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Might be coming in with your water changes as well. If it's not being stripped from the water column it could start rising over time with repeated...
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Hmm was thinking it could be shorting to the screws. No corrosion or anything building up?
Are your LED's tapped and screwed into your heatsink or are they glued down?
You did good. =)
I wouldn't trust styrofoam for anything longer than my morning coffee. I'd use something sturdier. Long term i'm sure it's just going to degrade...
Those ammonia fixers no doubt colonized SOMETHING in his tank. I'd guess his real estate for bacterial growth is minimal though.
I'd guess.......blurry ocellaris.
Every time i've added pods they have been of negligible size. They grow big enough to see once they are in your system. Personally i'd go with the...
I lost one of my limpets to this. Found him behind the tank on the outside glass.
Sign of a broken cover/missing bumper.
Try blowing air through the green tube to make sure nothing is obstructing the air flow into the chamber.
The other possibility that just popped to mind is that you may have reassembled something backwards in there.
It's certainly possible you could have gotten an underpowered pump for it. Do you have any information on your dead mag pump?
Worry about it. Test your water for copper. They make a test specifically for copper.
I've used JB water weld with no ill effects. Skimmer ran a little for a day but that was it.
Welcome to the reef. Good to have you both. =)
As far as changing salt I would go 50/50 new salt and old. Each successive water change start adding 10% more new salt than old until your all on...
Your my hero. Born and raised up there. I'll stop in next time i'm visiting home.
Clarification. Are you dosing and using brightwell salt? Or just high concentration of Ca in your salt.
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