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    Avast auto feeder question

    Hello, Well, after two year of it sitting in the box I finally got around to setting up my Avast auto feeder. While doing some test runs I noticed some of the food floats and won’t get sucked out into the tank. How do you guys sets up your on and off times for the pump to get deal with this? Do...
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    Question about Apex probe replacement

    I will readily admit I am not very tech savvy. When it comes to the Apex if I need to replace a probe do I just unplug the old one and place the new one? I don't have to remove it from the app first and the replace it or anything like that? I just don't want to screw up the device or complicate...
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    Reasons for sudden spike in Ca?

    Hello, I am trying to trouble shoot a sudden spike in my Ca. I use a neptune trident along with red sea test kit to compare. While I was out of town I got an alert from the trident my Ca had reached 530, had been hovering around 430. 1. I had just changed the B and C reagents before I left town...
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    What are these?

    Well, Over the last two weeks I have been doing a deep clean and overhaul of the tank: cleaning out pumps, skimmer, wavemakers, detritus from the sump. Today I decided to clean out the drains and returns along with adding some random flow generators to the outlets. I did not realize how loud my...
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    Blue Throat Fairy wrasse possible spinal cord injury progression.

    Hello, Just another update with a lot more details. I just wanted to share a video some of you may find interesting. The day before we were supposed to leave for a Disney trip in early April, I found my blue throat fairy wrasse hiding during the day. Of course it happens as we are about to leave...
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    Losing my goni’s, need help

    Well, Just before I went out of town I randomly lost one of my gonis. Came home this week and lost another. Today I noticed two more look unhappy and lost a few polyps. Any thoughts? Alk-9.1 Ca-409 Mg-1300 Phos-0.59 Nitrate-6.8 SG-1.025 pH-8.1-8.3 (based on apex). Only thing new was starting...
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    This club rocks!

    Hello, Just wanted to send out a big thank you to Eric, MichaelB, and Alexander. I had wanted a 3D printed housing for my Trident. Eric was gracious enough to print one out for JVU and me. Originally the plan was for JVU to pick them up from Eric at the swap. Unfortunately JVU couldn’t go last...
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    Auto top off recommendation

    Hello, I am getting back into town today. House sitter called to give me a heads up about an alarm from the tank. It was the auto top off (tunze). Made me realize with all the automation I don’t have an alert for the top off. So I figure for future trips that is the next thing to consider. Wha...
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    On vacation, cool ray pic.

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    Specifically, which corals like nutrient rich water?

    Hello, My QT tank is slowly becoming a bit of a display tank. I feed the fish pretty heavily since one is a Copper Band butterfly that is still learning to eat something other than shrimp. I don't seem him graduating to the display any time soon. So, I thought about adding some sort of hardy...
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    Fragging advice for this zoa.

    Hello, I have never fragged a zoa before. Usually I just drop a rock on them. The climb on, and that’s my frag plug. This is one solid rock. Just wondering what the advice would be. These are Jedi mind trick zoa’s.
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    Lanthanum dosing, check my math…

    Hello, Decided to finally try lanthanum dosing for my tank. I wanted to make sure I got the math right. Here we go: Phosphate Rx: per the calculator link Derek_sr posted. To drop my phosphate by 0.1 for a 180g tank it would be essentially 12 drops (I think the calculator said 11.8). Phosphate...
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    Slight bummer today...

    Well, Today was going to be the day. My rhomboid wrasse has been in the 60g display for months (8 or 9 months). I had placed my rhomboid wrasse into the acclimation box this week. No issues noted. Today was going to be his Independence Day! I let him out and was watching the tank while enjoying...
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    Baby’s Bangai’s in the small display!

    Well, The baby bangai’s finally made it into the smaller display tank. I apologize to those who showed interest. It’s been a struggle to coordinate sales due to time constraints or location, work trips, vacations. Ended up with 12 babies. All eating really well. Need to confirm with my son, but...
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    Trident alerts?

    So, I will readily admit I am a total noob and not very techy, especially when it comes to the Neptune universe. Is there a way to set alerts for when the Trident results are too high or too low? Thanks Gerry
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    Neptune Apex Controlling Kessil AP9X.

    Hello, I am thinking of getting more familiar with my Neptune Apex and what it can do for my system. Right now I just use it as a fancy power strip with some monitoring. I recently added a Neptune Trident which after some trouble shooting the hardware now is working out well. Just learned how to...
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    Trident reagent usage question.

    Hello, I set up a Trident for the first time. I was just checking the usage for my reagents and this is what I got below. Does the ratio seem correct? The A reagent is a little below 50% while the B and C reagents are around 65%. Thanks G
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    Free: Forest Fire Digi and Pavona

    Well, While other corals are hit or miss in my tank these two seem to either be very forgiving or they just like my tank. I have to keep trimming back my forest fire. The pavona just keeps getting wider and I keep knocking pieces off. Free to whoever wants them. I live in Clayton and work in...
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    Cool fish at Cali Kids, had to exercise restraint.

    Well, Stopped by Cali Kids today for some water. Cos got a shipment of fish in this week. Lots of cool fish. I had to exercise patience and restraint. I currently have 5 fish in my QT/isolation tank. It is not yet time to move them into the main display. Until then no more fish, but man...it was...
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    Neptune Trident Help

    Ok, I am the first to admit I am not tech savvy. Need some help from someone who is pretty good/familiar with this stuff. I find the app to be OK but programming something is not intuitive. I finally got around to setting up a Neptune Trident I bought used about 1.5 years ago (I know I know...
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