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For sure, I'll take you up on that when I'm confident my system can sustain Acros. I just ordered an ICP test to rule out anything I can't test for at home.

Looking good, I hope you're enjoying the smaller and simpler tank. What kind of torch is that?

I took a trip to O'ahu for 8 days. My tank ran mostly un-attended while I was drinking Mai Tais on the beach and snorkeling with Moorish Idols. I did have a friend stop by once to check on things, change the poly filter, and feed the fish some frozen food. Left a bribe: I was worried about...

Cool, didn't know about this. Just ordered a hoodie.

Would love to have this... Fingers crossed.

Thanks guys, I'll give these a try... I will try to source them through a LFS. I'll be at High Tide for the Corals and Cocktails talk so maybe I can pick one up then.

I have no experience with ICP. I'm looking at Triton, ATI and Reef Labs... Any recommendations? I'm looking to do this 1-2 times per year, so cost isn't a huge concern.

Are you using Reef Complete in conjunction with the carbonate additive (Reef Carbonate)? If you are dosing balanced parts of both to maintain Alkalinity, and find your Ca climbs to maintain a stable Alk, perhaps your Mg is low as @Coral reefer suggested. It looks like Reef Complete also...

I had a feeling you were following Chris Meckley's method for pH control... I have no doubts that it works for him and his coral farm. Curious to see how it works out for you!

Really cool! Especially for the price of materials. I need to get a 3D printer, which one are you using?

Sure, happy to give you one.

7.5L of saturated Kalk per day… wow! Does your evap rate allow for that much? How much did that raise your Alk?

Here is a link to the paper. From my interpretation (and I could be wrong), it does seem like they are referencing DO in the water, not the coral tissue. And to be clear, I do not have a horse in this race! Only looking for thoughtful discussion with the experienced keepers on this forum like...

Yeah the eagles are a scary opponent. Much more than any team on the AFC side, imo. Should be another good game...

Mmmm chili looks bomb. Stoked for the 9ers win!

I think I see your point here, in a skimmer based system, excess DO in the water column will equilibrate with the air being pumped in, hence why we shouldn't see hyperoxic conditions?

What's interesting is that a reference from this paper claims: "coral reef waters during daytime is always accompanied by hyperoxia" They measure DO between 27% (1.67 mg/L) to 241% (14.19 mg/L) over a full day-night cycle on the coral reef. Of course, our aquariums are not direct analogs...

This is exactly the kind of thing I'm wondering about. I suspect photosynthesis is the primary producer of DO in our aquariums, and fish do consume some DO. Perhaps a fish-heavy system lightly stocked with corals and other photosynthetic organisms will have more 'normal' DO levels yielding a...

I've got some bird of paradise seriatopora (on DBTC) that grows really quickly under the right conditions. Happy to give you a frag if you'd like.

How high is your nitrate? I just see the timer countdown on the hanna checker :)