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    Tank movers

    Well, I don’t think David is in houston anymore and I’m not sure what other options for moving a tank there are. Has anyone used these guys before?
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    Whole house RO

    Anyone have a whole house RO? Looking at options, maybe a softener? I am looking to connect my fridge to the RO feed but the sink is on the kitchen island so no way to run RO lines to or from there. I would prefer to move everything to the garage anyways so I was thinking a pre filter setup...
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    Icp water tests

    I remember a while ago @Cody tried to compare the quality and accuracy of a reange of ICP tests. That proved to be… difficult and was sidetracked however the general consensus seemed to be that ATI was the test used by a lot of folks with pretty successful tanks. I just came across this and...
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    What a disaster

    Not me fortunately but this person was on fb. Brand new 500g glasscages tank busted the entire back panel. I was there to grab some home made fish food (which is excellent) and the entire house had to have the bottom 8” of dry wall removed as well as all the wood flooring. I asked Colby to join...
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    Why?

    One of the most frustrating elements of this hobby for me is testing inconsistencies. Even something simple like salinity can trip you up. I keep everything at around 35psu. So I got an oceamo icp recently and the salinity came back as 32.9…. I confirmed that and my salinity probe reads 32.9 but...
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    Blue light

    I am curious about the blue light intensity coming from night time “moon light”. Can I run my blue LEDs @ 5% and not affect circadian rhythm of corals/fish? Basically I’m running reefled 90 and am wondering if it’s cool light the tank at night with 5-10% blue and/or 10% moonlight. Less? The app...
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    Streaming services

    I have had cocmcast for about 25 years now. In the last 5, their internet service has gotten terrible and the connection from modem to the xfinity portal would reset several times a day. On top of these “reset” or “skip” events, dvr recordings and live tv would lose about every 10th word so it...
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    Water mixing station

    If you have a choice, would you set up over and under tanks or side by side? Just wondering what experiences y’all have made with the different setups.
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    Funny Story

    Yea so about a month or so ago, I noticed my GHL temp drifting and kicking up alarms. Nothing too unusual about that, the Profilux is old and even though the temp probe is new, well let’s just say it’s not something I rely on 100%. I have a BNLink temp controller set to 78° and it jumps +\- 1°...
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    ATO air gap

    Is anyone using an airgap on their ATO line? I guess my reservoir, (when full) sits higher than the sump so it syphons until level. I could run the line to the top of DT but would prefer to keep it at the sump. The stupid 7mm tunze line doesn’t properly fit into John guest fittings, is a pia to...
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    UVB LED Vs. MH

    Yeah so this is pretty interesting. Marc Levinson, Andrew Sandler, Tulio measuring spectrum profiles and evaluating MH performance compared to LED. I’m not a huge YouTuber but this is kind of interesting. Where did I put those mh ballasts?
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    Selsil silicone

    Anyone use this before? I am going to be adding a bubble trap to my sump and it will require the sump to be drained, panels set /siliconed in and cure time. I am sure this is partially wishful thinking but a few of the aquarium silicone products say it sets in a few hours but takes 24hrs to...
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    Chasing numbers

    So I came across some articles that referenced the proper way to implement 2-3 part dosing. This was on the instructions of the BRS TM Balling hybrid system but I found lots of corroborating convos and details from others as well. Basically people start 2 or 3 part, either get an ics test and...
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    Ich’s the word

    Against my better judgement, I took in some refugee fish not long ago. They had been the same DT for over 4 years and where perfectly fine. All my other fish went through full qt so they where clean. You know where this is leading of course and now, everyone has ich. Trying to weigh my...
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    Hawaii News

    Looks like Hawaii is taking steps.. “Proponents of re-opening Hawaiian waters to sustainable aquarium fish collection are quietly cheering a winning round in court with the validity of an environmental impact statement based on science and years’ of study affirmed. On the losing end is...
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    Sump action

    So what’s the general consensus for sump size and layout? I am considering a new sump to give me a little more dry space under my tank and possibly add filter roll. Edit: stand is 72x21.5” the sump in there now is 48” and I am considering a 36” that basically has a space for a roller filter, a...
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    Water parameters

    So what is everyone keeping their tank at? I have serious “ugly tank” syndrome on account it’s a new system. Started with acid washed rock and new, dry substrate. Did a fritz / brightwell quick cycle and am adding Prodibio Biodigest. Diatoms have taken hold and are doing what they do best… make...
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    Co2 refills

    Where can we get co2 refills here in town?
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    film on water surface

    I am a little perturbed. I obviously have a surface skimmer in the tank. Filtration is currently running surface skimmer to weir to filter socks.. main chamber of sump after the socks is BK 200 skimmer heater avaste marine ozone reactor then secondary chamber that is holding bio bricks another...
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    Aquarium Engineering Reactor

    So I picked up a 6” stacked aquarium engineering Ca2 Rx and the way it went was so… I researched a little and found some info on R2R. It was a review and in the first couple of posts initial results where pretty dang good. Automated Calcium Reactor with no PH probe necessary certainly sounds...
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