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Congrats, definitely one of the most important pieces of equipment you can get!
Pods tend to come and go with the food supply. They tend to eat phytoplankto, diatoms, ciliates, bacteria etc... Most do not tend to survive in our...
If you think about it. Replacing 2x250W MHs with 2x160W lights, assuming your running them 10 hrs per day, at $0.12/kw hr, would save about $790...
Assuming it is dried, PVC cement is not harmful. I have never checked to see if uncured pvc cement still has a smell though.
Sweet great fish, will definitely add some livelihood to the tank. Congrats :)
parameters look good except for PO4. You may want to run some GFO to bring it down, to avoid an algae bloom. Ramp up the amount of GFO slowly...
Tank looks great. I think I may have missed those PAR numbers though ;)
That's awful, hope things work out. It sounds like it made it through the worst though. It is possible to cycle again. There may not be enough...
Perfect! The meter is just a little too tough to justify. The sensor not quite so bad :)
I get over 1.5 gallons of evaporation per day. So, I drip a bit faster; about 3 drops per second. This is fairly fast, but you can still see the...
Argh.... Sorry to hear that Mkizla. I think sometimes the "fragile handle with care sign" is more like a "kick me" sign...
Wow, that's great to know; thanks for the info BTowned! This is just the Apogee par sensor? Is there any calibration or conversions necessary?
After experimenting with various water change regimes for the last 10 year, I am finding 15% weekly gives the best results. Adding trace elements...
OC females all the time. Gold-strip maroon actually not much ironically, although they are much more aggressive in general.
Vinegar is very risky and it will not significantly lower the pH of lime. I recommend not using it. Purple up is not an effective ca supplement,...
If you go the the New England Aquarium, it's right next to the North End and Quincy Market. This is a great area. Spend some time walking around...
:lol: well there's consistency of opinion it appears. Even for article choices ;D
First kalk is more risky than other ca/alk supplements. Adding too much and/or too fast can do bad things. In order of decreasing severity 1) kill...
In nature, corals have a competitive advantage over algae, because their zoox photosynthesizes in the day and they eat at night. So, they are more...
You can create turbulent flow by pointing powerheads at each other and such. This can be fine in most cases. Especially if you move them a bit...
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