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Just to clarify. What I am saying, is for the past few years, there have been a few hypotheses regarding the association of carbon with HLLE. One...
No, not really, that was their hypothosis, however, that was not found to be the case. In fact the authors said that they could not find any...
Again, yes correlation, not causation... Sorry, not sure what a dismissal comment is? You keep putting words into my mouth. I never said it...
I never said to dismiss, I said to "take with a grain of salt". There is a significant difference. If you want to argue with me, please do not...
Yeah, it's good stuff and something like this should last you years for 9 bucks: Aquarium Testing Solution: American Marine Inc. 53.0 mS...
I would trust this 1000x more than RO/DI water from a store or LFS. The stores and LFS tend not to change their filters nearly often enough and...
Of course, and I don't use too much. Also, I use a good protein skimmer. There are a few hypotheses floating around regarding why it may be an...
no, don't use just distilled water to calibrate. Calibrate with 35ppt calibration fluid. You can use both though, although I skip the water and...
If your happy with a fairly simple soft coral tank, there is no reason you need to spend tons of money. I think a lot of people start with the...
Yes, my 75 has essentially been running for 10years with a yellow tang. I actually do not maintain it anymore, I gave it to a relative to start my...
It has been suspected for a long time that carbon can be involved in HLLE, but should be taken with a grain of salt. Certainly there should be...
The only thing I'd ass is when one coral dies, it can take others with it. If densely packed, one coral dying could cause a chain reaction that...
I know this is an older post, so I'm not sure where things stand Hopefully things are worked out? The temp should not be an issue for days or so,...
Good point, IMO no material is a great substitute for securely stacking the rocks. All materials in saltwater can degrade over time and best if used...
Great looking tank diverdan :)
I like zip-ties and epoxy. For me, acrylic rods didn't work well, I used macro rock and it was so porous drilling it just caused it to shatter....
There is a stoichiometric ratio between ca and carbonate. Alk is only a surrogate measure for bicarbonate however, as this is what we are interested...
Magnesium consumption by corals is pretty nominal. There is slightly more consumption by coralline algae. Also, there can be abiotic...
Agree, bioballs can trap detritus which is a problem. Also, the bacteria, which converts ammonia and nitrite to nitrate work more efficiently on...
Cool, and congrats on the success :thumb_up:. Thanks for sharing.
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