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That's what I really thought. Well, I have 7 fresh water tank. They use T5, and during summer, they go well above 90. Even if my room temperature...
Thanks cosmo. Why would it fail? because it's designed to be ON all the time?
Thanks Daniel. Hmmmm......light is another debatable thing. Some dont have them on, so it will help to eliminate algae.
I am getting ready to have ATO. I will hook it up to Apex with either float switch or Avast Marine works. Now, which pump should I use? I have maxi...
I have LED light, skimmer, heaters, chiller, calcium reactor, GFO reactor, Carbon reactor. Which equipment should be on/off during cycling? I heard...
Why avoid live sand? Most people that I know have live deep sand bed.
Dr. Tim, I am getting ready to get your One and Only bacteria. I am setting up 180 gallon with sump and macro algae DT (refugium). The total volume...
Yup, that's what I do for the freshwater. I thought the Master marine kit is basically all Nitrate, nitrite, Amonnia, and pH.
So you meant, the reading is not reliable? I am talking about pH, Amonnia, Nitrite, Nitrate.
I was wondering how easy or hard is it to read API kit. Also how reliable is it? I have used them for my Freshwater, and it's fine except for...
I am getting ready for mixing some over 200 saltwater. I saw some internal pond pumps at lowes, and they're fairly cheap and lots of GPH. Has...
Thank you Mr. Bill, that's a good idea. If there is phosphates, will a week be sufficient enough to test? Yeah, I've seen those online, I would at...
Thank you, you have a great point. I don't think I can track down the history of the sand. He has a reef tank service business. I thought he must...
Thank you again Daniel. But isn't that what the maintenance and equipment are for? We know that at some point, phosphate will exist. That's what...
Thank you for the comment and opinion Daniel. This is very interesting. I didn't that sand can actually absorb phosphates. Are you sure about that? I...
Alright, so I've been spending all day basically cleaning out the sand. Phewwwss there were about 7 buckets. I ran running water until it's basically...
Yup, I would like to know about this Power monitor. What's the hardware and software? Thanks for sharing.
I've been reading about people recommend to restrict the return (outlet) of the pump by ball valve. I thought any type of restriction would be bad...
That's kind of hard to back track Mr. Bill ;D Yeah, that's what I thought. and No, not live at all, it's been dry and in the bucket over a year.
Alright, Thank you for the input everyone. I will try to rinse it out and see how long it will take to clean it out. If it's too long, then I would...
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