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Looks great! Once I get my tank stable again I’m getting interested in having a Maximus clam! Are you using a crushed coral sand bed?

I was so mad my local Walmart didn’t carry it I drove to three stores Target, Walmart and I forgot the other one go upset and just ordered it on Amazon

@spuri87 I mentioned in my other posts I’m waiting for new resin my current TDS is at 1 ppm. Once my new resin comes in I will test again I fully expect it to be 0 ppm I just didn’t want to wait and wanted to get an idea of how high my phosphates actually were around Once I fix my RODI...

At this super high level would you guys recommend running GFO or attempting to dose Lanthanum Chloride? I'm just so surprised my tank hasn't fully crashed completely at this point... Edit: Just ordered some Phosphat-E from Brightwell should come in later today I read somewhere I can use GFO...

As soon as I woke up after putting my son to sleep (end up sleeping trying to put him to sleep smh) I ran downstairs to try the experiment @Slingfox suggested! I tested my drinking water which surprisingly came up over 0.9 pmm for phosphates. I then decided to go outside braving the cold to test...

Wow thank you I have a smaller RODI set up under my sink. I'll see what the TDS meter puts it as and see if I can use that as the base line water to mix in with tank water and do this calculation!

Sorry no at the time I was away on vacation I had it set to two times a day and didn't see that too much food was getting released. It eventually built up in the release pipe, because mysis is slow to sink I think this was the problem it kept adding more and more when I came back and noticed it...

Yeah what I want to do is as soon as I get my RODI system fixed with new resin, run it again when the water is back to 0ppm and see if I'm still getting high phosphates then I would need to really figure out what's going on. In addition I will make sure moving forward to completely empty the...

Please keep us updated I might be tempted to get one too! Thanks for sharing

I have a confession to make and probably a good thing I checked! By "fresh" Saltwater I assumed maybe the little bit I had left from my last batch a few weeks ago would suffice, BUT I couldn't wait so during my lunch I went and tested the saltwater I had left in the mixing drum....it came back...

thats a good point I'll have to see when I go home tonight!

I heard and seen other people have them in their tank in like chambers, you could just dose it as a liquid?

Shoot I guess I have to look into that! How many times do you feed a day, I can't believe I've been feeding so much (feel sick even thinking about the 5-6 min I used to feed) I never thought about it thanks for the advice.

What's your typical feeding schedule as far as how many throughout the day? I see you mentioned you had two one for mysis and another for pellets? I the wifi controller I have only lets me do minute intervals when turning on the plank how do you only do it for seconds?

I have a mix of medium and small pellets (due to the big and small fish I have) even when the machine is turned off a lot of residual pellets fall out that haven't sinked yet even at 3 minutes a lot would go past and uneaten by the fish. I recently switched to one minute and will continue to...

You guys all are right I went back and checked how much food was being dispersed even at my 3 minute interval and it was way too much. I scaled back to 1 min and well see how it goes. I did the trick of testing my phosphates with half fresh saltwater and half tank water and I still got a .9...

Yeah it was flashing like crazy

Also switched my lights to my old Kessils honestly it looks so amazing I put it on blue and the color pops!! I wish I did it sooner, unfortunately one of my lights blue died if anyone has an extra A360we tuna or spectra controller I might be open to trade or buy it as well, thanks!

Update*** definitely think you guys were right it looks like Cyanobacteria, went ahead and listed my levels below as well as more pictures .