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I try and keep mine around 8-9dkh.
I think your concerns about it "hanging around" in the refugium are unnecessary, as long as there is flow through there the effluent from the reactor...
Love mine, there's nothing else out there that provides all of the benefits of a vortech. I have only found a few minor problems/drawbacks with them...
On top of sixlines being very common they are also commonly aggressive when they get older (of course there's a wide variance in temperment between...
Kalkwasser itself is a way to supplement calcium and alkalinity when your corals use it up. A reactor is simply a way to add kalkwasser. You don't...
Sheesh, maybe it's time to trade them in for some smaller ones then hehe.
I realize this might be out of the scope of what you're looking for but there is a solution out there for this exact situation....
I emailed Ryan @ BRS about the two singles vs dual reactor flow issue, this was his response. Also I believe BRS recommends GFO first and Carbon...
If it's been sitting for a long time (more than I dunno a week maybe) I would get rid of it and not risk it. A couple gallons of SW is not worth the...
Here's an overview of at least the common corals from family Dendrophylliidae. Pagoda, Sun, Cup Corals and More, Family Dendrophylliidae Gray 1847...
Last I looked it looked quite expensive. If you want to pay for the convience of not dosing magnesium (I haven't seen anything scientifically solid...
Great to hear, I imagine you thought it was dead because it dropped it's crown? That is a response to stress so maybe you had some high nitrates or...
+1, they'll try and eat anything. Keeping coral with anemones is risky, even if it doesn't try and eat the coral it can sting and kill it, or at...
The main thing I would worry about is that it sounds like you have your sand in already and getting rock in afterwords can be tricky. If you set it...
Unless you have a siphon moving more water through the same plumbing will probably make it louder. You can try limiting some of the chaotic water...
Refractometer, only way to be sure. They're cheap, especially compared to how much money most people stand to lose if you mess up your salinity too...
Trochus snails are better about not bulldozing and can get to be a decent size. You can never say never though. I would look at securing your...
The only way to eliminate bubbles entirely is to use the herbie method (or something based on that method) which uses a siphon drain line along with...
+1 Koralia for the best budget powerhead. You get the highest volume, broadest, most chaotic flow for the price IMO. Like AZ said Maxijets only...
I don't use one, the only reason being that carbon and GFO generally have different flow requirements and using a single pump to control both means...
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