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Black Friday reefing deals/purchases?

derek_SR said:
Your exact reactor is in the outlet store. But what’s the difference between the Octo and an “automatic” one like something from Deltec?
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From my understanding, the full auto carx mix and only feed in fully co2 saturated water into the reaction chamber which is a very low 6.0. You just need to set your effluent rate to get the desired alkalinity. On a normal carx you're adjusting the bubble count while balancing it with feed/effluent rate to get the desired pH (6.6-6.8), enough effluent to get the dkh needed, without flooding your reactor with undissolved bubbles. Very much a balancing act that has its learning curve. Downsides to auto carx is price and you have to use calcite media which is pure without trace elements. You can't use crushed coral because it'll melt too fast in that low of pH.
 
CaseyP said:
From my understanding, the full auto carx mix and only feed in fully co2 saturated water into the reaction chamber which is a very low 6.0. You just need to set your effluent rate to get the desired alkalinity. On a normal carx you're adjusting the bubble count while balancing it with feed/effluent rate to get the desired pH (6.6-6.8), enough effluent to get the dkh needed, without flooding your reactor with undissolved bubbles. Very much a balancing act that has its learning curve. Downsides to auto carx is price and you have to use calcite media which is pure without trace elements. You can't use crushed coral because it'll melt too fast in that low of pH.
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Thanks - does that mean auto carx has more of a negative impact on PH ?

How noticeable is the negative PH anyway?
 
Lotta great deals out there leading into the holidays.

Remember there's a lot of nice shops in the area who only will be around if people pick up their deals too.

I stopped by high tide today and he's got some nice fish in stock and some good ones queued up. A bunch of nice coral too.

Aquatic collection I stopped by on the way back for some plumbing supplies, and they've got sales going on and a lot of lines of frags across the board available.
 
Aquatic Collection has a good deal on IO salt and no limit

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derek_SR said:
Thanks - does that mean auto carx has more of a negative impact on PH ?

How noticeable is the negative PH anyway?
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I don't know by how much, but to mitigate it you can drip the effluent into a refugium for algae to uptake the excess CO2 or drip into a skimmer intake to gas off.
 
derek_SR said:
Thanks - does that mean auto carx has more of a negative impact on PH ?

How noticeable is the negative PH anyway?
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It does have a negative impact on pH. Even with secondary reaction chambers, you're adding CO2 to the system; that decreases the pH. The drop isn't noticeable on mine, though; and honestly, running a CO2 scrubber and a carx I'm still getting pH between 8.1 and 8.4 daily.
 
IOnceWasLegend said:
It does have a negative impact on pH. Even with secondary reaction chambers, you're adding CO2 to the system; that decreases the pH. The drop isn't noticeable on mine, though; and honestly, running a CO2 scrubber and a carx I'm still getting pH between 8.1 and 8.4 daily.
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What reactor are you using Josh? Automatic or fiddle?

I like the sound of automatic but they are $$$. Also concerned about space under the sump…
 
psidriven said:
i'm looking but not sure if is the a8 pro [g6 style] or hiphen x30 [cree and meanwell] worth the extra money over the a8se?
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I just snagged some of these(pros) so there’s a few variations to choose from and they are all a little different. The a8s is a g6 pro with generic LEDs, the a8pro is a g6pro with cree LEDs, and the a8se is a g5 with generic LEDs. For the price I went with the pro model since I felt the extra money for more quality LEDs made sense. If I were setting up 10+ lights for a grow out I may have went a different route but for 2 lights on a main display the cost made sense.
 
Thx for the reply. Guess I agree with cree led is worth it. So more debating x30 (g5) or a8pro (g6). Guess I’ll check out so g5 vs g6 comparisons. Can Any users of both g5 and g6 chime in on if g6 is worth $60 more than g5?
 
My favorite acrylic vendor. 20% off vs the typical 10% with the code humblefish.

I just bought the following:

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The Ultimate Frag Station - Octo Aquatics

Are you serious about fragging? This Frag Station will make your life easier and more organized as you cut your living coral to pieces and glue them on frag plugs. 3 dipping containers with frag racks that hold 18 frags. Containers have lids and can be used for transporting. Container inside...
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Octo Coral Guard/Shroomsaver - Octo Aquatics

Your corals need light.... DUH. Why would you use containers that do not let light pass through?
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(square box)

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