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I've always been under the assumption that you need to use a salt mix immediately after mixing. I've found this to be the case in the past myself, especially with the residue after mixing and leaving for too long. I don't have to mix anything I've had strong personal experience with NSW in the...

I was reminiscing about my first reef tank, when it was thriving and full of life. Ever since that first tank, I've had a lot of issues (for various reasons). I was thinking what was the biggest change, and it was switching from NSW to an RODI with salt mix. I doubt that was the only reason why...

I see what you mean. I think I just haven’t had any long term success (for all sorts of reasons, including possibly me being not suitable for it) and it wears on me. Or my expectations are wrong. But you are right. I can’t just worry about all the possible issues. Thanks for the perspective.

I think you miss the point, or I didn't communicate it clearly. I have a dog. I have a wife. The problems aren't keeping me from them as much as the reef side of things. 1. My dog was highly reactive, I worked with her 5 hours a day, every day, for over 2 years before we made progress. This...

Right. I totally get what you're saying. I have a lot of hobbies I love dearly and dedicate myself to. But I don't feel like those somewhat "negatives" deter me in the long run of enjoying it, whereas in my experience with reef tanks is that it does have a lot of negatives that suck just a bit...

bring on the GSP fields =) Good perspective, thank you.

I'm getting closer to starting the home construction. Permits are almost all done, cabinets are ordered, windows are finalized and about to be ordered... that being said, I'm having second thoughts about the tank. This hobby has been fun, especially the gear/planning process, but I'm worried I'm...

I've had the QT "cycling" for a long time yet and haven't added any corals, mostly because I've just been focused on the house remodel and haven't had time yet to really build it out. The tank is somewhat mature now, tons of pods everywhere but really nothing other than some really beautiful...

Looking good!

I think I still have an ancient Tumblr that's active somewhere haha. EDIT: I found it lol: https://blog.artchang.com/

Most of my photos are on my Instagram, but here are a few I took the last few days:

I haven't had a need to get any new camera gear for over 11 years. But I was also hungry for something that would create a whole new way to take photos. I started shooting different things, working with different clients, and doing all sorts of different shoots to see if I could find something...

Thanks all for the thoughts and support. I'm ready to move on from the frustration and just focus on the positives of the hobby. The home remodel is still waiting on permits to finalize (we're on the step of fire safety approval of plans), and then it should be 5-ish months before the tank will...

It's been another 2 months, and I finally gotten through to Francois at ELOS America. All the promises were lies. I will not be getting any resolution. He says he's broke, has no more money, and ELOS won't send him replacements, stands, etc. He has $25,000 tanks that people purchased that ELOS...

I have a used one. It works great, comes with an acrylic "box" that keeps floating food from draining into an overflow that I got from OceanBox Designs I believe. $20.

I might have been lucky, but I didn't have to do much to my NYOS 120 to get it dialed in.

In my experience, clowns are pretty easy to catch with a net... especially if they're really focused on beating each other up.

Yup! Spray paint that comes with primer/paint and is good on plastics. The box cover is super easy to remove and put back on after painting.

I think you're right. I'll check anyway...

Yeah CADE does look really good. It has some similarities with what I wanted with the ELOS. I think that CADE is a lot more opinionated in how you should set things up, so as long as you set it up as designed, it works really well, but if you deviate from that (which is very likely), a lot of...