Forum: Reef
10-19-2015, 04:40 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,496
A hard goodbye
To my saltwater friends:
After defining my identity around the keeping of things aquatic for the past... 8 years? The time has come to take a pause. Not say goodbye, just... take a pause.
For...
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Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade (Aquatics hardware related only)
10-19-2015, 12:26 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,375
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Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade (Aquatics hardware related only)
10-19-2015, 12:04 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,375
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Forum: Reef
06-28-2015, 10:09 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 4,555
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Forum: Reef
04-18-2015, 08:39 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 8,648
FWIW, I've recently gone through hell with alk...
FWIW, I've recently gone through hell with alk and calcium in my tank and I had issues very similar to what you were describing several times over the year that I wasn't adding my alk and calcium...
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Forum: Tank Journal
04-12-2015, 02:57 AM
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Replies: 403
Views: 71,282
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Forum: Reef
04-11-2015, 07:41 AM
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Replies: 43
Views: 7,417
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Forum: Reef
04-11-2015, 07:04 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 5,201
I've never noticed the tank being any sparklier...
I've never noticed the tank being any sparklier after using it. Peroxide Loooooooves organics, but theres ALOT of organic material in a tank, probably so much that to noticeably decrease it in the...
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Forum: Reef
04-11-2015, 05:46 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 5,827
I don't know, I've never had to dose this much...
I don't know, I've never had to dose this much before - but I've also never had a single tank for this long, or a tank this size, or this many corals either, so I don't really have a bench mark to...
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Forum: Reef
04-11-2015, 05:16 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 5,201
H2O2 Dosing?
At this point I can say with pretty high confidence that hydrogen peroxide is both one of the most useful and safest tools in a reefers toolkit.
It's not completely without risk, but you have to...
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Forum: Reef
04-11-2015, 03:03 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 5,827
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Forum: Reef
04-10-2015, 03:24 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,460
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Forum: Reef
04-10-2015, 03:22 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 5,827
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Forum: Reef
04-08-2015, 05:35 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 5,827
Also, I've been very concerned about the...
Also, I've been very concerned about the possibility of precipitation. But there's none. Not on any pumps, heaters, nothing. The amount in dosing right now can barely keep my dKH over 7 and my...
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Forum: Reef
04-08-2015, 05:31 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 5,827
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Forum: Reef
04-08-2015, 04:34 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 5,827
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Forum: Reef
04-08-2015, 12:08 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 4,439
It's probably not a well accepted theory, but...
It's probably not a well accepted theory, but cyano bacteria has a disproportionately high demand for iron, and they've evolved family specific pathways to harvest it from the environment called...
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Forum: Reef
04-07-2015, 06:23 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 5,827
I used to use baking soda, but even when mixing...
I used to use baking soda, but even when mixing with DI water, I'd get this weird chalky precipitate at the bottom of the container. The tropic Marin stuff doesn't do that. It is expensive, however,...
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Forum: Reef
04-07-2015, 06:15 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 5,827
Ugh, I'm ashamed to admit it. I was dosing...
Ugh, I'm ashamed to admit it. I was dosing unequal amounts of a 'balanced' supplement. I didn't realize just how unequal it had gotten, but by three weeks ago I was dosing almost exactly 2x the alk...
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Forum: Reef
04-07-2015, 04:41 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 4,439
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Forum: Reef
04-07-2015, 04:32 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 5,827
Alkalinity consumption rate
It turns out I've been dosing my two part chems all wrong for like the last year and a half. I'm an idiot, and it's probably responsible for a fair portion of the issues I've had (a coral killing...
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Forum: Reef
04-05-2015, 08:12 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,796
I've been running Gen 1 radions since i set up...
I've been running Gen 1 radions since i set up this tank in mid 2012. I can second the statement that the diodes themselves might last all that time, but I promise you not even the "best" built...
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Forum: Tank Journal
04-05-2015, 07:43 PM
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Replies: 403
Views: 71,282
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Forum: Reef
04-05-2015, 07:12 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,569
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Forum: Reef
03-26-2015, 04:28 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,919
The instructions recommend something called the...
The instructions recommend something called the 'bomb' method, which is putting them in a bag with an air stone so that they're constantly surrounded by high flow and turbulent bubbles. People who...
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