV blends temp and humidity so you get 50%...

Why my answer was more nuanced. The right solution in one instance does not necessarily translate to another, so I tend to be more conservative with a recommendation unless more information is known. It’s easy to naively copy someone’s solution to a problem that works for them and may not work...

Forgot to add, if it is for a room that is constantly humid, you could make the argument for an HRV. Similar item, but it will constantly pull humidity out vs balance it like an ERV. @JVU think you are in a non-humid part of the Eastbay. Might be better for you. Research both and your local...

The only problem with those is the important part is the concrete foundation, not the post unless you are blessed with bedrock under the house. By the time you make a proper footing, cutting a 4x4 to the right length is trivial. You need to assume the dirt your house is jello until you know...

Kinda depends as there is more nuance to the situation. When folks go FOWLR there is now a tendency to get big predator fish because you can. That in turns means more food, less coral nutrient uptake and less cleanup crew due to predation. you need almost no light now and you can use cheap IO...

They have various levels of quality, exchanger size. Only recommendation is to undersized it and run almost constant, unless it’s a windows open day for example. Old uninsulated houses have no need. These are for houses that don’t leak air like a sieve. They are great for a basement or a...

The 2 circuits and floor support, clutch idea. I would suggest an ERV instead of just an exhaust fan. It is only a few hindered bucks more. Basically it is air in and out in a box that will heat or cool the incoming air by passing the exhaust air over it recovering the heat. They make kits...

Sorry to hear about your Dad. I just lost mine as well. Painful and life changing, still hard to deal with it. Tank not so important. Had a good lesson with the tank and better to learn a lot of lessons now when the tank is new vs fully stocked with years of love and work behind it. Would...

Got the Dottie and Blenny out of QT and am breaking down that small thank to clean. Hoping to not need it for a while as the tank is well stocked with fish now. Really only plan to add a small goby. Funny that by adding the Dottie and Blenny all the fish started acting normal. Clowns were...

Make salt water and use the RODI waste water and the old water from the tank during water change. Repeat till done. No water wasted, conscious clear.

I can gut you a glass panel too if @Srt4eric doesn't have a piece big enough. Post the Dimensions.

If you want to get that price down, have everything opened up when an estimator looks at it. He needs to see that the job is easy and one guy can do it in a day. Have as much stuff prepped as possible. You won't get a price less then a days work though. You could even have the sub panel...

Thats a pretty good price actually. I'd need to call a favor for a cheaper price then that or have someone do it as a side job. What is your actual load in watts or amps? You should have been hitting higher usage in winter with heaters I would think, unless you have a monster chiller. PS...

Thats a lot of coin for a tank with a 1 pipe overflow. Get at lease 2 drain holes or it will never be quiet.

You returning reactor outputs to main tank so it still a closed loop - not the sump? You valving everything so you can open reactors for service and not drain your tank?