Tank Entry

It's been an interesting week for the reef.

Alkalinity
Testing alkalinity, I noticed that it was getting a little low, probably around 7 dKH rather than the normal 8 dKH. To raise it up slightly, I adjusted the pH controller from the 6.5 setting to 6.2 instead. The next day, I checked on the calcium reactor to find that nothing was coming out. Annoyed, I opened up the needle valve a quarter twist and flow resumed. The following day I checked on it again, and again no effluent. ...

Starting law school led to me exiting the hobby for a while. But I'm back. I need your opinion on what color I should make the stand. I'm thinking white or black. Black will match with the tank seams and the soon to arrive Hamilton Cebu Sun fixture. White will look nice and will match the sand. Tell me what you think. Here's the new tank (all Starphire):

i have whites at 55% and blue @ 75% royal blue at 78%. so i guess on my previous light setup i had my MH high enough and the fans pointed to a point where water evap was not altered by them. currently with the LEDs im still topping off at the same rate. this is important because i use a kalk reactor to control my level especially PH, as it runs low on my system. currently alk is at 8.9 and cal at 438 with hanna checkers.
colors are still looking great, so far im happy with my choice..... ...

Since I've been MIA...

April FTS. Ignore the patch in the center that didn't get cleaned. The urchin was there.


Did my annual sort through of my basement this past weekend. Got lots done, turfed some old stuff and found some long lost space. Tentative panels in place now for the skirting. The left side and the roof is left to do.
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Hello All! ,
I have a few things I would like help identifying in my aquarium. They are mainly found in my refugium.

So I captured these videos the other day. The first one is from my refugium which contains live rock, chaeto, and 1” miracle mud as substrate. It is filled with life, and some type of snail and possibly mysis shrimp(?) breeding has been happening. The first video is a close-up of one of the rocks in the refugium. If you look closely you can see little white ...