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Dumb question: who is VA? I hope not the place I think it is.

Siesta?

Thank you. I just booked a place here (it does come with a parking spot fortunately).

Yes, I am only saying I am the least happy with the nitrate tests accuracy relative to the other 4 tests but have not found anything ‘better’ and simple enough to get consistent results. So I still stick with this.

Pretty much the same reaction as @PizzaOven. Folks pay 6,000 USD maintenance a month to clean plastic corals. It was also the overall messaging such as rich people use these tanks as furniture or art replacements and it makes the hobby appear very superficial. Overall, I felt I did not see the...

Curious what folks think about this article. I did not like it for a plethora of reasons. Hope the link works. https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/luxury-home-aquariums-ef9554df?st=WGGYXm&reflink=article_copyURL_share

I heard its free.

For the record, I am (also) totally against the promotion of using antibiotics to help corals recover. There must be other ways. (Trigger warning) I feel this is a lazy approach to solving a problem.

Only if you visit me in the Reefer jail.

I believe I remember you would know first hand :).

I still think it would be beneficial to name names. Also, get your torches from Dan / @dandemeyere when he sells them, other well known club members, or our resident LFS High Tide or Neptune, and you will not see these issues, guaranteed.

Well, no smell even with the larger unit. But I do have a bag of carbon on top of the skimmer cup, and an ozone sensor to detect excessive ambient air amounts.

100% am I interested in your food recommendations. And any other insider knowledge :).

This is helpful. I booked a car which I can cancel short notice though. COSTCO did not have great deals for the travel dates unfortunately. Next time I will try Hawaiin. My point was more around larger planes only going to Honolulu but not the other islands.

Speaking of ozone reactors, Running ozone is very popular in Germany, specifically for more higher-end tanks. So there are a lot more options to choose from. I am currently running the well-known Ozotech Poseidon 200, which I learned is not appropriate for most normal-sized larger tanks (200...

Good idea. I bought a spare used DELTEC 1000i which I had to leave behind since my suitcase was already full with the Zeolite reactor, some Fauna stuff I do not get here, a small ozone reactor, and lots of Ritter chocolate (factory sale in my home town). The good news is that I am going again...

Reviving this thread since I was finally ‘forced’ to make a trip over Christmas happen - due to several milestone birthdays of my family members this year (including my own), and a couple of other big celebrations this year and end of last year. I booked an 8-day trip to Oahu (for now), since...

I bought this Zeolite reactor while I was in Germany last week. I was hoping to get this or something similar somewhere here but was not successful. United did not seem to mind the excess weight :). At least, I am able to get the Zeolite media from here (Aquaforest). It runs a Sicce Syncra 3.0...

I do think many people know. And the deviation from the temp is not typically impacting the results too much as a large part runs their tanks around that temp anyway.

Yes, those 4 electrode probes / conductivity meters are the ones tested against. I did feel the club should have one, but it was declined as not needed at the time. It could be eye opening how many of us potentially run a different salinity than we think.