Hello all! For lack of better terms I would consider myself a "water nazi". I sample my water at least three times a week to verify everything is at its proper levels. After I test my water, I usually make a trip to my local LFS to make sure my tests are accurate. The last test I conducted yielded these results: PH - 8.2 Salinity 1.025 Phosphates 0.0 Nitrates 0.0 Calcium 500 Magnesium 1350 Alkalinity 8.9 About my tank: 75 gallon ...
Hi all. Been following Melev since his early days. I am reconstructing a smallish reef tank, around 50 gal including sump. I'm planning on including a controller for this iteration of my tank, and am stuck on the type/brand of heater to include. Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself, but I would like to order one soon. In my last iteration of this tank, prior to the rebuild, I had a heater that I'm not sure ever came on. The pumps and lighting kept it quite warm. This new design is using ...
Well the Algae issues that i was experiencing are gone, they have moved on to the next new tank. The Zoas are opened and the fish are Fat and happy. And here are some weeds This is that 48" LED strip from Reefkoi.com, I am very happy with it for the $149.00 price tag.
With MACNA less than two weeks away, I've been really really really busy. Fortunately, my reef is running on auto pilot and doing quite well. I recently got two samples of food from Reef Nutrition to use in my tank, and my fish love it. I'm feeding it both during the day time and adding a tsp of each each night after lights out for the corals to snack upon. All my fish are actively chasing it down, and the suncorals seem to accept it readily. ...
A couple of days ago I drove this sucker home; 6ftL x 2ftD x 20"T Last night I did the old 'quick snap a photo with your iphone' deal, and voila, photographic proof. I'm just waiting for ...
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