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Do you get any build up in the skimmer line? That seems too good to be true :). Also do you wet skim, normal skim, or dry skim?

This was a useful rabbit hole to go down. If I'm following this properly, the idea is this person has been, for a prolonged period, dumping a bunch of kalk into water to make a slurry, running a cheap jebao power head in it, and then dosing that straight...

My view would be if you're not monetarily comfortable putting something in the pay it forward forum, then you can't coherently say it's worth $0. If you say it's worth less than MSRP, then you should be completely comfortable selling it for whatever amount you say in the sell forums for that...

That I think is the standard reactor style mixer. My challenge is I'm not sure that would move enough water without a really big pump. However maybe I'm underestimating how much of a mix I could get if I let a pump run for an hour. I'll check out AliExpress for a geared electric pump and see...

I think they gotcha with the top level pump is it'll just take forever to mix, and wouldn't be as effective unless I'm constantly adding water. Using my saltwater mixing analogy, I can't imagine how long it'd take to mix saltwater with a top mounted, paddle, pump. Unless it was crazy strong...

The locline in my experience is pretty hard to print right. You really need to have on hand some of the original size pieces to test fit against, because the fit has to be perfect. Also the filament is more brittle and therefore less forgiving when handled roughly, such as when you're trying to...

Also as an added option, let's say I setup a really big reservoir at my house, for now define that as 30 gallons. I don't want to dose from a mega long line to my frag tank, since my worry would be it'd not be precise nor accurate over the 30ft of tubing I'd probably need. If I kept a second...

@JVU : the mixing with a paddle by hand is what I'm seeing if I can avoid. That's equivalent to me by hand carrying jugs and dumping from high up to mix it, but less water carrying (just stir). @Srt4eric : maybe the middle ground on what you and @JVU are saying is I figure out how to setup a...

Since everyone knows Kalk is the best dosing solution in both that short term and long term :), I continue using it very successfully in my frag tank. I'm debating setting up my display with Kalk too, especially now that I have lines running through my wall externally and can put a big reservoir...

My understanding was the main difference between the brutes and other kinds was the plastic type. My recollection being the Brutes were food safe, and are used by commercial kitchens for mixing. Edit: looks like these are USDA approved; not sure if that means the same thing...

It'll be LVP most likely. Tank upgrade honestly is something I have considered in this. It'd be silly, but also if I was going to go it, now is the time. Have flooring ripped out. While flooring is ripped out have subfloor ripped up and extra support installed in the crawlspace. Run an...

We might get some flooring redone in the area my display is. Any suggestions on how to handle this? I'm guessing I'll have to handle it as a tank move. Get big troughs. Transfer everything. Pull all sand out. Move tank. Move stand. Flooring install. Move back. I'd really prefer not to do all...

Worth doing an optional pre-reg process for these ultras? My assumption being the natural progression is: Casual --bad actor ruins things--> Manual last moment process --backup in processing--> pre-reg So maybe an opportunity to short circuit...

SG. 100% your call. Be careful using sizable water changes to manage things like Alk. For basic corals and stuff no big deal, but that strategy is effectively saying "I'm going to let my alk drop every day, and then once a week I'll spike it way back up all at once". Completely feasible to do...

I have no skin in this game, though Michael did buy it off me, but I feel this might be getting overcomplicated. It'll be a new tank, hopefully sitting through a bit of a cycle and then getting really basic starter corals and some livestock. Even if it mixes up at 14dkh @ 35ppt it'd be fine. If...

For feeding the copperband while your were gone did you just have the avast going? What food?

Nitpick: having a GFCI doesn't mean there are grounding wires, nor that the outlet is even grounded. You can install a GFCI outlet anywhere. The proper thing to do if ungrounded is install the GFCI and label it as not grounded. Having GFCI without grounding is safer than nothing, in that the...

Definitely the way to go. Old houses are the ideal place for electricians. Though unfortunately they're also a cash cow for electricians. Good to take free expert advice.

It's possible, but it's probably unlikely that you've got a bunch of outlets (or every outlet in a place) that someone installed modern wiring in, but installed old 2-prong outlets. Usually poking around at things is fine and an interesting learning experience, but with electrical it can be...

Actually, I think these are bigger than I really would be able to fit. I'm still interested on if you use them for saltwater mixing, how you handle it.