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I wish I could come in to your shop more often, but I'm down in SJ so it's a bit of a drive for me. A question: Are you able to maintain Ca and Alk from Kalk alone? I find that I am replacing close to 100% of my tanks evaporation with saturated Kalkwasser through a Kamoer dosing pump, and I...

Yeah, while not ideal, I think for some, its simply a matter of convenience. You don't need any extra equipment to add Kalk to the ATO... When I used this method years ago, I also recall it being really tough on my ATO pump, haha. I had to clean it constantly.

I've noticed that as my Kalk reservoir gets low, the pH boost lessens, probably due to co2 absorption from the air. I have mine sealed, but still need a small hole to allow some air in to get kalk out :) I wonder if taller reservoirs with less surface area might work better?

Kalk + CO2 scrubber is the only way I've found to keep my pH close to natural sea water (8.3). Anecdotally speaking, my corals seem to be healthier and growing faster.

I guess it wouldn't be super difficult to add recessed braces like in the video. It kinda distracts from the rimless look, but safety should come first.

What is the brand of super glue accelerator you use in the video?

Any ideas on what is causing the seams to fail on these tanks? Are the seams really that fragile? I'm asking because I have a Red Sea Reefer 250, and wouldn't want my animals to go that way...

I'm in. Link to my tank journal below. https://www.bareefers.org/forum/threads/andrews-red-sea-reefer-250.33174/page-3#post-480397

I'm in!

Today I measured PAR using the club's Apogee MQ-510. What an awesome perk to being a club member! Below are my measurements running 3x kessil A360X at 65% intensity and 15% color: I think for the most part, numbers seem OK? It's challenging running a mixed reef, I think some of the SPS could...

Likewise! Nice meeting you.

Saw your post on r/ReefTank! Curious to hear about your experience with the new AI blades if you choose to go that route. Are you looking at the 48" fixtures? Given they are each $400, It seems like you could also get 2 radion XR15's for only a little bit more $. I'm definitely intrigued by the...

My water changing setup: 5 gallon bucket Scale to measure 810g of IO reef crystals (mixes to 35 ppt) Wavemaker Heater + Inkbird set to tank temperature I usually let it mix overnight.

I'm running 3 A360X on a 3 foot tank. Not too much shading, still a nice shimmer. Also waiting for the PAR meter to tune intensity :)

I use 2x MP40 on my Red Sea Reefer 250. I run them both on the lowest reef crest setting. I can only keep LPS on the bottom 1/3rd of my 21" tank. I think you'll have too much flow for most LPS on a 13" deep tank. Maybe running 1x MP40 on the back wall would work? Torches seem like they can...

Not sure how much it will help, but Home Depot rents 1/2 HP air dryers for $30/day. If there is any gap between your stand and floor (any leveling feet or rubber standoffs?) you could probably get it completely dry...

Thanks! Supposedly AcroPower is shelf stable for ~2 years. As a pre-caution, I removed my magnet scraper from the tank, I had been leaving it in continuously. Now I plan to just put it in the water when I need to scrape the glass. I'll check for any corrosion on my impellers and clean my mixing...

Yep! That's the one.

What is the new fish?

I noticed my Jabao doser starting to malfunction. It served me well for 5 years and was very cost effective. Luckily it failed in a way that didn't cause catastrophe. Fairwell Jabao... I decided to replace it with a Red Sea ReefDose + Kamoer X1 PRO 2: I have the ReefDose for calcium...