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  1. andyman

    Aquabiomics going out of business

    Looks like aquabiomics is going out of business. Last test will be in Mid august. I believe this is the only resource available to our hobby for checking bacteria and other DNA in our tanks. I recommend everyone run a test...
  2. andyman

    Looking for a job

    you need to spend your time on linkedin instead of this place! took my wife 6months to find a job. The entire biotech is in a slump but there are still a few places hiring. Your lucky, that phD will drive you up the resume stack. keep sending that resume out, keep an eye out on the startups.
  3. andyman

    High algae growth

    toxic chemicals used on salmon farm that you consume when eating farmed salmon. A lot of this stuff is highly toxic and carcinogen. you really should not be eating farmed salmon. very dangerous. Emamectin Benzoate - in-feed pesticide to treat sea lice Formaldehyde Tralopyril - highly...
  4. andyman

    High algae growth

    watch the documentary, it'll open your eyes. The amount of unregulated toxic chemicals they feed to the farmed salman is insane. I dunno how dangerous the coloring agent is, but they are now required to put that in labels. But thats just one problem. There are many other chemicals used to...
  5. andyman

    High algae growth

    They are probably increasing feed rates to speed up growth so the fish gets to market quicker (at the expensive of concentrated waste). Also there is no regulation on fish food. They have to artificially make the fish look orange through the food using astaxanthin.. Then theres the lice...
  6. andyman

    Club rules updated (reverted 6/3)

    Why don't this forum just implement a feed back / rating system. reef2reef has trophy points and ebay has feedbacks. That way after a frag swap if the frags are to the users liking they can provide points or positive feedback. We should probably avoid points going negative. This way people...
  7. andyman

    Frags from the Swap Pix

    Lets see the awesome frags you guys got. Honestly I was only expecting to take one frag home but there were so many torts! Very unusual! I had to re-glue a new plug on all corals due to invasive algae found on all the plugs. I recommend everyone do the same. Also found a few baby...
  8. andyman

    Coral ID help please

    I have 5 corals which I have no idea what they are. I think one of them is a tyree pink lemonade because i vaguely recall buying it. I should really keep better records and will going forward. I've also pinged the seller for help. But maybe you guys can point me in the right direction.
  9. andyman

    Calling all Anemone experts

    maybe theres a higher concentration of food in that area? I'm no expert but when I had RBA they went everywhere and when they are stressed they split in half.
  10. andyman

    How do you lower Nitrates

    thats the smaller unit. you’ll want a bigger one for higher bioload. the only problem with these is they get clogged. so dont gravity feed it. make sure its plumbed to the return pump and then just regulate the output at 1-2 drops a second. you do need to keep an eye on it every once in a...
  11. andyman

    How do you lower Nitrates

    mine came with the koralin. bulkreefsupply use to have it. i see it here media
  12. andyman

    How do you lower Nitrates

    Sandbeds are a great way of reducing nitrates but it also develops a layer of sulfur after a while. Just look up old tank syndrome. I'm using a Koralin denitrator to bring my nitrates from over 100 to under 20. Not sure i'll get below 1 ever with a denitrator alone.
  13. andyman

    RSVP by 4/24 for the 4/26 SUNDAY frag swap in Newark

    A bit far for me but I'll be there. I've got a bunch of frags to clear out of my tank.
  14. andyman

    yesterday's earthquake

    Not sure if its earthquake related but I found a leak today. Its a small one. I have a pvc pipe that connects my main tank to my frag tank and it developed a leak between the o-rings at the union that connects the 2 tanks. It must have been a combination of the oring about the fail or the...
  15. andyman

    Tank Parameters all over the place

    I'm using a denitrator from koralin. https://www.korallin.us/s1501eng.html. Even with the denitrator my nitrates is not close to zero. Its not super low either. Right now I wouldn't change anything in your tank. If you have slow STN in your sps then I would turn down your lights a little until...
  16. andyman

    Tank Parameters all over the place

    I've been in your situation and your looking at the wrong parameters. First your ph is swings over time. but even with a ph of 8.0 its low. Corals have an easier time when pH are higher (8.1 at nite to 8.4 when the lights are on.) Your po4 are high but not too bad. Heck my po4 are 0.3-0.5...
  17. andyman

    sudden Low PH due to skimmer shutting off

    thanks for the offer. I got my pump back online in 1hr. It was just calcium buildup and all I needed was citric acid to dissolve it. Plus the pump is a skimmer pump so its custom to the skimmer. I love royal exclusiv though, it threw an error and shut down the pump before damage occured...
  18. andyman

    sudden Low PH due to skimmer shutting off

    I just wanted to post some observations the last week and I didn't really realize how much difference CO2 makes to the pH in the tank. A little background, I plumbed the skimmer intake to the outside of the house a while ago and the pH in my tank has never dipped below 8.1 and reaches a peak of...
  19. andyman

    Looking for a 3D scanner

    i've got a peel 3d scanner. where you located?
  20. andyman

    Tank tour sign up thread

    Don't want to be the spoiler but how does insurance work for something like this? Or theft? Hate to say it most people are pretty honest. But there is that 1 percent someone will fake an injury or pocket something.
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