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  1. A likely resolution

    I've been giving the current reef situation a lot of thought tonight as I'm preparing for my departure, and I believe I may have figured out where the excess bacteria is coming from.

    When I dose Prodibio's BioDigest and Bioptim, it requires two Pro vials to match my water volume (or so I thought). I'm using an alternate packaged vials now, which allows you to drip it in. Holding the two vials side by side, they don't match in volume. The front of the boxes has the same information ...
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  2. Something still isn't right in my reef

    I'm not sure what is going on, but some of my corals have lost their color. I tend to not overreact and deal with issues as they arise systematically. I've noticed certain corals are just lackluster in color, to the point I'd like to add food coloring to get it right again.

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    Last night I did the full battery of tests to figure out what was off, but surprisingly every single parameter came in correct:

    pH: 8.01 (at ...
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  3. A new clutch of eggs

    The clownfish are bag to laying eggs again. The female jumped from the tank a couple of weeks ago and took a hard landing on the tile, but seems to be fine.

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  4. Do you ever do something dumb?

    Yesterday I noticed one of the Vortech pump drivers wasn't staying on in the normal glowing color. It was flashing green, while all the others were constantly lit up green. I powered it off and on again via the button on the driver, but no change. I thought it was odd, but didn't really dwell on it.

    Today I looked at one of the Mp60s and the propeller was cycling on and off, rather than running full tilt. When I checked the driver, it flashed all red, then all blue, then off again. ...
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  5. Day 286: A few pictures and an update

    It had a few moments this evening to shoot some of the reef.

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    Next weekend is MACNA, which takes place in Denver Colorado. I've been very busy taking care of customer orders, building acrylic wares and answering questions. It'll ...
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