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I stopped dosing anything between the two tests but did three 16 gallon water changes with 1.020 Fauna Marine salt on the 65g. J can half the feeding and keep the skimming/phosphate reactor going. Let’s see if that reduces the CO2 and raises the ph a bit then run another test. It’s been at 1.026...

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for the long term, I'm going to agree with 1.026 as best all around. My concern is putting new corals and animals through too much of a salinty swing when they come into the new tank from either other hobbyists or stores. I've measured the water for various vendors I've bought fish from and they...

I'll stick with 1.024 and try to get alk to stabilize where it's at. Ph likes to stay between 7.6-8.0

An updated Fauna Marine Reef ICP Total came back. This is after a water changeand dosing of only the trace elements that were suggested. AFR dosing was stopped. Alk stabilized. Still need to do another couple small water changes to get salinity down between 1.022-1.024 where they recommend.

Welcome Kai and Richie!

Take it from a guy that’s spent thousands of dollars of corals in the last three months because he’s impulsive, impatient and maybe a little crazy. I’ll list the ones I’ve ordered from. I categorize online buying options in several categories; the big guys like liveAquaria, Saltwaterfish...

from SJ, thinking about it if the wife doesn't have other plans. Want to carpool?

He’s got one Glitter Bomb left because I got the other one. And I swore I saw this other one bouncing

You got me in there today to spend the paycheck I'll be getting in two weeks :p

I thought so too but he was too close to the Japanese grocery store and a ramen spot. So I had miso ramen and salmon sashimi for lunch. Thank you Ed for the tenuis colony, orange acan, yellow w/ teal tips torch and lobo (edit, and big Yuma shroom) today. I wanted more but I wouldn’t have been...

ah geez, I'm gonna have to sneak out of work for lunch tomorrow

I was a member of MARSH (Marine aquarium reef society of Houston. Did a few tank tours, frag swaps, Christmas party where one of the members was Santa. Eric Borneman was getting his PhD at the university of Houston, dept of biology when he started the club with a few others. BAR seems to do more...

It’s literally a point and shoot with autofocus. I don’t want to have to mess with any settings while I’m diving. The touchscreen on the iPhone isn’t 100% responsive even with the DiveVolk housing when underwater. Being able to take it underwater in the tank is a bonus. Put it right up close to...

I took those in underwater macro mode. It’s one setting before microscope. I’ll have to try out all the settings and compare them. Its form factor is small and compact. I’m going to be using it for snorkeling and shallow dives as well. I like being able to screw in different color filter lenses...

I just got this Olympus OM System TG-7 point and shoot camera with an orange filter (adapter needed). It’s a lot better than using my iPhone 15 Pro with an underwater housing and clip on filter. Check out these photos and tell me what you think. My hands were a little unsteady for some of them...

I emptied out the ATO and cleaned it with a new sponge but there could be residual kalkwasser stuck to the sides. Other than that, it's just RODI water from the water store that I buy at .35/gallon. My home RODI unit is hooked to my kitchen sing with a 5 gallon tank but I don't use that one for...

I know. I feel like I went through a drug addiction/abuse stage with dosing. Going too fast and too furious. Luckily most of the animals have been adjusting well and only the most sensitive acros have been affected.....that I can see.......mostly. I'm surprised that the LPS and softies actaully...