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So what was in the NSW that isn’t in synthetic salt that might have helped your reef? If you get Fritz or Red Sea salt, it’s gonna be almost guaranteed to have all the trace elements because it was sourced from an ocean (or ancient ocean) - Tropic marin and other synthetic salts could be...

@FullerReef Same happened to me once with a Fritz Salt shipment from Saltwateraquarium.com, they said UPS must have trashed the box and now it was my problem to deal with (different customer service response lol). Looked the same as your shipment:

Neptune told me my Trident PCB power source was shot when all it needed was a new cable. If you're seeing power issues - intermittent flickering or occasional bad measurements - check if your cable has corrosion or doesn't fit well.

I like this idea because the Voss bottles are tall and narrow (and heavy glass so less likely to tip) and if the trident can sit atop the bottles, it can squeeze into tank cabinetry more easily. I would also love a similar solution but hooking directly to the ABC gallon jugs… because… lazy.

Have you been through a gallon yet - is the reagent still ok to the end? How often do you find you need to recalibrate with this method?

I get it but for me the whole point of the Trident was supposed to be less work. Plus they don’t include a calibration sample. Since the bottles don’t fit in the Trident anyway they could have doubled the reagent volume so I can change them half as often and made an even better product.

Have any of the live rock vendors released any aquabiomics type biodiversity measurements or provided any “minimum biodiversity” guarantee? I found modern Florida live rock to be sorrowfully deficient in diversity - I think everyone is better served getting a gallon of water from a friend’s or a...

So I noticed the generic (although still expensive at $70 for 2-month supply) ABC reagent bottles are taller and narrower so the Trident tubing is too short to reach the bottom. Plus the three bottles don’t all fit in the Trident drawer. Are we meant to use them to refill the existing Trident...

Well, crabs don’t really live longer than a couple years anyway, and you can’t have anything around that will try to eat it when it molts. If it dies and you find a crab molt then you know maybe your wrasse, nassarius snail, shrimp, emerald crab etc ate it.

@Coral reefer @JVU How long is “not long”?

Ah. What else you dosing between the two Red Sea dosers? I am getting close to adding a second for my tank and scrapping my BRS doser + Apex scheme because they work so well.

Unfortunately you can only keep one arrow crab per tank because they fight among themselves but they definitely enjoy tearing up the bristleworms.

Looking good! What is that tall clear and white acrylic cylinder with the black and white tubing in it?

Probably plastics could have the biggest effects on endocrine systems/reproduction since acrylic and superglue don’t typically contain endocrine-disrupting chemicals like phthalates and plasticizers. Maybe it only matters if you are rearing clownfish or something though.

If it helps anyone thinking about adpoting this fish… I had a pygmy angel in a 90 gallon and had to rehome it to a 200 gallon. They are so fiercely territorial, despite their size, that they will die trying to destroy any fish that won’t or can’t swim away or hide from it. This is why juvenile...

Oh yea, it is the same.

I just bought CoralVue’s Trident reagents at Neptunes yesterday, they are $70. I haven’t tried them yet.

Yea. Can you keep them in a harem though?

I went to Neptune’s the other day and took my daughter along, so for once I ended up in the freshwater section. I could not believe the colors of betta fish - when did this happen? The pic doesn’t do the black bettas justice… their scales were bright silver like a discoball, this one looked...

I would get the tangs and foxface in there first so you don't get a runaway algae problem. And then if algae stays under control you could add more fish...