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Here’s a short video of the tank today:

So I’ve been around here off and on for roughly 10 years or so. I lurk a lot and post occasionally. I actually took a long time off from this particular tank mostly out of frustration with nuisance algae and a catastrophic mistake on my part. We moved into a new house back in September of 2014...

Double check your phosphate. I wasn’t watching my phosphate or nitrate close enough over the last several months. Once I tested I found that phosphate bottomed out (zero) and nitrate was elevated. As soon as I started dosing phosphate my nitrates came down rather quickly.

Use a toothbrush and scrub off as many of the eggs as you can while it’s in the dip.

I’m with evannn - looks like a Polyclad flatworm. Is that a bunch of eggs just below it in the pic?

And it’s gone.

Pending pick-up...

I picked this up from Sergio (@saltwatersig) when he shut down his tank a while back. I thought I was going to use it but ended up not going with EcoTech. I’d like to pass this on if anyone has a use for it. All I ask is that it go to a supporting member and that you use it or, if no, put it...

They’re very few and far between these days for sure!

I’m not sure what experience others here have had but I’ve had 3 go bad on me over 8 plus years. One under warranty and the other two well out of warranty. The one under warranty was exchange without hassle. I tried sending in the other two for repairs and both times they just gave me a...

I have an A350 that only puts out blue if you want it? I have it sitting on my desk waiting for e-waste right now. Pick up in Oakley or Martinez. I also might be at Aquatic Collection on Friday around 1:00 or 2:00.

I have Kaiser as well. I only buy my glasses from them if they are on sale. If not, I'll take my prescription and buy on-line or Costco. That said, I do think they slightly took advantage of the situation here. I agree with Gablami, explain the situation and I bet they will accommodate in...

Whew! Dodged that bullet :) Your new tank looks great! Can't wait to see it with water and critters.

I'm in Oakley and work in Martinez. I can help if you need it. Get a hold of the suction cups for sure. A couple of piano dollies would help moving if from A --> B. I have a couple available if you need them.

Not where the tank is at. I just happened to pick the only room in the house that doesn't have a crawl space. I really need to get a journal going for this tank. I'll try to take some pics of the room it's in so you can see what I'm talking about.

I can burn through two canisters of mixed bed resin pretty quickly so I switched over to separate resins after watching the BRS video on it. I had the extra canister laying and needed to order new resin anyway so I thought I'd give it a shot and see if it makes a difference. I have chloramines...

Not without punching holes in drywall. My garage is on the front right side of the house. The tank is on the front left side of the house near a corner with two exterior walls. It's not a terribly long run but I would have 3 or 4 walls to go through to get there. I have yet to have RO tubing...

Cation fist. This is basically what I run now: https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/triple-di-saver-kit-with-resin-and-tds-meter-bulk-reef-supply.html Stage 1 - Pro Series Cation Resin Stage 2 - Pro Series Anion DI Resin Stage 3 - Pro Mixed Bed Cation DI Resin BRS put out a video on it a while...

I do roughly 30% every 2 - 3 weeks. Sometime I'll go a little longer. I would really like to set up an AWC system but there is no feasible way for me to get lines from my mixing station in the garage to the tank. I used to do the bucket method but that was a PITA. Ended up doing less water...

Those are probably the people with a garage full of "used" catalytic converters ready to re-install :)