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Thanks @andyman, appreciate you sharing your real experience here.. I never measured at night, will test pH.. but point taken.. increasing pH is easy fix I guess, will add calculated amounts of Baking Soda.. I did that once or twice before as well so I am aware of the regime. Hanna's range is...

so much great information.. So good to see some real positive results from water changes, definitely gives me confidence to spend time, money and energy doing them on a weekly basis for few months until things become stable! such a great suggestion.. I always love out-of-the-box (literally in...

I make saltwater and mix them using a pump overnight along with a heater ( I add heater a night before I plan to do WC). but I usually don’t use it immediately the next day, just want to keep it in reserve.. I think Thomas shared a video about the same in the past where Instant Ocean is OK if...

thanks for sharing.. yeah, I do rinse before adding them to the tank.. Weirdly, internet and their instructions dont say anything about rinsing rowphos, but one time I didnt, I saw so much black stuff come out as soon as I added the bag that I immediately removed it and rinsed it before adding...

Interesting Any reasons why you prefer these over Rowaphos.. A quick search shows Rowaphos to be a little superior than PowerPhos.. but do you have some instances you could share where you felt one was better than the other?

In a bag, around 140gms Rowaphos.. Recently @MichaelB gave me a reactor, but hvnt added it to the system yet.. Yeah I need to exhaust these 2 buckets, before I buy any more salt.. I heard good things about FritzPro from my LFS as well, will look into this, thanks for sharing!

sometimes simplest questions are the best.. this one made me think :) I do not plan to add SPS to the tank just yet, but the 2-3 I added don't look healthy and that's clearly due to the maligned numbers I shared above.. At some point in time in the future, I may choose to go for a SPS tank...

Yeah the one you gave me and Bill Murray.. Also Monti I got from Roy doesnt look colored up either.. I understand they may take time to adjust in new settings, but I want to have a stable environment going forward.

ACK, I do not plan to add any SPS.. got a couple of them as starter SPS (Bill Murray DBTC and 1 from @newfly as part of tank breakdown).. Glad I added these, otherwise would have never tested my nutrients thinking LPS and Soft corals are looking good.. I dont plan to add anymore to the tank...

I was always horrified by the term 'dosing'.. feels like nightmares coming to life! I used IO Reef Crystal Purple box before switching.. I will switch to Blue bucket after these 2 buckets are exhausted. ACK on water changes, feels like the way to go

How do you recommend having enough nutrient export except refugium? I dont want to go Refugium route, as I heard it may make my sump really messy, but happy to do it if thats the last resort!

Regular testing is what I plan to do as well for next 2 weeks.. same time of the day and test for Alk, Phosphates and Nitrates.. Will start testing Calcium later when I start dosing.. Good to hear 3 good reviews about All for Reef, thanks for sharing

Bring down nutrients first look like a decent plan.. I change GFO once every 2 weeks and never saw a dent, phosphates have always been high.. seems like water changes are the way to go.. 2 bad reviews of Red Sea Coral pro makes me a little worried :).. I got a couple of buckets during...

I never paid attention to tank parameters until recently when I added a few SPS corals from gracious BAR members which don't look too happy in the tank.. I also have CC Tail torch, Ricordia, a hammer and GSP which seem to be doing good though (non SPS corals basically). So I tested all my params...

it was great meeting you Nathan.. tank looks great! Hope you were able to resuce the wrasse from the discarded tank!

Update from him on what happened: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1548813832884213

Having a tank that size clearly implies that one definitely has a lot of money.. he and his brother both are Billionaires apparently.. but tbh, he seems to be someone who cares about the reefing community and life in general.. I dont know about his contributions towards the reefing world, but...

Not a lot of details shared, but post says they lost 10k gallons (total is around 17k gallons) in the middle of the night.. Every reefers nightmare.. As a new reefer, I have already woken up in the middle of at least a few nights coz I had a bad dream about a tank crash.. I just keep thinking to...

that's one really sick fish.. Hope you are able to save it along with sharing your under-the-micro-scope journey with us.. thanks Will for always trying new things, loved your recommendation around coral dippings that I came across when someone recently shared it in some other thread!