My Diy Stirrer Plate (lots of videos) I dose alkalinity and calcium to my tank via a bubble magus dosing pump. However, despite the fact that it’s said that after mixing soda ash and calcium carbonate powder with distilled water into their respective container they are supposed to stay mixed, I have had quite the opposite experience. Although there isn’t sediment resting at the bottom of the containers, the liquid is more concentrated throughout different areas, making constant tank ...
Today I did a bit of work, cleaned the GHA up from the bad RO water I got from a lfs (got my RO/DI unit ordered now), cleaned out my reactor and replaced my chemi-pure elite and purigen. Also grabbed a few frags from Tony (Grimreefer on DFWMAS)... of course they were more like mini-colonies. Tony always exceeds expectations... always. Really loving the tank... and I'm starting to truly run out of room. I keep saying I'm out of space, but I never truly am. I'm guessing I could fit a few more ...
I wonder what you guys think of circular reef tanks. I remember I saw one featured in CORAL magazine once and started thinking about them a bit more. A few initial ideas I had:Allow fish to swim unobstructed (good for surgeonfish)Create great gyre flow very easily. Might create a dead spot though in the center of the tank where the rock work is.As long as not too big, could be lit by a single metal halide fixture (tank diameter limited to 24-30” per halide, and the edges will be dimmer)Image ...
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