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Filter socks are a pain because they clog fast. I use LaCl all the time now. I run a dosing line into the skimmer neck and drip 2-4 mL/day in my big tank. And in my 120, I just dosed 10mL into the skimmer neck to see how much I would drop. I got a lot of we skim out, and phosphates dropped...

Expired here doesn't mean bad, most likely it is just the end of their test date. I would bet it is still good to use, there is nothing to decompose/degrade in most of the mineral suppliments.

The Red Sea ATO isn't like other ATO's. It has a controller built into it, a solid state level sensor (4 discrete exposed metal contacts to sense water lever as good, low, or high) and a separate leak sensor. You can't easily turn the pump off without also turning off the controller because...

From the BRS page "Not your typical reef salt! Aquaforest's Reef Mineral Salt was designed specifically for use with the Balling Method. Lack of mineral supplementation can lead to long-term deficiencies, resulting in excessive slowdown of growth and pale colouration of corals. Aquaforest Reef...

I only see mineral salt, which seems like salt you mix with rodi to make new salt water. What is the product you have? Agree, AI is plane wrong enough that I wouldn't blindly trust it.

@derek_SR has done this I believe.

This is surprising? They are an electric car company, no wait, a robotics company, no wait, an AI company. A solar company shouldn't need a deposit to quote you anything, that should be a red flag. Find a solar company who does solar and has a good history. That being said, Sunpower (who I...

I save journals like these to show my wife I'm not the craziest one in the club, great setup.

Soda ash (sodium carbonate) gives a ph bump relative to baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) and has worked great for me over the years without the worry about keeping a super caustic solution around.

Tank has been wet for a year now, and I am starting to see some growth in some of my monti's, so we are on par from my last experience. If this holds, in 6 months, I will be growing fast! Time to get some fast growing sps in here. Also added my first dose of some homegrown PNS bacteria. It...

I don't have that edit choice on it. Must have been taken over by the BOD. @JVU maybe can edit it.

I poked around and can't see a place to rename that.

It already got renamed a few months back.

I guess the Triton method added the icp tests to adjust specific elements? Balling back in the 90's seems to be onto the same idea. I bet it was theorized even before then. "The Balling method is a popular way to maintain stable water parameters in a reef aquarium. It was developed in the...

Not dissimilar from the Balling method.

I wouldn't try to get them off of the rock, so much as I would try to cut the rock under them. Bone cutters (and safety goggles) in a bucket were my go to for fragging these.

Sweet coral, that's huge! Nice work.

I also would like to donate rubble and get corals back ;) But with zoa's, that actually makes some sense, lol

I would do a 40 threaded to 40 slip, and a 32 threaded to a 32 slip, then this https://www.walmart.com/ip/Uxcell-32x40mm-PVC-Reducer-Bushing-Pipe-Fitting-Coupling-Tube-Adapter-White-3-Pack/1416007691?gQT=1...

Ahh, I see the bulkheads and plumbing now. Thanks.